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Opening Segment 11/10/26 · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: And good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: Hope you're having a great morning. You know, I came
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  Speaker 2: in today, Curtis, and I'm sure this is going to
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  Speaker 2: be something you're interested in. I came in today and
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  Speaker 2: I got this package from PETA. And apparently the PETA
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  Speaker 2: people are going to protest at Radio City Music Hall
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  Speaker 2: because of their use of live animals. especially camels that says,
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  Speaker 2: I am not a prop. These are actually Christmas ornaments
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  Speaker 2: they have with a camel that says, I am not
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  Speaker 2: a prop. And I got this and I rolled my eyes.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be serious with you. I rolled my eyes because
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  Speaker 2: I just thought to myself, PETA, are they relevant anymore?
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  Speaker 2: Because I thought PETA had its moments. I remember when
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  Speaker 2: I was at Eyewitness News, I did a whole thing
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  Speaker 2: on calves being used for veal. And I stopped eating
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  Speaker 2: veal ever since then. We did a big report on it.
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  Speaker 2: We did a big special report on it. And it
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  Speaker 2: was all because they sent me a video showing the
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  Speaker 2: calves mistreatment. They went undercover. Remember when they used to
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  Speaker 2: go undercover and show all that stuff? And I thought, wow,
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  Speaker 2: what a great organization. And then they got crazy. They
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  Speaker 2: went through this period where they were throwing blood or
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  Speaker 2: they were throwing red paint on furs, just trying to
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  Speaker 2: get attention. They'd show up in Hollywood. Somebody will be
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  Speaker 2: coming out in an expensive fur and they'd throw this
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  Speaker 2: red paint on them. And I think that they just
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  Speaker 2: lost their mojo after that. And I said that to you.
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  Speaker 2: I came in and I said, you know, are you
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  Speaker 2: a big supporter of PETA? And you said, yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And I said, well, they just, you know, I rolled
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  Speaker 2: my eyes when I saw this because I remember how
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  Speaker 2: powerful they were. And I remember the story they gave
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  Speaker 2: me and thinking to myself, I haven't eaten veal since. And,
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  Speaker 2: but they've lost it. I mean, I didn't even, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I know they're there, but they're not that big anymore.
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  Speaker 2: And you said to me, are you kidding me? They're,
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  Speaker 2: they're bigger than ever, which, I thought was not true
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  Speaker 2: because I don't see them on the news anymore. I
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  Speaker 2: never hear about them anymore. So of course I went
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  Speaker 2: to my favorite research AI, and this is what it says. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: The people for the ethical treatment of animals is financially
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  Speaker 2: larger and more active than it has ever been in
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  Speaker 2: history is. I think I'm not alone. I think that
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  Speaker 2: piece of information is, is going to be shocking to
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people because they're not in the headlines anymore.
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  Speaker 2: There's no more news stories about them anymore. They aren't
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  Speaker 2: doing some of the stuff they did in the past,
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  Speaker 2: including the throwing of the blood and the paint. And
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  Speaker 2: then also saying, you know, they have to get rid
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  Speaker 2: of the furs. And so they had all these naked
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  Speaker 2: bodies showing that you strip your furs, you know, strip
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  Speaker 2: everything that's made of animals. And it got, they've seen
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  Speaker 2: nuts for a while.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: But whoever's taken over now apparently has done a good job.
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  Speaker 2: You educated me that everything you see in the globe
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  Speaker 2: about unfair treatment to animals, they're behind, but they just
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  Speaker 2: take a back seat. That's brilliant.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's see, because this is a new venture for them.
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  Speaker 1: Going against the camels, and I'm not talking about the cigarettes.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I walk a mile for a camel. The
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  Speaker 1: actual camel, whether it's a dromedary one hump or the
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  Speaker 1: two humped ones. Will El Said appear in defense of camels? Because,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's of Egyptian origin. Or will he realize, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: this is part of my progressive coalition. I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to enrage them. But you are absolutely correct. You know
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  Speaker 1: where this goes back to? And a lot of our
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  Speaker 1: listeners remember it because it was incomprehensible. Bob Barker, the
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  Speaker 1: host of The Price is Right, veteran, you know, tough guy.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody can black belt. You don't want to mess with
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  Speaker 1: Bob Barker. He was a hardcore vegan. And if he
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  Speaker 1: saw you wearing fur out where he lived in Hollywood,
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  Speaker 1: he would condemn that. He'd run down Rodeo Drive screaming.
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  Speaker 3: Take that fur off.
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  Speaker 1: He became their role model. But they figured we got
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  Speaker 1: to do something really extreme. I call it because every
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  Speaker 1: group has gone through this stage when they're first being birthed.
