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Episode 52 - Why RealTalkwithMikeD is my version of a Reality show! · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. Alright, welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to Real Talk with Mike D. I am the one,
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  Speaker 1: the only, and the original Mike D. Ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: today I want to talk about why I think my
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  Speaker 1: podcast is very similar to a reality show. And I
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  Speaker 1: want you to let me know if you agree. Think
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  Speaker 1: about it. On a reality show, you get to watch
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  Speaker 1: people talk about their lives, their problems, their relationships, their struggles,
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  Speaker 1: their victories, their bad decisions, their good decisions, and sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: their lack of common sense. And honestly, that sounds a
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  Speaker 1: lot like a podcast. Especially this podcast. Because when you
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  Speaker 1: listen to Real Talk with Mighty, you're not listening to
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  Speaker 1: some perfectly polished television character who's got everything figured out. Nope.
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  Speaker 1: You are listening to me, Mike D, a regular guy,
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  Speaker 1: talking about real life. And that's where the comparison to
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  Speaker 1: reality television comes in. Reality shows are supposed to give
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  Speaker 1: you a glimpse into somebody else's world. A podcast can
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  Speaker 1: do exactly the same thing. The difference is, instead of
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  Speaker 1: cameras following me around my house all day, you get
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  Speaker 1: my voice following you around. Maybe you listen to me
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  Speaker 1: in your car. Maybe you listen to me at work.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you listen to me while you're walking. Heck, maybe
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  Speaker 1: you're listening to me while you're drinking your morning coffee.
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  Speaker 1: And hopefully, you're not listening to me while you're doing
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  Speaker 1: something you're not supposed to be doing. That's funny. But seriously,
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  Speaker 1: a podcast can feel incredibly personal. And that's because you're
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  Speaker 1: hearing somebody talk directly to you. There's no studio audience.
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  Speaker 1: There's no television producer standing behind the camera saying, Okay, Mike,
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  Speaker 1: now pretend you're angry. No, if I'm frustrated, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to hear it. If I'm excited, you hear it. If
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  Speaker 1: I'm having a good day or a bad day, you're
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  Speaker 1: going to hear it. That is reality. And that's what
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  Speaker 1: makes this kind of podcast interesting. Now, here's the thing
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  Speaker 1: about reality television. They show you the good stuff, but
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  Speaker 1: they also show you the drama. They show arguments. They
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  Speaker 1: show people struggling. They show people making mistakes. They show
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  Speaker 1: people celebrating. They show relationships falling apart and relationships coming together.
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  Speaker 1: Life is exactly the same way. Nobody wakes up every
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  Speaker 1: morning and says, man, today is going to be absolutely perfect.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you wake up tired. Sometimes you wake up stressed.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're worried about money. Sometimes you're worried about work.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're lonely. And sometimes you're questioning yourself. Sometimes you're
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  Speaker 1: wondering where in the hell your life is going. And
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you're just trying to make it through another day.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, that is reality. And I think that's
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  Speaker 1: one of the reasons podcasts have become so popular. They
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  Speaker 1: don't always have perfection. Sometimes They sound like somebody just talking.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody just stating what's on their mind. Somebody who has
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  Speaker 1: been through some things. Somebody who can sit behind a
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  Speaker 1: microphone and say, yeah, you know what? I've struggled too.
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  Speaker 1: That's powerful. Because suddenly, you're not alone. Another thing that
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  Speaker 1: makes a podcast similar to reality television is that you
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  Speaker 1: can have a basic idea of what you're going to say.
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  Speaker 1: but you never really know where the conversation is going
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  Speaker 1: to go. That's life. You might wake up thinking you're
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  Speaker 1: going to have a normal day, and then something happens.
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  Speaker 1: Someone says something. You get a phone call. Something goes
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  Speaker 1: wrong at work. You get unexpected news, and suddenly your
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  Speaker 1: entire day changes. Sometimes that's what happens during a podcast.
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  Speaker 1: You start with one subject, and five minutes later you're
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  Speaker 1: talking about something completely different. Not necessarily a bad thing.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes the best conversations happen when you stop trying to
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  Speaker 1: control everything. You just talk. You tell your story. You
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  Speaker 1: say what's on your mind. And you see where it
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  Speaker 1: takes you. That is what I really want Real Talk
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  Speaker 1: with Mike D to be. A place where I can
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  Speaker 1: sit down behind this microphone and just talk. No pretending.
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  Speaker 1: Not trying to make everything sound perfect. Just real conversations.
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  Speaker 1: And when you listen to this podcast, You're getting a
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  Speaker 1: piece of my life. Now you're not getting every single detail.
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  Speaker 1: You're not getting every private moment. But you're getting pieces.
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  Speaker 1: You're getting my thoughts, my opinions, my experiences, my frustrations,
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  Speaker 1: my sense of humor, my hopes and fears and dreams.
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  Speaker 1: And sometimes you're getting me trying to just figure things
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  Speaker 1: out just like everybody else. That's what makes it feel
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  Speaker 1: like a reality show. Except instead of watching me on television,
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  Speaker 1: you're hearing me tell you about it. And honestly, I
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  Speaker 1: kind of like that better. Because television reality shows sometimes
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  Speaker 1: have to create drama. A podcast doesn't. Life provides enough
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  Speaker 1: drama all by itself. Amen. You know, you don't need
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  Speaker 1: a producer when your alarm clock goes off at 4
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  Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning. You don't need a television writer
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  Speaker 1: when the bills show up. You don't need a director
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  Speaker 1: when you're sitting there wondering what you're going to do
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  Speaker 1: with the next chapter of your life. That's real life.
