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Enes Kanter Freedom | Athletes for America Ambassador at The AFPI Discusses Holding the WNBA Accountable · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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Speaker 1: He wants to play in the WNBA because until they
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Speaker 1: come out and give us the biological definition of a woman,
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Speaker 1: they've made it sound like he can't play. But here's
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Speaker 1: what's interesting. We just had Gordon Shang on talking about China,
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Speaker 1: all the issues with China, right? Iran, China. Russia, China.
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Speaker 1: We're talking about Iran and Canada here, but the truth
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Speaker 1: is the Chinese remain our biggest problem. And you could
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Speaker 1: make the argument, and Enos can confirm or deny now,
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Speaker 1: that the reason why Cantor only played 11 seasons in
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Speaker 1: the NBA and not more was because, if I remember correctly,
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Speaker 1: of China.
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Speaker 2: Let's find out. Enos Cantor freedom. My man, how are
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Speaker 2: you this morning? Welcome to the show.
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Speaker 3: Hey, what's up, brother?
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Speaker 2: Good to have you. So am I right?
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Speaker 1: Weren't you like pretty vocal about the hole with Maury
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Speaker 1: and China and all that stuff?
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 3: Yes. I mean, that's the reason that I'm not playing
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Speaker 3: basketball in NBA right now. The more people watch NBA
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Speaker 3: games in China than American population last year, it's around
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Speaker 3: $ 6 billion annually, the relationship between NBA and China. So
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Speaker 3: I started to talk about China's human rights violations, especially
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Speaker 3: towards Uyghurs. And they literally kicked me out that I
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Speaker 3: was actually 29 years old. I was on my prime.
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Speaker 3: But I mean, it is what it is, Ben. It
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Speaker 3: shows the hypocrisy of the NBA.
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Speaker 2: The NBA's tons of hypocrisy.
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Speaker 1: One more thing about the NBA, because I think this
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Speaker 1: is pretty widely known.
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Speaker 2: I kind of like it. There's a new Philadelphia 76er.
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Speaker 1: Everybody knows how much you love this guy. LeBron James.
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Speaker 1: Why do you dislike LeBron so much, though? Honestly, what
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Speaker 1: happened with that?
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Speaker 3: So here's the thing, man. I mean, obviously, on the court,
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Speaker 3: he's one of the best basketball players that ever touched
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Speaker 3: the ball. I respect him a lot on the court.
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Speaker 3: But off the court, he calls himself a human rights activist,
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Speaker 3: a freedom fighter, and more than an athlete. I remember
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Speaker 3: it was back in 2019 when Daryl Morey tweeted and said,
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Speaker 3: Right after that, a reporter came to him and said, Hey, LeBron,
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Speaker 3: we know that you care about humanity a lot. What
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Speaker 3: do you think about, you know, Daryl Morris' tweets that
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Speaker 3: he's established in Hong Kong? It was interesting. He just said, oh,
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Speaker 3: he's not educated about the situation. He shouldn't be. He's
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Speaker 3: hurting the league and blah, blah, right? And I'm like,
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Speaker 3: I cannot believe it. He's obviously making so much money
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Speaker 3: from Nike. He signed like a $ 1 billion contract, lifetime
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Speaker 3: contract with them. So he's not going to say anything
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Speaker 3: about it. So that's where he lost my respect.
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Speaker 2: Okay, I can't argue that. I don't like him either,
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Speaker 2: just so you know.
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Speaker 1: And I like you, Enos Cantor Freedom. And look, you
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Speaker 1: are an activist, and you're a very, very smart guy.
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Speaker 1: We'll get to the WNBA in a second, but there
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Speaker 1: are rumors, Mr. Freedom, that you are considering... running.
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Speaker 2: For Congress in 2028? I'd vote for you. Is there
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Speaker 2: any truth to that?
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Speaker 3: So I think, you know, being an activist is good
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Speaker 3: and everything, right? But I think if you want to
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Speaker 3: take some real action, you have to be in office.