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  Speaker 1: It's the splash and then dash. You make a big splash.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's no organizing and mobilizing afterwards. You got
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  Speaker 1: a headline and then you do a dash because you
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  Speaker 1: don't want to be arrested. You don't want to be
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  Speaker 1: served civilly, you know, because then depositions, you got a
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  Speaker 1: lawyer up. So they were under the cover of darkness.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes say we commit these vandal acts. And I think
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  Speaker 1: they realize it sort of ran out, you know, ran
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  Speaker 1: out of gas. After a while, their donors were saying, okay.
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  Speaker 1: And what do you have to show for it?
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  Speaker 2: And they became the villains. People felt sorry for the
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  Speaker 2: people in the furs. It was exactly the opposite that
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  Speaker 2: they thought was going to happen. And that's why I
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  Speaker 2: thought that they weren't relevant anymore. But you told me that, no,
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  Speaker 2: they were behind the horse carriages in Central Park. I'll
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  Speaker 2: give you the update.
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  Speaker 1: They decided, OK, we've got to form coalitions because we're
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  Speaker 1: considered to be the loony kazoonies. We're considered to be
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  Speaker 1: the crazies of the animal welfare movement. They were animal welfare.
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  Speaker 1: People didn't want to have anything to do with them. Say, no,
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  Speaker 1: if they come to our demonstration, it'll taint it. They'll
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  Speaker 1: steal the limelight. People will think it's a PETA demonstration.
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  Speaker 1: So they started working in coalitions and they would always
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  Speaker 1: take a step back. So they'd be part of the crowd.
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  Speaker 1: They would bring some of their supporters. They had their
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  Speaker 1: PETA shirts on. But the leaders would not demand to
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  Speaker 1: be up at the podium, you know, like politicians.
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  Speaker 2: We must speak. Why must you speak? Because you know
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  Speaker 2: who I am? Yeah, who are you?
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  Speaker 3: So the PETA people understood, no, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: If they invite you to come up and speak on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of the organization– Quick, swiftly, to the point, don't
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  Speaker 1: say anything, totally off the hook. And so now these
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  Speaker 1: coalitions started forming, and they said, wow, what happened to PETA?
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  Speaker 2: They've matured. They like to say that in the movement.
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  Speaker 3: They've matured. So they'll show up.
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  Speaker 2: They'll be at the back of the line.
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  Speaker 1: They have been successful with other groups. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: fashion shows always had fur. The fashionistas in Milan and
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  Speaker 1: Paris and New York that set the trends, would always
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  Speaker 1: have furriers.
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  Speaker 3: Involved at some point of their fashion week.
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  Speaker 1: Well, in coalition with so many other groups, they've done
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  Speaker 1: away with furs in the New York fashion week. They've
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  Speaker 1: done away with furs in the Paris fashion week. The
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  Speaker 1: only ones left are Milan, and they're just about ready
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  Speaker 1: to say no mas, no mas, because they come in.
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  Speaker 1: With huge numbers.
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  Speaker 2: And then PETA takes a back step. Exactly. You didn't
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  Speaker 2: hear about PETA in any of the things you're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: Which is brilliant on their part. Let me tell you
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  Speaker 2: how much they've grown. They now have more money than
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  Speaker 2: they've ever had before. They have $ 124 million in the bank.
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  Speaker 2: And now they have 10.4 million members, which is bigger
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  Speaker 2: than they ever were. And that's what you get when
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  Speaker 2: you're not crazy. When people can believe in your cause
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  Speaker 2: and you don't embarrass them for believing in the cause.
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  Speaker 1: Crazy got them the headlines. So you remember, what is PETA?
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  Speaker 1: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. But that video
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  Speaker 1: you're referring to that they first put out, where you
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  Speaker 1: see the mama cow delivering the calf... And right away,
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  Speaker 1: they take the calf away. They'll throw it in the
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  Speaker 1: back of a truck, never to be seen. And the
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  Speaker 1: cow is crying and running towards the truck. that caused
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  Speaker 1: many people no longer to eat veal like yourself. And
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  Speaker 1: quite frankly, if you went into an Italian-American community, Larry,
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  Speaker 1: they tell you, what's up? If you were in a
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  Speaker 1: Sopranos episode, you're not eating a veal parmesan?
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  Speaker 3: What are you giving to Peter?
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  Speaker 2: The mistreatment of the calves goes beyond just taking them away.
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  Speaker 2: Then they don't want them to have any muscle structure.
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  Speaker 2: So they make them stand by themselves forever. for months
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  Speaker 2: and months and months until they slaughter them. And then
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  Speaker 2: we eat veal. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And guess what? I'm on my way January 1st. This
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  Speaker 1: will be my new year's resolution. I will be a
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  Speaker 1: full-scale vegan. A full-scale vegan.
