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BONUS: The Podcast About Podcasts – Featuring RaesTakeTV · The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

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  It's bonus time. Here we go.
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  This month in February of 2025, we are doing a podcast about
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  podcast. We want to introduce you to
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  other track and field themed podcasts that are out there that
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  might be great for your listening pleasure.
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  So all month we're introducing a new podcast each and every day,
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  showing you who they are, what they are, how they are, why they
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  got started and even their favorite episodes and most
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  popular. And hopefully this adds to your
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  podcast listening library. So here we go.
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  Let's get started with today's podcast about podcast.
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  OK, How about we start with today.
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  Why don't you give us like a 30,000 foot level introduction
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  of who you are kind of your relationship to our sport?
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  And then why don't we talk? Give us the name of the podcast
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  that we're talking about today. OK, well, I can tell you who I
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  am. I am, without a shadow of a
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  doubt, the number one hated fan in track and field.
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  OK, I'm hated because of a personality when it comes to
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  track and field, all right. And on the other side of it, I
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  may be a number one loved person because if I say some things,
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  people will love me, but then if I say other things, they will
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  hate me. So I would say that that's who I
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  am. But I feel as though I have the
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  ability to do so because as the athlete, as the athlete, I spent
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  two decades in track and field consecutively.
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  So I feel like I have enough to talk about and I should be able
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  to talk about what I don't want to talk about.
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  And even when I do it, some people don't agree.
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  But guess what? Raised takes became raised takes
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  because the world has not been thought.
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  The world is not built on people agreeing.
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  That is very true. And as much as you're hated on
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  and loved on, you know, it's all love from us.
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  And for me specifically, you're my my Wiregrass brother.
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  I would encourage anybody, you know, that was kind of a 32nd
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  version of who Ray is. He has his own episode here on
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  the Guilt Connections podcast. So you want to hear the whole
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  story and trust me, you want to know the whole story.
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  It's fascinating what Ray has done in our sport and in his
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  life. And I think it's extremely
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  important. So so today we're going to talk
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  about Ray's take TV. So you know, my one of my first
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  kind of questions is typically like the significance of the
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  name, But maybe we actually, I do kind of want to ask obviously
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  Ray's take, Ray, you're Ray, this is your take on on on track
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  and field. And you've always kind of had TV
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  in there. So you've always kind of had an
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  idea that this was going to be a video.
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  We're going to be talking a lot of video focused here.
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  But why Ray's take meaning you could have there's a lot of
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  other names, you know, that you could have come up with that
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  still kind of give you the edginess that you are, the
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  reality, the authenticity that you are.
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  Why name it after you? Ray's take.
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  Hey, so honestly, my favorite show that I actually have been
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  watching since 2000 and 13 is First Take.
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  Like literally like every single episode, every single day.
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  Like when I was getting home for track practice, that would be my
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  night time. I'd watch First Take.
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  You know, I watched it on reruns so and the whole dynamic of
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  First Take was just they were debating.
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  It was like a barbershop. Like it wasn't just sports talk.
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  It was like, no, I believe Joan's bitch.
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  No, he ain't. You know, I believe LeBron is
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  and that kind of took me back to really like Alabama, my
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  childhood, because that's all we did was argue back and forth
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  like man now. So when I what happened with
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  Rays tape was I was on Facebook a lot debating and and arguing
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  with people and I just literally just got tired of typing and I
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  was like, I'm going to do, I'm going to do a video.
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  So I did a video explaining my debate and then that video took
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  off and I was like I didn't mean to afford to turn into raise
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  tape. Somebody else said something and
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  I didn't want to type so I said you know what, I'm doing another
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  video. And then because I was tired of
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  typing, I killed 2 of the videos.
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  And a friend of mine, she was like, you know, you should
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  probably do that as a podcast. And I'm like, I don't know what
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  a podcast is that's a podcast. And then that's when, because
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  she was a huge fan of Joe's Butt and everything, she was like,
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  no, watch Joe's butt and podcast.