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  Speaker 1: And real life gives us enough material. And ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: here's another reason I think podcasts are like reality shows.
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  Speaker 1: The audience becomes part of that experience. When someone watches
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  Speaker 1: a reality show, they start feeling like they know the
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  Speaker 1: people on it. They hear their stories. They watch their struggles.
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  Speaker 1: They celebrate their successes. They get frustrated with them. They
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  Speaker 1: laugh at them. Sometimes they yell at the television. And
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  Speaker 1: podcasts can create that same relationship. Maybe you've listened to
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  Speaker 1: several episodes of Real Talk with Mike D. Maybe you've
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  Speaker 1: heard me talk about stress. Maybe you've heard me talk
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  Speaker 1: about loneliness. Maybe you've heard me talk about money. Or
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  Speaker 1: maybe about work. Maybe you've heard me talk about family
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  Speaker 1: or my dreams. Or maybe, just maybe, you've heard me
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  Speaker 1: make a complete fool of myself talking about something ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: And I have. And eventually, you're going to start feeling
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  Speaker 1: like you know me. That's a pretty incredible thing. Because
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  Speaker 1: you're not sitting across the table from me. Probably somewhere
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  Speaker 1: completely different. A different state. A different country. A different city.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you have a different life. But for 10 or
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  Speaker 1: 15 minutes, we are having a conversation. And ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: that is powerful. But there's one major difference. Reality television
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  Speaker 1: is often edited. Whereas a podcast can be much more direct.
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  Speaker 1: You're hearing the thoughts come out of my mouth. You're
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  Speaker 1: hearing the pauses. You're hearing the laughs. You're hearing the mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: And sometimes, you're probably hearing me lose my train of thought.
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  Speaker 1: And that's okay. Because that's human. I don't want reality
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  Speaker 1: talk with Mike D to sound like I'm reading a
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  Speaker 1: corporate memo. I do not want every sentence to be perfect.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to sound like someone else. I want
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  Speaker 1: it to sound like me. Because the whole point of
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  Speaker 1: this podcast is authenticity. It's about saying what you mean
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  Speaker 1: and meaning what you say. It's about being comfortable enough
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  Speaker 1: to admit, I don't have all the answers. Because none
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  Speaker 1: of us do. We are all figuring this thing out together. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I want you all to think about your own life
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  Speaker 1: for a second. Your life has characters. You've got a family.
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  Speaker 1: You've got friends and coworkers. You have people you love.
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  Speaker 1: You have people who drive you absolutely crazy. You've got
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  Speaker 1: unexpected plot twists. You've got good days. You've got bad days.
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  Speaker 1: You've got moments where everything seems to be going great.
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  Speaker 1: And you've got moments where you wonder, what the hell?
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  Speaker 1: Just happen. You've got chapters. Some chapters you never want
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  Speaker 1: to end. Other chapters you can't wait to close. But
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you don't know what's coming next. That, my friends,
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  Speaker 1: is a reality show. Except there's no television network controlling it.
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  Speaker 1: There's no season finale. And unfortunately, there isn't always a
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  Speaker 1: commercial break. That's life. Maybe that's why we connect with
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  Speaker 1: reality shows and podcasts. Because somewhere underneath all the entertainment,
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  Speaker 1: we see ourselves. We hear pieces of our own experiences.
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  Speaker 1: We're realizing that other people struggle too. Other people get lonely.
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  Speaker 1: Other people get scared. Other people have dreams. Other people
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  Speaker 1: screw things up. And other people wake up the next
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  Speaker 1: morning and try again. You know, so when I sit
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  Speaker 1: behind this microphone and start talking, this is my reality.
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  Speaker 1: This is my corner of the world. And I'm inviting
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  Speaker 1: all of you into it. Not because I have everything
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  Speaker 1: figured out. Not because I'm some expert on life. And
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  Speaker 1: definitely not because I have all the answers. I'm inviting
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  Speaker 1: you in because I have something to say. I have
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  Speaker 1: been through a lot in my life. And I know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of you have been through things in your
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  Speaker 1: life as well. And I want you to know you're
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  Speaker 1: not alone. And maybe something I'm talking about connects with you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you've been through the same thing. Maybe you're going
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  Speaker 1: through it right now. Maybe you've been afraid to talk
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  Speaker 1: about it. Maybe you thought you were the only person
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  Speaker 1: feeling that way. And then you hear somebody on a
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  Speaker 1: podcast saying, yep, I have been there too. That's the
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  Speaker 1: beauty of this format. A microphone can turn one person's
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  Speaker 1: experience into a conversation with thousands or millions of people.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, that is pretty amazing. That is the
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  Speaker 1: sole reason why I created this podcast. Because I want
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  Speaker 1: people to know they're not alone. I may not have
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  Speaker 1: all the answers. But I've had a lot of trauma
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  Speaker 1: in my life, a lot of hardships, a lot of pain,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of suffering, a lot of good times, but
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot of bad times. And I know people
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  Speaker 1: out there are going through the exact same thing that
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  Speaker 1: I am or have been through. You may live right
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  Speaker 1: down the street. You may be in another state. You
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  Speaker 1: may be in another country. But we're all similar. and
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  Speaker 1: that respect. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you found some enjoyment out of it. And
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  Speaker 1: as always, I greatly appreciate you being here. I greatly
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  Speaker 1: appreciate you listening. And until the next episode, please be
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  Speaker 1: the reason someone smiles. Peace! Thank you.