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MAKE ONELEGUPALEX THE NEXT TOP HOST THANKS TO IHEART RADIO AND RYAN SEACREST! 10-5-26 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, well, we have
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  Speaker 1: an exciting opportunity here at One Look Up Alex Media because,
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  Speaker 1: and thanks to my supervisor, my longtime friend, Matt Sambolin,
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  Speaker 1: for putting me in this direction to apply to be
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  Speaker 1: the next top host. Have you heard about this with
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Seacrest and iHeartRadio? The next top host... We'll get
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  Speaker 1: six podcast sessions in the iHeartRadio studios. And, well, $ 25, 000.
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  Speaker 1: And be a guest of Ryan Seacrest on an episode
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  Speaker 1: of On Air with Ryan Seacrest. A six-episode podcast series.
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  Speaker 1: And here's why I applied. Because I believe this space...
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  Speaker 1: this podcast space, should have more accessibility talk, more adaptability talk.
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  Speaker 1: I realize sometimes I talk more sports and news, and
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  Speaker 1: I need to hone in on the adaptability like we
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  Speaker 1: did Saturday with Awesome Awareness Day. But if given the
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  Speaker 1: chance to be the top host, the next top host,
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  Speaker 1: I would veer and focus really heavily on the adapting
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  Speaker 1: stories that are out there. and I need your vote.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to say it often, but I need
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  Speaker 1: your vote right now. I'm going to drop the link
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  Speaker 1: below for tophost.org. I created my own profile, and yes,
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  Speaker 1: full disclaimer, my podcast is already on iHeartRadio, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: so glad that they podcast me out, thanks to Spreaker
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  Speaker 1: and iHeart. And by the way, Spreaker is owned by
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  Speaker 1: iHeart now. However, this would further launch One Leg Up
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  Speaker 1: Alex Media. This would further give a voice to the
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  Speaker 1: accessibility community in the podcast space, and boy, do we
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  Speaker 1: need it. So One Leg Up Alex Media is in
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  Speaker 1: the running to be top host, and I need your vote.
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  Speaker 1: The voting started today, so check it out. Now, I
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  Speaker 1: have a little treat for you. I met up with
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  Speaker 1: and caught up with my buddy, Sean Hughes on National
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  Speaker 1: Podcast Day, who is, of course, one of the main
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  Speaker 1: reasons I joined Spreaker was to continue our weekly sessions
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  Speaker 1: and weekly podcasts on a bigger platform. And Sean rejoined
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  Speaker 1: me recently. Take a listen to this.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: On International Podcast Day, I went back to my very
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  Speaker 1: first episode on Spreaker that really gained traction here. And
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  Speaker 1: of course, it was with the one and only Sean Hughes. So, Sean,
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  Speaker 1: I brought you on to say thank you for helping
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  Speaker 1: launch this podcast channel now almost 13 years ago. Can
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  Speaker 1: you believe it? Definitely so.
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  Speaker 2: One of which is our Yankees fandom. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 2: only increased, so.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we got to do a whole podcast after
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  Speaker 1: this wildcard round to maybe break it down for everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Because I remember we got a good audience when we
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  Speaker 1: did those collabs. So, Sean, tell me what you're up
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  Speaker 1: to on International Podcast Day. Tell me what you're up
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  Speaker 1: to these days.
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  Speaker 2: Two nieces, one nephew. Life is.
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  Speaker 2: You know, life goes on, you know, not much is
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  Speaker 2: going on.
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  Speaker 1: Are you, are you still, do you listen to a
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  Speaker 1: lot of podcasts? Do you listen to, do you appear
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  Speaker 1: on any podcasts or what's going on?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I.
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  Speaker 4: Haven't, you know, I haven't appeared on any, you know,
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  Speaker 4: I've just been going about my business, going about my day,
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  Speaker 4: nothing more.
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  Speaker 1: What are your thoughts, because you're a Giant fan too,
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  Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on this Yankee team and then
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  Speaker 1: Giants real fast?
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  Speaker 4: I think the Giants, I'm surprised they released Beckham. That
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  Speaker 4: was a shocker for me. Well, I mean, I got
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  Speaker 4: an alarm on my phone, you know, I hear Odell
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  Speaker 4: Beckham released from the Giants. I'm like, whoa, something must
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  Speaker 4: have happened because, you know, He was so good for
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  Speaker 4: us for so many years.
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  Speaker 2: And then, you know, to hear that he got released is,
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  Speaker 2: it was a little stunning.
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  Speaker 1: It is shocking. And, you know, they didn't really even
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  Speaker 1: play him after three, in those three games. It was
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  Speaker 1: kind of annoying because it was like, play him already,
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  Speaker 1: you know? Sean, you know, people know us from the
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  Speaker 1: Viscardi School. Do you ever go back to Viscardi and
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  Speaker 1: get to see everybody again?
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  Speaker 4: I go for, you know, the tournament or whatever. But,
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  Speaker 4: you know, so much is going on. I haven't been
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  Speaker 4: able to really go to any event, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I know you were doing the alumni basketball for
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. And that's always a fun time.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a good loser, man.
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  Speaker 4: I hate losing.