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  So she was like, you should try this for track and field because
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  that's all you're doing is arguing with people and, and,
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  and giving like your, your spin on it.
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  So then I tried it and it became Ray's take.
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  I created Ray's take TV though, because it's funny that we was
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  talking about other podcasters. So in the beginning of it, my
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  idea was to have a coalition, OK, which was, you know, back
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  then it was just it was just me. And then Anson had his show, you
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  know, and then T was just coming to the game.
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  Colin was was just posting. So, you know, I had this frame
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  of mind up like, well, you know what if we created some type of
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  a coalition, you know what I'm saying?
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  We could all put the same content under 1 channel.
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  So that was the premise of having raised taking TV because
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  the plan of it was to have all of us on one station to where
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  we're all on one channel. There come a point in time to
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  where now meet promoters and other people like that.
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  Got to take those more serious because we literally are the
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  content creators and we're all under one umbrella.
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  I'm still hoping that that happens one day, but that's why
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  I became raised a TV. I I love the inspiration from
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  first take that makes a lot of sense, kind of helps us give us
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  a, a background of it. So if we go and we're, we're on
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  YouTube primarily, we'll talk about more about that later.
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  But if we were to go to the YouTube channel, what talk to us
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  about what's your style? And what I mean by that is solo.
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  So is this you just give and takes?
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  Do you have guests? Are you interview style?
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  Kind of give us like what, what kind of what would be, what
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  would we be watching if, if we partake in the show?
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  So Ray's take has evolved just like first take.
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  You know, first take started out, it was just skip and then
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  it was just skipping, you know, skipping Stephen A and now it's
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  like 710 different people. That's where Ray's take is now.
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  That's what you're going to get when you go to race take now,
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  you're going to see a panel every show of at least at least
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  four to six people. And the reason why we have these
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  four to six people because spread out you have on that
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  show, you have Angelo Taylor, News Olympian, you have coach
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  Lester Blaine, universe genius, highly funny guy.
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  You got him on the show. You got coach of mud.
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  Everybody loves coach of mud and coach of mud is a freaking
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  historian. And then you got James Carter,
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  who hates Felix Sanchez on the show.
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  And then you got myself. And then you add in a sprinkle
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  of Ty Atkins, who was, you know, Auburn's number one national
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  champion runner when you turn on to that.
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  Oh, and also coach Eugene Fraser.
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  So when you turn on that show, you can bet your bottom dollar
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  you're going to laugh. If nothing else, you're going to
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  laugh and you're going to learn track and field and you're going
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  to hear a bunch of people either agree with each other or
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  disagree with each other. So very much a a panel if you
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  will. Whole panel, every, every show
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  has a panel and we have special guests, you know, guest coaches,
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  guest people on the show. So it's always going to be a a
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  pool panel. And with that panel and you
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  know, thinking about this as a TV show, is your focus on
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  current events like what's going on?
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  Are you trying to delve into each one of your panels history
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  because those guys have amazing history, or are you trying to
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  really focus on the current events that are going on with
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  track or an athlete, a meet, et cetera?
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  Now we try to make sure we focus on nothing but current events.
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  That's why my show is called the weekend Wrap up because our job
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  is to give you everything that happened from last Sunday to
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  this Sunday in track and field. So no matter what happened, if
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  it was racist that went on, whether it was some a signing
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  that went on, whether it was, you know, athletes doing some
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  other stuff, whatever. We try and make sure that we are
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  that ESPN for track and field to where if something goes on in
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  track and field, you know, Sunday, I know where to be.
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  I I know to be at the weekend wrap up because Ray in the panel
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  is going to talk about it, break it down.
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  And also because we allow questions and comments, people
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  are going to be able to to ask us questions.
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  They they're going to be able to, you know, converse in the
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  whole chat log together. So it just it it we, we try and
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  make sure we keep it the most current events after that week
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  is over with, we kind of let it go.
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  I I I do love your chat in the question that that to me is a
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  unique and great aspect of just instead of just listening like
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  you can actually partake in the show as well.