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  Speaker 2: What does that mean exactly? What can't you eat?
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  Speaker 1: Well, Nancy is going through the whole list now, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at it, and I'm like, what can I eat?
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  Speaker 3: Start easy. Start light.
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  Speaker 1: But I understand.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: We have a culinary delight that will partly get me
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  Speaker 1: there this morning.
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  Speaker 3: I will help you get there.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe we'll get you to be an ovo-lacto-vegetarian to start out,
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  Speaker 4: where you can have eggs and dairy.
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  Speaker 3: How about that?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, daria, daria.
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  Speaker 2: Bring me in, bring me in. Ovo-lacto.
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  Speaker 3: Ovo-lacto. So I'm bringing you some spanakopita this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Ooh.
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  Speaker 3: From the St. Anthony's International Festival.
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  Speaker 4: That's my church in Bergenfield, New Jersey, which we're having
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  Speaker 4: this Friday and Saturday. And I wanted you guys to
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  Speaker 4: get a taste of what we're going to do. So
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  Speaker 4: the best way to describe spanakopita, and I hope I
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  Speaker 4: don't upset my fellow Greek here.
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  Speaker 3: It's a Greek strudel. It's a savory Greek strudel.
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  Speaker 2: No meat.
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  Speaker 3: No meat in it.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 2: No eggs.
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  Speaker 4: Spinach.
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  Speaker 3: It does have eggs. It does have eggs.
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  Speaker 2: And cheese.
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  Speaker 3: You can't eat it. We're going to ease into it.
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  Speaker 2: No, no.
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  Speaker 3: I'm working my way. We're going to ease into it.
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  Speaker 3: By the time Greek Lent begins, you'll be vegan.
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  Speaker 4: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: Greek Lent. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: You'll be vegan.
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  Speaker 4: And then you can do it with me and we'll
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  Speaker 4: both be miserable.
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  Speaker 2: To deal with.
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  Speaker 3: I love a festival.
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  Speaker 2: I love it.
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  Speaker 3: And this is a good one. This sounds amazing.
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  Speaker 4: This is a good one because we are a pan
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  Speaker 4: Orthodox church, which means we have Greek food, Middle Eastern food.
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  Speaker 4: Slavic food and Latin American food because a lot of
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  Speaker 4: converts from Latin American heritages have become Orthodox. So you
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  Speaker 4: can get spanakopita. You can have a little bit of
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  Speaker 4: kielbasa and sauerkraut.
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  Speaker 3: And we have really good podogies. I know you and
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  Speaker 3: I are both part Polish.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 4: We have good podogies there. You could have grape leaves.
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  Speaker 4: You could have arroz con pollo. And you can chase
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  Speaker 4: it with a Russian bottle.
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  Speaker 2: This is crazy. This is amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: And it's called spanakopita?
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  Speaker 3: Spanakopita. That is one of the things that we are
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  Speaker 3: known for.
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  Speaker 2: And you allegedly have some for us? Where is it?
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to heat it up for you right now.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to heat it up for you right now.
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  Speaker 4: It's phyllo dough with lots of butter. So it is
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  Speaker 4: not vegan.
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  Speaker 3: Lots of butter.
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  Speaker 4: It's got a filling that's made with spinach and ricotta cheese.
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  Speaker 4: And we put feta in ours. I know some people
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  Speaker 4: don't put feta in theirs. Put a little bit of
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  Speaker 4: dill in ours as well.
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  Speaker 3: It's flaky. It's golden. And I eat it for breakfast sometimes.
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  Speaker 3: You could eat it any time of day.
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  Speaker 5: I know people are going to be asking, can you
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  Speaker 5: just tell us where this is going to be? This
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  Speaker 5: is going to be at St. Anthony Orthodox Church. We're
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  Speaker 5: located at 385 Ivy Lane in Bergenfield, New Jersey, northern
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  Speaker 5: New Jersey. Not far at all from here. And by
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  Speaker 5: the way, we have a lot of listeners to WOR.
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  Speaker 4: So I wanted to say hi to Jackie and to
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  Speaker 4: Leslie because.
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  Speaker 3: I know they're listening. I also have some sweets for
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  Speaker 3: you guys too.
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  Speaker 1: And it starts Friday, right?
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  Speaker 3: It starts Friday, 11 o'clock to 10 o'clock, Friday and Saturday.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: That's wonderful.
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  Speaker 3: Join us. I'll be at the bar. Come say hi.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to the alleged food that you have.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: I'll be bringing it in.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, Darian. Taught to you in the news. Well,
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  Speaker 2: when we come back, there is a huge online Springsteen
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  Speaker 2: fan club that is now disbanding. Guess why? Over politics.
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  Speaker 2: Plus a chance to see Tommy James and the Shondells
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  Speaker 2: at 825.