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  Speaker 1: When we did that show 14 years ago, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we were doing it, or 13 years ago, we did
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  Speaker 1: it on Blog Talk Radio every week, and then we
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  Speaker 1: did the Spreaker stuff, and that was a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a ritual we had every Sunday night.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, who could forget the Super Bowl, uh, podcast where
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  Speaker 5: I asked me when it was a year before String
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  Speaker 5: Hand was inducted.
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  Speaker 4: I was like, I didn't want to talk to anybody
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  Speaker 4: that year. I'm like, just leave me alone. Leave me alone.
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  Speaker 4: Today's a bad day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, I know, right? Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: time flies.
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  Speaker 1: Well, what is Sean's take on this wild card game?
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  Speaker 1: Are we going to do a sweep tonight or what?
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  Speaker 2: Here's a fun thing. Here's a funny thing. I said
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  Speaker 2: this on Facebook last night. I said the Yankees.
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  Speaker 4: Are going to take this in five. I, for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 4: do not see them sweeping. No, mainly because Cole, I mean,
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  Speaker 4: Cole's a good pitcher. Don't get it twisted. Cole is
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  Speaker 4: a good pitcher, but a lot of times he's very
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  Speaker 4: on and off.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: You know, he's very Jekyll and Hyde most of the time,
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  Speaker 4: and you don't know which Garrett Cole you're going to
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  Speaker 4: get that night.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you're either going to get.
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  Speaker 1: Well, tonight's freed, and I'm focused on tonight. I think
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  Speaker 1: they could win in two.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I said five because it's supposed to be
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  Speaker 4: a five-game.
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  Speaker 2: Set, right?
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  Speaker 1: No, no, this is a two out of three.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know. If they take it tonight,
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  Speaker 4: they take it tonight. But tomorrow's another day.
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  Speaker 1: I think with the Rays, they could go five. We'll
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  Speaker 1: have to see. We'll have to see that they make
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  Speaker 1: it there. I love what Ben Rice has done. 40
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  Speaker 1: homers for that kid. 40-plus homers this year.
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  Speaker 4: And he hit a grand salami last night, which I
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  Speaker 4: think was the nail in the coffin for the Red Sox.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that did feel like an emphatic, for at
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  Speaker 1: least last night, but an emphatic statement for the entire
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  Speaker 1: three-game series here. Sean, I know you're also a big
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  Speaker 1: hockey guy. What are you looking forward to with your Isles?
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  Speaker 4: It's going to get better, you know. Hey, you know,
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  Speaker 4: my dad always said that we need a sniper. We
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  Speaker 4: need a guy who's a goal scorer. For whatever reason,
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  Speaker 4: the last couple of years, we just haven't had that guy,
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  Speaker 4: you know.
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  Speaker 2: Well, what do you think of Schaefer?
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  Speaker 1: He's going to be in his second full year now,
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  Speaker 1: and he's going to mature. I think he's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a better asset this year.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, you know, I have to see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Now, for folks who don't remember or don't realize,
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  Speaker 1: Sean crap talks me every time the Isles beat the Rangers.
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  Speaker 1: So I hope that doesn't happen as much this year. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he loves to get his digs in. That's
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  Speaker 1: for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I don't do that. I'm not that horrible to you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm messing around. But you do like to chide me
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  Speaker 1: a little bit on it, which is great. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we used to play hockey at Viscardi, too. That was
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  Speaker 1: a fun time. I know you're busy with your nieces
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  Speaker 1: and nephews, but I love that you still stay in
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  Speaker 1: touch with sports and that's still your lifeblood. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you and I, when we do the Sportsman Tournament, you
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  Speaker 1: should come to the table and announce with me. That
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  Speaker 1: would be so cool.
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  Speaker 2: It depends on my schedule.
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  Speaker 4: I would love to, but, again, it's all about my
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  Speaker 4: schedule and what's going on that.
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  Speaker 2: Day, you know?
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  Speaker 1: I hear that. Well, we got to do these more frequently.
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  Speaker 1: I miss your insight on these things because we talked
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  Speaker 1: about everything once a week. Everything.
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  Speaker 2: Why is Eli not in the Hall of Fame yet?
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  Speaker 2: Can anybody understand that? You okay, Sean?
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  Speaker 1: Sean and I go way back to the Viscardi school.
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  Speaker 1: There he is. Are you back? I hear you now.
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  Speaker 1: So what about Manning? Why isn't he in.
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  Speaker 2: The Hall of Fame? I don't know. But I think
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  Speaker 2: the 117 hurts him.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think he gets judged by
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  Speaker 1: his regular season a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, you know, the.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, Eli Manning and.
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  Speaker 4: Pete, and you and I, you know, you and I
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  Speaker 4: go back and forth on who was the better quarterback
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  Speaker 4: out of the two Manning brothers, and I both, you
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  Speaker 4: said it was Peyton. I somewhat disagreed with you on that, but,
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  Speaker 4: you know.
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  Speaker 2: Especially with your guy, Kevin.
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  Speaker 1: Remember that guy, Kevin Wolf? Oh, my God. That was
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  Speaker 1: something else. Oh, my God. I haven't heard that name.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's no longer my colleague anymore. But we're
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  Speaker 1: still in touch at times. But it's always good to
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  Speaker 1: catch up with you, