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Amanda Says Goodbye · Podcast - Big 98.7

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Speaker 1: Today's Variety, Big ninety eight point seven. We've been teasing
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Speaker 1: this all morning. There's a big announcement for you here
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Speaker 1: right now, and there's only one person who can truly
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Speaker 1: deliver it, and we're going to go ahead and let
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Speaker 1: her do it.
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Speaker 2: Fifteen years ago, I sat behind this microphone for the
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Speaker 2: first time, not knowing how much this show and all
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Speaker 2: of you would come to me. To me, it's been
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Speaker 2: an absolute privilege starting my mornings with you. You've been
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Speaker 2: with me through every chapter of my life, the highs
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Speaker 2: and the lows, the laughter and the tears. In those years,
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Speaker 2: you had a front row seat to my divorce and heartbreak,
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Speaker 2: the hardest loss of my life when I said goodbye
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Speaker 2: to my mom, and the greatest joys of my life
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Speaker 2: falling in love with my soulmates, and when I became
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Speaker 2: a parent. You've always helped me up. You've been my steady,
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Speaker 2: my comfort, and my community. This show has never just
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Speaker 2: been a job. It's been a home, and you've always
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Speaker 2: been my family. That's why it is so hard for
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Speaker 2: me to announce that it's time for me to step away.
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Speaker 2: My kids are growing fast and I want to be
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Speaker 2: there in the mornings, making memories with them the way
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Speaker 2: that I've made with you. This has never been just
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Speaker 2: about me talking into a mic. It's been about us,
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Speaker 2: the conversations we've had, the stories we've shared, and the
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Speaker 2: connections we've built.
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Speaker 3: But now it's time for in your chapter.
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Speaker 2: My babies aren't so little anymore, and I want to
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Speaker 2: be there in the mornings when.
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Speaker 3: They wake up.
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Speaker 2: I just want to be fully present with them as
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Speaker 2: I've been present.
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Speaker 3: With you for all of these years.
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Speaker 2: Leaving isn't easy, but I do it with a full heart,
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Speaker 2: knowing that the memories we've made will stay with me forever.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for every call, every message, and
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Speaker 2: every moment of goodness. Thank you for making this journey
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Speaker 2: one that I will cherish forever. You've met more to
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Speaker 2: me than I can ever put into words. So Well,
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Speaker 2: this may be the end of my time on air,
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Speaker 2: it's not the.
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Speaker 3: End of our connection. Thank you from the bottom of
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Speaker 3: my heart for being a part of my wife. And
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Speaker 3: I'll miss you more than you ever know.
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Speaker 1: Well, we might have some sunshine outside, but it is cloudy,
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Speaker 1: dreary and depressing here.
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Speaker 3: In the studio.
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Speaker 1: To stop it, if you just missed it, A man
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Speaker 1: had some big news at seven forty one, just in
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Speaker 1: regarding her future plans here with I guess essentially your life.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Gabe, this is gonna be my my new life plan.
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Speaker 2: And as hard as it is if you just missed
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Speaker 2: it to step away from something that I love, and
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Speaker 2: it feels like kind of all, I know, it's time,
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Speaker 2: and I'm just I'm really excited about this next chapter.
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Speaker 2: I know a lot of people are going, whoa, whoaa, wha, whoa, wha,
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Speaker 2: what's going on? This is something that has obviously been
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Speaker 2: very hard for me, But at the same time, I'm
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Speaker 2: so excited for this next chapter for everybody involved. Tomorrow
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Speaker 2: will be my last day on air, but coming up
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Speaker 2: at eight eleven this morning, we're going to talk about
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Speaker 2: the next chapter of Big ninety eight point seven and
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Speaker 2: how exciting it's going to be. Gabe, you're new, but
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Speaker 2: you've been here and you know how great it is.
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Speaker 3: It's gonna be so fun for everybody. Yeah, it's really weird.
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Speaker 3: It was six months ago.
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Speaker 1: If you have been listening to Big ninety eight point
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Speaker 1: seven for six months, isn't that crazy. That's when I
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Speaker 1: first got to be a part of the show and
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Speaker 1: be a part of the team, and it was just
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Speaker 1: so awesome getting to hang out with Pike for a
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Speaker 1: good chunk of time. Obviously, I love my time here
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Speaker 1: with you for the past six months, but it's crazy
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Speaker 1: to think.