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Speaker 3: I don't know if I would do it in 28
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Speaker 3: or 30, because right now our country is very divided, unfortunately.
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Speaker 3: And I think my job as an activist is uh
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Speaker 3: to bring our country together because the the things that
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Speaker 3: i talk about it's not a right or left issue
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Speaker 3: it's it's a common sense it's a common sense you
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Speaker 3: know so i think i i would i really care
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Speaker 3: about obviously foreign policy my fight against the turkish government
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Speaker 3: and every other dictatorship out there everybody knows it but
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Speaker 3: i mean if it's an opportunity i might consider it
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Speaker 3: but i think right now my work is way bigger
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Speaker 3: and more important than everything i'm.
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Speaker 2: Doing That's fair.
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Speaker 1: But I will tell you this. I think you'd be
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Speaker 1: really good in that position. Yes, I really, really do.
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Speaker 1: But you talk about foreign policy. OK, so I had
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Speaker 1: two conversations last night. One person said to me, you know,
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Speaker 1: Enos is great when it comes to Israel. Just so
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Speaker 1: you know, I'm. I'm big Israel. I've been there six
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Speaker 1: times since October 7th. I'm going back this October 7th.
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Speaker 1: I'm good friends with Bibi Netanyahu, the whole thing.
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Speaker 2: So you know all this, okay?
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Speaker 1: So this person goes, Enos is great when it comes
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Speaker 1: to Israel, which I knew. And then I get a
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Speaker 1: call not long after. They go, no, no, no, no, no.
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Speaker 1: The truth is, is that he wants to raise money
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Speaker 1: for Gaza. He, you know, he's sympathetic to the Palestinians.
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Speaker 1: He's not that pro-Israel. So I'm putting you on the
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Speaker 1: spot right here, Enos, but it's big.
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Speaker 2: It's important.
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Speaker 3: Please do.
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Speaker 2: Are you pro-Israel or not?
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Speaker 3: So here's my answer to you. I'm pro-humanity. So obviously,
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Speaker 3: as a Muslim, of course, I care about my Palestinian
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Speaker 3: brothers and sisters. But at the same time, of course,
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Speaker 3: I care about my Jewish brothers and sisters. I mean,
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Speaker 3: after that attack, October 7, I was actually the first
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Speaker 3: athlete that came out and condemned and called Hamas a
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Speaker 3: terrorist organization. And I'm still standing for it. Which I
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Speaker 3: think what happened that day is just disgusting. I mean,
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Speaker 3: for me, I don't support any governments. To me, the
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Speaker 3: most important thing is supporting humanity. And also, like, you know,
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Speaker 3: I do a lot of basketball camps around the world, right?
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Speaker 3: And I went to Jerusalem. I organized this basketball camp between.
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Speaker 3: between Palestinians and Israelis. Let me tell you something, man,
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Speaker 3: probably the first two days, they were not even talking
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Speaker 3: to each other, right? And then I start to put
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Speaker 3: them in the same team. There was one position, I
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Speaker 3: wanna tell you the story because I actually love this story.
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Speaker 3: I put them in the same team, I got a rebound,
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Speaker 3: I give ball to this Israeli kid. He cross someone
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Speaker 3: over and he pass the ball to this Palestinian girl
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Speaker 3: and she scored a ball. When she was coming back,
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Speaker 3: they high-fived each other. I was like, this is the
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Speaker 3: most amazing thing I've ever seen. Listen, man, I think
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Speaker 3: the thing is, you know, people behind the table are
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Speaker 3: the ones that are giving the orders, and innocent people
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Speaker 3: on the streets are dying. So for me, I support
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Speaker 3: the humanity. I support the innocent people on both sides.
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Speaker 2: Okay, but are you calling Israel genocidal? That's a big word.
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Speaker 3: Am I what?
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Speaker 2: Are you calling Israel genocidal?
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Speaker 3: I mean, I think... There are a lot of like
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Speaker 3: things out there that people are saying that this right
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Speaker 3: or this is wrong. I think my focus is on
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Speaker 3: the kids. My focus is on the humanity. And I
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Speaker 3: think I don't. The thing is, I think it is
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Speaker 3: important to just put the stories of the kids out
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Speaker 3: there on both sides. So that is my thing, and
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Speaker 3: I know I'll get a lot of backlash from both sides,
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Speaker 3: but I'm gonna keep focusing on trying to bring two
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Speaker 3: sides together. Because you know what? I do have a
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Speaker 3: lot of Jewish friends, and many of the things that
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Speaker 3: we do is actually so similar. Like the food that
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Speaker 3: we eat, So to me, I think my job as
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Speaker 3: an activist, I'm going to keep focusing on trying to
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Speaker 3: bring two sides together because we have enough walls between us.
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Speaker 3: I think we need to knock down those walls and
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Speaker 3: start building bridges.
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Speaker 2: Okay, you didn't say yes to genocidal. That's good. Your
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Speaker 2: response was fine. I'm your Jewish friend, by the way.
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Speaker 2: I'm Jewish. I'm your friend.
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Speaker 1: So this is Enos Cantor-Freedom, who's doing a great job here.
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Speaker 2: We're going to get to WNBA in two seconds. One
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Speaker 2: last thing. This one I can't believe. I know you're Muslim.
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Speaker 2: I don't care, okay? God bless you, okay? But somebody, I.
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Speaker 1: Mean it, but somebody, as long as you're not radical Islam, okay,
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Speaker 1: that's when I have an issue with you.
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Speaker 3: I'm not. Okay. I'm as modern as it gets.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Are you a fan of the Muslim Brotherhood or CARE
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Speaker 1: or those organizations?
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Speaker 3: No, please not.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 3: Let me make this very clear, man.
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Speaker 1: No, no, no.
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Speaker 3: Let me make this very clear. I don't know if
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Speaker 3: there's any rumor out there or whatever. Listen. Erdogan, the
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Speaker 3: Turkish president, is the biggest funder of ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas,
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Speaker 3: and everybody knows it, right? I am his biggest enemy.
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Speaker 3: So if people come out and actually make a comment
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Speaker 3: about I support blah, blah, whatever, definitely not. No, I
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Speaker 3: am as moderate as it gets. I support humanity and
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Speaker 3: I support peaceful Islam and that's all.
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Speaker 2: That's a great answer. You're fantastic at this. I've got
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Speaker 2: to be honest, bro. And I believe you. I believe
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Speaker 2: every word. There are rumors out there, just so you know.
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Speaker 2: There are rumors.
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Speaker 1: So you ask that question, there are. But one thing
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Speaker 1: that I'm not going to like, and I'm going to
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Speaker 1: have to yell at you loud. I know you're much
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Speaker 1: bigger than me, but I'm a tough-looking Jew. That is,
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Speaker 1: are you supportive of Mamdani?
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Speaker 3: Who said that?
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Speaker 2: It's out there, man. It's yes or no.
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Speaker 3: Trust me. Listen, I lived in New York last year.
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Speaker 3: He got elected. I moved out. I'm not going to
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Speaker 3: give you my location. I moved out. No, I am
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Speaker 3: not a supporter of Mamdani or anyone who supports that guy.
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Speaker 3: And to be honest with you, I mean, he divides
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Speaker 3: people a lot. You know, I think with the position
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Speaker 3: that he's in right now, right, he can bring so
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Speaker 3: much people in. And unfortunately, like after Tel Aviv, I
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Speaker 3: believe New York has the biggest, largest Jewish community. Right.
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Speaker 3: I think it just it just breaks my heart to
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Speaker 3: see how a person can be so divided. So, I mean, listen,
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Speaker 3: I would love to sit down and have a conversation
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Speaker 3: with him. And I don't want to say educate him,
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Speaker 3: but I want to understand where he's coming from.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So, no, you could educate him.
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Speaker 2: You could educate him.
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Speaker 3: I make this very clear. I do not support the
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Speaker 3: Muslim Brotherhood. I do not support Mamdani or anything that
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Speaker 3: they stand for. So I hope that is very, very clear.
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Speaker 3: It is.
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Speaker 2: God bless you. Last thing.
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Speaker 1: So you can't go back to Turkey because Erdogan literally
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Speaker 1: wants to kill you.
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Speaker 2: He wants to kill you. Now, when I heard that
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Speaker 2: the United States was going to possibly do a deal
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Speaker 2: with Erdogan and Get him the jets and all that.
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Speaker 2: You know that Israel was furious because Turkey hates Israel
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Speaker 2: second most to Greece.
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Speaker 1: But your relationship is that bad? You can never go home?
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Speaker 3: Ever? No, I have four wrestlers for me. They put
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Speaker 3: a bounty on my head. They canceled my passport and
9:38
Speaker 3: then actually put my name on Interpol. So in their eyes,
9:41
Speaker 3: I am pretty much like an international criminal. So I
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Speaker 3: actually have a conversation with some of the people in Congress.
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Speaker 3: I was like, well, what do you think about all
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Speaker 3: the F-35s and stuff? They were like, listen, he's buying
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Speaker 3: S-400s from Russia and now he's asking for F-35s from us.
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Speaker 3: There's no way he's getting that. And people need to
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Speaker 3: understand it. once he gets the F-35s, he will be
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Speaker 3: harassing Greece, Armenia, Israel. And everyone around that region, people
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Speaker 3: have no idea how sick Erdogan is. So, no, I
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Speaker 3: definitely cannot go back to Turkey.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry to hear that. This is Enos. Can't defeat him.
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Speaker 1: If you loved him before, you love him even more.
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Speaker 1: And if you didn't, now you love him. I promise
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Speaker 1: you that. Really good ball player. Played in the league
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Speaker 1: for 11 years. And he's going to play pro basketball again.
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Speaker 1: I was going to play for the WNBA. So I
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Speaker 1: saw you at the game last week. You had that
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Speaker 1: cute shirt on, women describing a woman. Now, I know
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Speaker 1: that one of the ballplayers started mouthing at you, which
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Speaker 1: is kind of silly.
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Speaker 2: You're like 6'10. You're a big, strong guy.
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Speaker 1: I don't know what you thought you was going to do.
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Speaker 1: And they threw you out of the arena. But I thought, Enos,
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Speaker 1: that you said yesterday that you'll stop all this, right?
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Speaker 2: You're not going to want to enter the draft. You're
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Speaker 2: not going to want to play basketball with them. All
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Speaker 2: that stuff.
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Speaker 1: All they got to do is come out and explain
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Speaker 1: what a biological woman is.
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Speaker 2: Is that true?
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Speaker 3: Yes. Listen, all I want is literally simply one word.
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Speaker 3: If they go out there tomorrow and add the word
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Speaker 3: biological next to the female in their collective bargaining, which
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Speaker 3: I can help them, Article 13 of Section 1, it
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Speaker 3: says only women were eligible to play. Just add the
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Speaker 3: word biological. I will drop everything tomorrow. You know, so
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Speaker 3: I'm not I'm not a difficult person to deal with.
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Speaker 3: I'm a peacemaker. I'm not a troublemaker. So, I mean,
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Speaker 3: it's very crazy. Around two weeks ago, 15 women got
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Speaker 3: in the room, spent hours and hours trying to find
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Speaker 3: out what a woman is, came out of the meeting
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Speaker 3: and said, well, we need weeks or maybe months to
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Speaker 3: find out. what a woman is. I mean, how disrespectful
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Speaker 3: that is to all the players currently who's playing in WNBA.
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Speaker 3: I'm just, if I was a player, I promise you,
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Speaker 3: I will just boycott the league, you know? So I'm confused.
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Speaker 3: I think the historians is going to look back in
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Speaker 3: this time and laugh a lot. And I think we
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Speaker 3: just need to be the right side of history.