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  Ray, when did you start this? And I'm going to say why did you
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  why did you start this? You already kind of gave that to
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  us. But what, what, but for you,
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  what I mean by when, when I say why did you start this?
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  There are other avenues you could have started or not at
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  all. By the way, you could have
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  stopped typing that people or you could have kept, you could
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  have done a blog, you could have done an audio version.
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  So when did you start and why did you go?
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  Why did you do this? Why did you go this Ave. with
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  video? Well, because first of all, I'm
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  long winded, OK, and second of all, I figured my main goal was
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  to connect the outside world to track and field, meaning the
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  people who only watch the Olympics, you know, every four
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  years. OK, I will be the first person
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  going record and always saying like my first foot was football,
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  like I didn't run summer track. I didn't know about any of that
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  stuff. I just happened to win state in
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  the country of dash and went on and kept running.
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  So I'm, I overstand the people who don't watch track and field
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  like I, I that's most of the people I know.
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  So my whole aspect with the video was to give an apparel
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  look, you know, like, like when you see me, it's like, no, I'm,
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  I'm dressed like a normal person, like, you know, I'm not
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  in track and field gear so that I can pretty much bring in the
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  audience of people who will start to watch track more now
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  than just there for years. And I will say that people have
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  told me like, no, we I actually started watching track and field
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  because of race tape, you know, because you keep it authentic,
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  you know, and it's not just a sports show.
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  So that was the whole angle of the reason why I kept going and
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  why I grew it, because I understood that the fan base was
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  starting to grow worldwide, not just in track and field.
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  And when did you start? How long have you been?
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  20 So so Tokyo year, Tokyo year, Tokyo year 2021. 2021, Awesome.
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  That's when 2021 was the year I started in March.
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  And then I took it serious. I took it serious when I got a
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  phone call. Actually, I got a phone call
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  from a buddy, a buddy of mine. A lot of people know it ain't
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  Manteo, OK, I got a phone call from Manteo and he was like,
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  bro, you really should do this race take stuff.
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  And he was like, hey, I'm going to be in USA.
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  If you want some footage, I'll get to put it and send it to
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  you. And I was like, not a bad idea.
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  And after that it took off. I.
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  Love that Now in business, Ray, and you, you know this from your
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  business backgrounds. There's what we call an ideal
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  customer profile. So like for here at Gill, we
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  certainly have moms and dads who have bought discuses and stuff
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  for Christmas for their kids. We sell the contractors,
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  athletic directors, but the person, the ideal, the customer
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  profile, the people that we are thinking about when we create
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  new products, market it, trade shows, things like that is the
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  high school and college track coach.
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  That is who we are focused on. Everybody else's is periphery.
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  You may enjoy some things from from Gil Athletics, but we are
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  focused on that coach. The same can be said about our
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  shows that there is an ideal listener profile.
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  You may have a lot of different people that may partake in the
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  rate and race take TV fans, athletes, coaches who whoever a
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  bunch of other, you know, just regular sports junkies, but
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  you're really talking to a very certain type of person.
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  Who would that be for race take TV?
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  Who's the ideal listener profile?
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  The person that's going to get the most out of watching the
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  show. That would definitely be the
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  youth, no 100%. And when I say youth, I would
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  say any, any, any track and field athlete that's from the
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  college level on down. And the reason why I say this,
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  because a bunch of the stuff that we're, we talk about, we're
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  giving the news on the track and field side, but they were also
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  giving the reality side from our actual personal stories.
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  So because you have so many, you know me, Angelo and everybody on
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  there out and and I've said this before, a lot of times when
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  we're talking on rage take, we're not talking to the
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  athletes today because there's not much they can do to change
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  it because we're still the same generation.
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  We're talking to the athletes that are watching Ray State
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  that's in high school. We're talking to the ones who
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  watched in college because if we can educate them on how the
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  professional world is now, we can do one of two things.
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  We can stop them early if they like.
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  You know what, that might not be for me.
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  Or if it's for them, they can come in with the mindset of
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  understanding this is what I want to do.
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  This is how it's going to be. So you won't have athletes that
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  get in track and field. I mean, in my career, I saw
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  athletes come in and go back out like they come in 2-3 years and
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  like, Nah, this ain't really for me.
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  And that's because you got to get in to experience it first
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  and then see this for you or if it's not.
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  So when we're talking, we're pretty much talking the college
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  athletes all the way down. So you will know, hey, this is
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  what goes on in this sport. Do you want to be a part of it?
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  So love that. Next question here.
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  Ray is kind of A2 parter. What is has been your favorite
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  episode? So it could have been a guest
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  that you had or somebody said something and then it's probably
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  not the same episode, but what is maybe been your most popular?
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  What's went viral for you? So what's been your favorite
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  episode and maybe what's been the most popular episode?
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  Oh, that's a good one. I'm going to give you the most
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  popular episode. The most popular episode, It's
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  so many of them. It's probably the ones that I've
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  been on. I was about.
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  To say the one that you was on, that's my favorite.
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  That's my favorite now that's my favorite.
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  I would say the most popular, though one would have to be my
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  2021 Tokyo interview with Trayvon Romeo.
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  And that was the one that actually Sid Ray's take on a
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  mission because, you know, Trayvon was going through not
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  the rounds good. And everybody's trying to figure
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  out what was going on. How's he feeling?
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  And you know, and, and it was just so many questions.
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  ESPN had questions, Everybody had questions.
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  And then Trey Bone was like, you know what, I'm going to talk to
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  Ray. And that show there was the most
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  popular show to me today because it it was, it was almost 2 1/2
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  hours of him live from Tokyo just getting it all out, like
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  denting out to the world. And the reason why I said that
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  was the most popular because ESPN actually took parts from
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  the interview and they put it up on on ESPN and they also put up
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  on NBC Olympics. So yeah, that would definitely
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  be the most popular. My most favorite one would be,
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  of course, you, Sir, You already know that.
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  Like, that was a given. Like I don't know why you would
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  ask that question. There's no brownie points here,
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  right? No, So for real, is there been a
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  favorite one, one that you either you got to bring on
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  someone that's been you know, you've had a lot of fandom
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  people at that or or maybe someone said something you're
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  like, oh, wow, I did not realize, you know, a little bit
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  like how like Trayvon, like wow, we got the inside skinny here
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  before anybody any that kind of bubbled on.
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  Actually, and people going to say I'm always on his bandwagon,
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  whatever, but believe it or not, the first show I did with Fred
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  Curley, because when I did that show with Fred Curley, he that
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  he had just came off for beating Justin at a strapa and he had
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  just came off of, you know, I'm going to drop him 400 to the 100
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  show. And that was when, you know, we
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  had as when I got a chance to 1st initially meet Fred, you
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  know, and talk to him. And I never forget it.
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  I never forget the little white T-shirt he had on and
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  everything. And he was like, he had a
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  mindset like the fastest man in the world is the one who makes
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  the most money. And I was like, what will make
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  you think that you can go beat everybody?
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  100 He was like, because I want to be the fastest man in the
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  world. And that's just what's going to
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  happen. So and watching it unfold like
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  no, I'm telling y'all like I had a show and this kid literally
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  said this is what's about to happen.
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  He literally said made a libertine.
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  They literally said win the world championship.
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  No, everything he did, he said on that show.
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  So that would have to be my my favorite show.
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  Is that because it was like, no, we have proof.
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  We got to rewind it. He said he's going to beat y'all
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  and so. I love that.
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  So Fred Curly and then right behind Mike Cunningham.
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  I I'm I'm OK with that hierarchy.
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  I would say Coach Lester would even take that for a relay, you
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  know? We learned Coach Lester doesn't
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  like to win relays today. Cool, cool, cool.
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  Now, Ray, our listeners, there's probably a handful of listeners
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  that have been with you from episode number one from the get
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  go, but most of our listeners, they come and go right there,
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  whether they they see a topic they like or even, you know,
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  time of the year for them, they come and go.