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Speaker 3: Wow, I've been here half a year. Hold smokes.
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Speaker 1: It's a lot weirder being on this side of this
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Speaker 1: announcement as opposed to the previous one. But I'm just
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Speaker 1: really happy for you. I know you're just gonna love
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Speaker 1: getting that time with your kids. They're a massive part
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Speaker 1: of your life and they're odd just a big part
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Speaker 1: of who you are, and I'm really happy that you're
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Speaker 1: going to get the chance to do that now. I
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Speaker 1: selfishly will miss sitting in here and trying to make
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Speaker 1: you laugh and saying goofy things off the air that
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Speaker 1: ak you laugh that I know are ridiculous, So I
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Speaker 1: will miss that a lot. I kind of I don't know.
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Speaker 1: It was your like my first radio big sister. I've
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Speaker 1: never had one before ever, and I've been doing radio
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Speaker 1: almost half of my life, so I've never really had
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Speaker 1: like a radio big sister. You were the first one,
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Speaker 1: so you'll always be one of one to me. Oh God,
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Speaker 1: And you know I've had a great time with with
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Speaker 1: you for six months. I know it hasn't been a ton,
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Speaker 1: but we do work closely together every day, pretty much
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Speaker 1: every morning. So I will surely miss you, and I'm
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Speaker 1: you know, I'm selfishly sad for me, but I'm very
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Speaker 1: happy for you and I'm very excited for you. I
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Speaker 1: know you'll love it, and I know it'll be a
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Speaker 1: good a good step for you and something you really
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Speaker 1: really want to do. We've joked off the air because
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Speaker 1: I've known about this for a while now too, is
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Speaker 1: do I get to see you are going to be
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Speaker 1: the golf cart girl at the golf course?
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Speaker 3: Is that what you want to do?
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Speaker 2: Because I've always said if I were to step away,
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Speaker 2: I would want to be a golf cart girl. The
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Speaker 2: only problem is my husband then would get busted all
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Speaker 2: the time from golfing all the time.
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Speaker 3: Sure you'd catch it, yeah, I'd like, Wait, that's my wife.
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Speaker 2: I gotta go right, but no, coming up at eight
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Speaker 2: eleven this morning, we'll talk about the next chapter and
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Speaker 2: I just I love you guys all so much, And Gabe,
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Speaker 2: thank you for being letting me be your big sister.
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Speaker 1: I've never had one, so hey, you're one of always guys,
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Speaker 1: I'll always be here. Yeah, it's not like you're leaving
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Speaker 1: to Florida, right No, right here, all right, I love it.
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Speaker 1: I'll get you at wes Fargo. Today's variety Big ninety
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Speaker 1: eight point seven.
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Speaker 2: You gonna get some sunshine today, high of about sixty
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Speaker 2: and if you missed it at seven forty one, I
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Speaker 2: did announce that it is time for me to step
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Speaker 2: away from something that I love more than anything in
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Speaker 2: this world other than my family, and that.
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Speaker 3: Is and your co host this job.
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Speaker 2: I uh, I made this decision, and it was it
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Speaker 2: was really hard. It was actually probably one of the
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Speaker 2: hardest things I've ever had to do. And you guys
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Speaker 2: have been with me through a lot and a lot
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Speaker 2: of people want to know what's next for me, and
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Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, I am going to take a
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Speaker 2: beat and I'm going to actually spend the time this
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Speaker 2: summer with my kids and just be just be present
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Speaker 2: and see what God has to offer me. That's really
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Speaker 2: what is next for me. But what is next for
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Speaker 2: you guys is so exciting. I remember sitting down with
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Speaker 2: the people here that are amazing and have trusted me
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Speaker 2: and I have so much respect. For a while ago
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Speaker 2: and the conversation was what was going to be next,
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Speaker 2: and trying to find somebody to come in here and
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Speaker 2: somebody that you guys are going to love. And I
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Speaker 2: remember thinking, gosh, who's that going to be? And it
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Speaker 2: was an interview process. There were a lot of candidates
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Speaker 2: and this girl a lot this girl locked in the door.