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's so embarrassing that we were arguing about this, Enos,
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Speaker 1: having men play women's sports. I mean, you know, basketball,
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Speaker 1: we see that. I actually, I know you saw this
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Speaker 1: in the Olympics a couple years ago. Enos, they had
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Speaker 1: men boxing women. The men, they said they were women.
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Speaker 2: You saw that, right? Was that nuts?
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Speaker 3: So listen, they're okay with it. Like, see, that's my point.
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Speaker 3: Like the league itself, the WNBA, the coaches and the
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Speaker 3: players are advocating for it. They are okay with biological
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Speaker 3: male play in their league and they have no idea
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Speaker 3: once they open that door, we're going to be stealing
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Speaker 3: their money. We're going to be stealing their job. We're
12:48
Speaker 3: going to be stealing their endorsement deals. And at that point,
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Speaker 3: You don't need a WNBA. Just merge the NBA and
12:56
Speaker 3: the WNBA. We can go out there and just have
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Speaker 3: one league. And the WNBA losing $ 50 million a year.
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Speaker 3: $ 50 million a year. So they won't be losing that money.
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Speaker 3: So at that point, just have one league.
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Speaker 2: But you know this, Enos. You have to be honest
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Speaker 2: with me because you've been honest this whole conversation. You've
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Speaker 2: been amazing. I really think you're great.
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Speaker 1: You've had this nightmare that you get drafted, you end
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Speaker 1: up on the New York Liberty. You're a guy that
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Speaker 1: averaged one year 18 and 11 in the NBA.
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Speaker 2: Those are great numbers.
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Speaker 1: You averaged a double-double for the season.
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Speaker 2: And your nightmare is you wake.
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Speaker 1: Up, it's the middle of the season, and you're averaging
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Speaker 1: eight points a game and four rebounds.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: And you're getting your ass kicked by people like Angel
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Speaker 1: Reese and that girl out in Las Vegas. I mean,
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Speaker 1: it could happen. It's not likely going to happen, but
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Speaker 1: could you imagine that after all this? You finally get
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Speaker 1: into the league, and these girls kick your ass.
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Speaker 3: Listen, man, once I got in the league, they don't
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Speaker 3: change the rules. Once I got in the league, I'll
13:55
Speaker 3: be breaking every record out there. there won't be any
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Speaker 3: records standing anymore, you know, but the thing is they're
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Speaker 3: okay with it. So if they're okay, I don't understand
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Speaker 3: why people are mad at me. Like they're okay with it.
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Speaker 3: It's like a bargaining. So if you're, if you're cool
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Speaker 3: with it, then I'm a, I'm a rule follower.
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Speaker 2: Well, who's mad at you?
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Speaker 3: Who's managing me? God.
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Speaker 2: No, no, no. These are crazy people. You understand that, right?
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Speaker 2: They're crazy.
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Speaker 3: Of course, obviously, we get a lot of death threats,
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Speaker 3: for sure. Like, every day.
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Speaker 2: Oh, you do?
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Speaker 3: Tons of, tons of, of course. I mean, every day
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Speaker 3: there are tons of death threats. But the thing is, like,
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Speaker 3: people misunderstand. This is God's work. I'm not anti-trans. I'm
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Speaker 3: just pro-woman. Like, I know, like, there's some media outlets
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Speaker 3: out there that are trying to, like, you know, trying to, like,
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Speaker 3: view me as, like, oh, he's anti-trans, he's anti-LGBTQ. I
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Speaker 3: said this in my first video, Sid. I was like, listen, man.
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Speaker 3: I'm not here to mock, make fun of any kind
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Speaker 3: of personal decision. I'm not here to, you know, make
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Speaker 3: fun of people. I'm here to, you know, just follow
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Speaker 3: the rules. So if tomorrow they come out and change
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Speaker 3: the rules, I will drop everything and I will just...
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Speaker 3: start organizing basketball camps.
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Speaker 2: And you know what?
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Speaker 3: I love doing that. Whenever we organize these basketball camps, man,
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Speaker 3: we bring Muslims, Jews, and Christians together, and we talk
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Speaker 3: about our common share values. And it's been an amazing time,
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Speaker 3: and I want to keep doing that. But if you
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Speaker 3: don't change the rules like that, I'm going to get
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Speaker 3: ready for the draft.
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Speaker 1: By the way, where do Muslims, Christians, and Jews all
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Speaker 1: live together and live happily?
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Speaker 2: Israel.
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Speaker 3: Israel.
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Speaker 2: I just want people to know that.
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Speaker 3: Right?
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Speaker 2: Right, Enos? They all live there together. So last one.
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Speaker 2: When I was a kid, there was a really good
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Speaker 2: ball player. His name was World. What was it? Lloyd,
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Speaker 2: what was his name?
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Speaker 3: World B. Free.
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Speaker 2: World B.
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Speaker 3: Free.
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Speaker 2: No, no, but the world came later. He changed his name.
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Speaker 2: He actually changed it.
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Speaker 3: Right.
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Speaker 2: It was Lloyd.
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Speaker 3: Right?
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Speaker 2: Then he became World B.
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Speaker 3: Free.
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Speaker 1: So you're Enos Cantor, a really good ball player and
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Speaker 1: a very likable guy. And then you decide one day
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Speaker 1: to add freedom.
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Speaker 2: Where were you? What were you thinking? How did that
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Speaker 2: name get attached to you?
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Speaker 3: You know, I think that freedom is the most important
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Speaker 3: thing for human beings after literally air, water and food.
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Speaker 3: You know, when I grew up in Turkey, I didn't
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Speaker 3: have any of those. I didn't have freedom of speech,
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Speaker 3: freedom of religion, freedom of expression. You know, if you
16:22
Speaker 3: go against the government and you and your family members
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Speaker 3: will be tortured to death. And everyone in the Middle
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Speaker 3: East knows that, knows what I'm talking about. And then
16:30
Speaker 3: when I come to America, right, I started to see
16:33
Speaker 3: the freedom we have in this country. So I wanted
16:35
Speaker 3: to make the word part of me and carry it
16:37
Speaker 3: everywhere I go. Because it is important to inspire the
16:42
Speaker 3: next generation. And unfortunately, kids these days, they go on TikTok, right?
16:47
Speaker 3: And whatever their algorithm is, that's what they're going to believe.
16:51
Speaker 3: And I think we do need more leaders out there
16:54
Speaker 3: that was going to inspire the next generation so we
16:56
Speaker 3: can have a better and brighter future. So if any
16:59
Speaker 3: parents out there listening to this, if any kids out there,
17:01
Speaker 3: please control your kids. Please don't let them get all
17:05
Speaker 3: this information on TikTok or any other media or social
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Speaker 3: media apps because it's toxic and they can just get
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Speaker 3: radicalized immediately by those apps.
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Speaker 1: You're an amazing guy. I mean that sincerely. I do
17:18
Speaker 1: want you to run for office, and I will help
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Speaker 1: you because I'm like Trump. When I endorse somebody, they win.
17:23
Speaker 1: So when you're in New York, I know you're at
17:26
Speaker 1: Fox News today, but please come by the studios and
17:28
Speaker 1: say hello.
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Speaker 2: This was a great conversation, and you're great.
17:31
Speaker 3: I did see your tweet, by the way. You better
17:33
Speaker 3: delete that tweet.
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Speaker 2: What did it say?
17:35
Speaker 3: You know what I'm talking about. I know.
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Speaker 2: It was like a.
17:38
Speaker 3: Month ago, so you better delete that tweet. We're in
17:43
Speaker 3: peace now.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I didn't realize I did that. Was I nasty?
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Speaker 3: Oh, you were kind of nasty. You thought I was against...
17:51
Speaker 3: You thought I was anti-Semitic.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: And I'm like, I'm probably like the most friendly to
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Speaker 3: all the Jewish people out there. I was confused. I'm like,
18:01
Speaker 3: what is he talking about? Anyway, I was like, I'm
18:03
Speaker 3: going to talk to him.
18:05
Speaker 2: I'm going to.
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Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
18:07
Speaker 2: I'm going to do something. I'm going to do something
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Speaker 2: right now I don't ordinarily do. You ready for this?
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 3: Oh, my God. Okay, this is actually breaking news.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to tweet it. I'm going to say, because
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Speaker 1: I was wrong. Listen, people tell me stuff all the time.
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Speaker 1: I was honest. Two conversations last night. One is the
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Speaker 1: guy loves Israel. The other girl, no, he hates Israel.
18:31
Speaker 1: I believe you 100%. I'm going to delete that tweet.
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Speaker 3: I don't know who they are, but whoever they are, please,
18:38
Speaker 3: I wish they can come and speak to me. You know,
18:40
Speaker 3: I wish they can come and just talk to me
18:41
Speaker 3: because I'm not a difficult person to talk to. I'm
18:43
Speaker 3: not one of the nicest person ever. Agreed. Let me
18:46
Speaker 3: tell you something, Sid. My job right now, I don't
18:48
Speaker 3: know if you know the work that I do with
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Speaker 3: my foundation. I go around the world. I organize these
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Speaker 3: basketball camps, right? And we bring Muslims, Jews. and Christians together.
18:57
Speaker 3: And whenever we sit down, kids ask a lot of
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Speaker 3: crazy questions. And with these basketball kids, we try to
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Speaker 3: de-radicalize those kids because they are radicalized, unfortunately, because of
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Speaker 3: these extreme groups out there. And you know exactly what
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Speaker 3: I'm talking about. So if anything, the Jewish people should
19:14
Speaker 3: be very thankful with what I'm doing. I'm probably the
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Speaker 3: only Muslim out there who's actually trying to bring two
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Speaker 3: sides together.
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Speaker 2: It's true. No, no, no. You're great. I'm telling you,
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Speaker 2: you're great.
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Speaker 1: I didn't I've got, I tweeted that I'm taking it
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Speaker 1: down and I have nothing but nice things to say
19:27
Speaker 1: about you. And the next person that says that to me,
19:30
Speaker 1: I'm going to punch him across the face.
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Speaker 2: How about that?
19:32
Speaker 3: I love it. I appreciate that. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: You did a great job.
19:36
Speaker 3: I need some kosher food. I need you to buy
19:39
Speaker 3: me some kosher food for your story.
19:41
Speaker 2: Come by. I'll take you for lunch. Okay. Sound good.
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Speaker 3: All right. Also, if you want to know more, actually, um,
19:47
Speaker 3: I have a book out there. It's called in the
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Speaker 3: name of freedom on Amazon. So once you get it,
19:51
Speaker 3: I talk a lot about the Jewish-Muslim relationship and my
19:55
Speaker 3: first Shabbat dinner, actually.
19:56
Speaker 2: Oh, nice.
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Speaker 3: So please read that book, and you'll understand better what
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Speaker 3: I'm doing.
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Speaker 2: How old is that book? When did it come out?
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Speaker 3: Oh, it came in 2025. It just came out, and
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Speaker 3: it was the New York Times bestseller. The week that
20:10
Speaker 3: it came out, we have sold more books than Kamala
20:12
Speaker 3: Harris and Ozzy Osbourne, so I'm proud of it.
20:15
Speaker 2: You should be. I loved Ozzy Osbourne, but Kamala's a moron.
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Speaker 1: But come in here. We'll talk about the book. I
20:21
Speaker 1: sell a lot of books. I'm like Oprah Winfrey and
20:23
Speaker 1: Don Imus. I'll sell a ton of books for you, okay?
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Speaker 3: I appreciate that, brother.
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Speaker 2: Enos, you're great. You really are. You're terrific. I really
20:29
Speaker 2: enjoyed this. Thank you so much.
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Speaker 3: Thank you, my man.
20:31
Speaker 2: God bless you. What a terrific guy.
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Speaker 3: Jeez.
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Speaker 2: Enos Cantor Freedom. I love him. I love the guy.
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