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  But you have been behind the mic on every single one of them over
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  these past 3-4 almost five years now as we get along here with
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  race take TV. What have you learned hosting a
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  show, You know, I'm calling it a podcast, but we know it's a
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  video. What have you learned?
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  So I'm not talking about you learned, you know, such and such
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  athlete hurt their Achilles. You know, there's hardware,
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  software, marketing, you know, the business side of which you
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  know, I know you very well on that side.
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  Ray, what have you learned being the host of Race Take TV?
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  I've learned that you can waste a whole lot of money trying to
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  create a great show. That's that's the first thing I
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  learned. I learned you could waste a
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  whole lot of money when you could just stay in your kitchen.
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  OK, that's first thing I. Learned that needs to be right
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  for everybody who wants to create a podcast.
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  That is the very, very truth and you don't need to spend that
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  money Yes, great lesson. Great.
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  Lesson because when I first started ready to say, you know,
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  that's what I had. I had all the fancy lights and
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  the fans and people don't care about that.
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  They just want to watch you. They just want to hear you and
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  that and I said the number two thing is fan engagement.
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  Fan engagement. I learned that in order for you
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  to stay relevant and for people to want to watch you, they got
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  to feel like they can talk to you.
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  That's the engagement part. And that's why I tell people I
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  think that's the true trick behind race take is because
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  people actually get to engage with us.
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  And to us, it's something small. But for somebody watching the
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  show, like I can engage with Angelo Taylor, I can engage with
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  James, I can engage with Ray Overton, they're going to and
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  they're going to talk back to me.
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  Like I think that's the thing that I learned more than
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  anything to give people literally a voice argue with
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  them. Like do that, because I know
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  there's a lot of people that will come for Ray's taking on
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  Twitter and everything. But I in the back of my mind, I
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  know it's like this is going to make their day though, you know,
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  I'm saying it's like I got to argue with Ray track and field.
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  So that's the thing I learned to to to really not take it too
• 18:30
  serious because I used to get mad and block people.
• 18:32
  It's like, no, and it's ain't talking a lot of these people
• 18:35
  who are trolling you. It's really because they won't
• 18:37
  Ray interaction. So, you know, that's the other
• 18:40
  thing I learned. That's a really good point.
• 18:41
  All right, last two questions here, Ray.
• 18:43
  So where can we watch the show? So we know YouTube for sure,
• 18:46
  right? If I go to YouTube and I search
• 18:47
  Ray's take all one word, it's going to pop up there.
• 18:50
  Tell me, I know very little bit about you have a Patreon, you
• 18:54
  have Ray's University, is that other places for content?
• 18:58
  Tell me a little bit more about that.
• 18:59
  So here's what happened, OK, race that grew to a financial
• 19:03
  level that we decided we would have to go a different approach.
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  And let me explain that people were trying to sue me.
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  So when that started happening, we had to start figuring out
• 19:20
  other ways, OK, I can't afford to pay these lawsuits.
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  So but so again, I was new when it came to podcasting.
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  So when I was using material, I was going to race breakdowns and
• 19:31
  stuff like that. And I was like, I found on
• 19:33
  YouTube, I had to learn the hard way.
• 19:35
  You can't do that type of stuff. So then what actually happened
• 19:39
  was we started growing so big to what We cut the show down to
• 19:44
  just Sundays, OK, so that we didn't have to we didn't have to
• 19:47
  work as much. Now how do we the Patreon came
• 19:51
  in because we started having people that was taking our
• 19:55
  content and then just like small clips and creating like TMZ
• 20:01
  sound bites. So it was like, you know, they
• 20:03
  did the codes, they did demeanors like no, no, you just
• 20:05
  took that one piece off of my YouTube.
• 20:08
  Now you've got the whole world thinking that's what we you
• 20:10
  know, that's not that's not that's not how it happened.