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Speaker 2: And I remember saying to somebody instantly and you, Gabe,
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Speaker 2: and I said, she's the one. She is going to
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Speaker 2: be the light in this community. She is so much fun.
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Speaker 2: I have had the opportunity to get to know her
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Speaker 2: for the past couple of months and you guys get
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Speaker 2: to wake up with.
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Speaker 3: Her every single morning. And her name is Angie. Angie, alright,
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Speaker 3: I'm a person.
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Speaker 4: The thing is like, you have me crying now.
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Speaker 3: Oh man.
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Speaker 4: That was such a sweet introduction and also like what
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Speaker 4: a strange process, right when usually you get a job
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Speaker 4: and you don't see the person who left the job before.
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Speaker 3: You, right, right.
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Speaker 4: But we've had a chance to bond and hang out.
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Speaker 4: I mean, I went with you to the pub crawl.
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Speaker 4: It's been such a vibe getting to know you.
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Speaker 3: And so part of me is like, wait, just stay,
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Speaker 3: we can all three be here.
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Speaker 4: But I'm really excited for your next chapter.
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Speaker 3: I know, I know what it's like.
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Speaker 4: I've got to little Well they're not little anymore, that's
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Speaker 4: the thing, but I know what it's like to want
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Speaker 4: to be home with them and be super present with them,
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Speaker 4: which is what I did early on. But now my
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Speaker 4: kids are grown basically, so I don't care about seeing
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Speaker 4: them in the morning.
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Speaker 3: And you sound like my husband. He goes, oh, give
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Speaker 3: it a week, honey. I have it a week.
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Speaker 2: But I'm just so excited for you. You've been in radio
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Speaker 2: for ten years. You moved here from Seattle, but you're
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Speaker 2: from Vegas. I mean, you, guys, get to know somebody
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Speaker 2: who truly is and I say this with so much authenticity.
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Speaker 3: You are a light.
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Speaker 2: You're so fun to be around. And I'm just I'm
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Speaker 2: very excited, Gabe. You've had a chance to get to
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Speaker 2: know her, and you're excited about it's just going to
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Speaker 2: it's It's truly gonna be wonderful.
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Speaker 3: That's right, Angie.
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Speaker 1: Despite my best efforts to have just Gabe glitden and no,
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Speaker 1: oh my god, I'm very very excited. There was a
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Speaker 1: funny line on a show I finished watching yesterday nineteen
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Speaker 1: twenty three. So I'm not taking credit for this line,
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Speaker 1: but when I heard it, I was like, man, that
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Speaker 1: really describes Angie and it was if shooting stars could
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Speaker 1: talk and right I was like, that is literally Angie
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Speaker 1: right there.
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Speaker 3: So I but that is very kind.
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Speaker 1: I'm not taking credit for that, but when I heard
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Speaker 1: the line, I was like, that reminds me of who's
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Speaker 1: coming in here on Big ninety eight point seven.
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Speaker 3: So I could not be more happy.
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Speaker 1: Obviously, I love Amanda, and I'm very happy and excited
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Speaker 1: for you, and I'm sad you're leaving, but I'm very
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Speaker 1: excited to see what's next.
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Speaker 3: To and it's all going to get started.
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Speaker 2: You guys, we're going to be able to enjoy this
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Speaker 2: journey for the next twenty four hours together. Tomorrow will
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Speaker 2: be my last day, but it's exciting all the way around.
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Speaker 2: I appreciate the outpour of love, and I know that
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Speaker 2: this community is also going to wrap their arms around
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Speaker 2: you like they have for me for the past fifteen years,
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Speaker 2: because that's what we do in the Fargo Moorhead area.
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Speaker 2: They love radio, they love people, and you guys are
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Speaker 2: going to be fantastic.
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Speaker 3: I know I have big shoes to fill.
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Speaker 4: But I just want to say that I'm very honored
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Speaker 4: that you are passing the torch to me, and I
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Speaker 4: am hopeful that I will make you proud, that I
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Speaker 4: will make this community proud.
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Speaker 3: And girl, you better still be going to brunch with me.
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Speaker 3: Oh are you kidding me? I'll still be at the
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Speaker 3: happy hours. I didn't say no to that. I didn't die.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Well, mostas are at nine know three today, at the
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Speaker 1: beginning eight point seven, I start my day