• 20:12
  And so not only that, I was like, you know what, I had a
• 20:18
  talk with coach tomorrow and I had to talk with everybody
• 20:20
  because I was about to quit, like I was really about to be
• 20:23
  done with ready to take after the third season.
• 20:25
  And it was like, no, listen, how about we do this?
• 20:28
  How about we go live on YouTube once a week and then as soon as
• 20:33
  we're done, take it off of YouTube and put it on Patreon
• 20:37
  and then leave it on Patreon. And I didn't know anything about
• 20:40
  Patreon then. So how they explained to me was,
• 20:42
  and again, they showed me Joe's Budden podcast.
• 20:45
  You see how Joe Budden has all of these podcasts that goes back
• 20:48
  2-3 years. People can come on here now and
• 20:51
  they can see all of your podcasts, but not only that,
• 20:54
  they can pay for a membership. I wasn't for the membership.
• 20:57
  I just wanted my stuff exclusive.
• 20:59
  So then once we did, the membership was only $3.
• 21:03
  It became smarter to do things over there because YouTube would
• 21:08
  ban us. They would, you know, give us
• 21:10
  strides. And now we can't go live.
• 21:11
  We can't do a show because we said this.
• 21:13
  So we had that clip. So we just started saying we'll
• 21:16
  go live on YouTube soon as that video is done, those videos will
• 21:21
  go to Patreon. Everything else that's on rays
• 21:24
  take YouTube channel is all the content from the beginning.
• 21:28
  So that's why we left everything.
• 21:29
  So if you go to rays take YouTube, you're going to see all
• 21:32
  the content from day one that built up to why we're here.
• 21:37
  And I left it that way for a reason.
• 21:38
  Because if if you watch all the seasons of Rays takes and binge
• 21:43
  watch them, you will see the growth of Rays taking everything
• 21:46
  that we went through to have to end up, well, I know why they on
• 21:49
  Patreon, you know, he tried to get they tried to get sued him
• 21:51
  twice. So it's like, but yeah, if you
• 21:54
  were looking for us, we're every Sunday on YouTube and he's put
• 21:59
  in Ray Tech TV after that. It's actually Ray Tech
• 22:03
  University on Patreon. And the reason why it's Ray Tech
• 22:05
  University on Patreon, because not only do we put the weekend
• 22:09
  wrap up over there, that's why I dropped all my tad bits and
• 22:12
  track secrets. So my, my, my workout secrets,
• 22:16
  my, my, my gym hints, all of those go over there as well.
• 22:19
  So instead of calling this Ray State TV, we decided to call it
• 22:22
  Ray State University because it would be more than just a show
• 22:25
  over there. Last question, Ray, you know, we
• 22:28
  know for podcasting to the audio version, the average podcast
• 22:32
  listener listeners to between 7:00 and 10:00 different shows,
• 22:35
  you know, they'll come and go, but they, they listen to more
• 22:37
  than one show. I, I know you're a video
• 22:40
  podcaster or I don't know if that's the right term, but
• 22:42
  whatever. I was going to call you a
• 22:43
  podcaster, assuming that you listen to podcast.
• 22:46
  And, and for your definition, I'm going to say not only, you
• 22:48
  know, traditional audio podcast, but other YouTube shows.
• 22:52
  Stay away from the, the main stuff like ESPN, stuff like
• 22:55
  that. What is your favorite type of
• 22:57
  podcast, YouTube show that you like to watch?
• 22:59
  That's not your own of course, and maybe not track related
• 23:03
  either. Now here's what's going to
• 23:07
  hello, everybody. I'm kind of like Steve Jobs how
• 23:10
  Steve Jobs kid didn't have apples.
• 23:13
  Mark Zuckerberg actually don't have a Facebook profile.
• 23:16
  I don't watch any show like I and and it's weird because when
• 23:22
  I tell people that they're like what I'm like, no, I don't I
• 23:24
  really don't watch. The only thing I watch is first
• 23:26
  date like that's. Still.
• 23:29
  Today still till this day, I don't it's weird what I mean
• 23:34
  weird because even in the Olympics, I sat down and did a
• 23:36
  show for eight hours and we had over 25,000 people live watching
• 23:41
  us. But I would never do that.
• 23:43
  That's why I have severe ADDI don't have the patience to sit
• 23:49
  still and just listen or watch. But that same ADD allows me to
• 23:55
  talk a lot. So it's it's like, it's like the
• 23:59
  law polarity. The reason why I do so many
• 24:02
  hours and I do race takes so good is because I don't really
• 24:05
  watch it and don't know how to do it wrong per SE.
• 24:09
  So I love that. I love, I love that the initial
• 24:13
  inspiration behind it was first Take, and I love that that's
• 24:17
  still a big show for you. That's really cool.
• 24:20
  Oh yeah, that's how I get, that's how I actually get get M4
• 24:23
  show like I will watch rerecording the first take that
• 24:25
  same day. Yeah, I love because, you know,
• 24:27
  your show has definitely evolved and I'm sure and you mentioned
• 24:31
  First Take has also evolved, so you get to kind of see how that
• 24:33
  goes. I love that.
• 24:34
  All right, Well, dear listener, you know we're done here, right?
• 24:36
  You're listening in your podcast app and you can see we're here
• 24:38
  at the end. So here is my challenge to you.
• 24:41
  If you're driving, don't do this.
• 24:42
  Wait till you get back to the office or the house or whatnot,
• 24:44
  but go to YouTube and type in race take all one word and
• 24:48
  that'll pop up his channel. Here's how I'd like to kind of
• 24:51
  when I'm figuring out if I'm going to like a new podcast or a
• 24:53
  new show, how do I kind of feel it?
• 24:55
  Feel it out and see if this will be the right show for me.
• 24:57
  One is we you just heard his favorite episode in the most
• 24:59
  popular episodes. I'd go back.
• 25:01
  So search race take and Trayvon that that will bring up all.
• 25:05
  I mean, you know, it's probably been a few times, but that'll
• 25:07
  bring up that episode. The one, the other one that he
• 25:10
  talked about is one of his favorite ones with Fred Curley.
• 25:13
  Search those, go watch those cuz that'll kind of give you if
• 25:16
  that's his favorite. Well, those are probably pretty
• 25:17
  good shows And if they're the most popular show, well, that
• 25:20
  means a lot of other people liked it.
• 25:21
  And then watch the latest show cuz that gives you today's
• 25:24
  flavor and style and him and the panel and how he's doing things.
• 25:28
  And then make sure you hit the subscribe button cuz that way
• 25:30
  you'll know you talked about Sunday nights.
• 25:32
  But I know him, sometimes he likes to just impromptu hit the
• 25:35
  record button because something's hot and burning in
• 25:37
  his mind and he's got to get it out.
• 25:39
  So if you hit the subscribe button, you'll know every time
• 25:42
  that's happening. So Sunday nights and then any
• 25:44
  other impromptu additional material.
• 25:46
  And then you'll, you'll be the first to know.
• 25:48
  So you'll know that. So thank you so much for being
• 25:50
  here. Thanks for checking out.
• 25:51
  I hope Ray's take the reason we were doing this all month in
• 25:54
  February. I hope that it adds value to
• 25:56
  you, to your listening pleasure into your track and field world.
• 25:59
  And Ray, I'm just so grateful for you.
• 26:01
  I'm grateful for our friendship and just really thankful for the
• 26:05
  value that you do put out there in the track and field world.
• 26:07
  It's needed and, and I'm glad you're providing.
• 26:10
  So just really, really grateful for you.
• 26:12
  I appreciate it, brother. I appreciate it.
• 26:14
  As always. I'm grateful for people like
• 26:16
  you. So we're going to keep this
• 26:17
  thing going because we're all grateful that we had a life in
• 26:20
  track and field. That's it, baby.
• 26:22
  All right, Ray. Thank you so much man.
• 26:23
  Appreciate it. No problem brother.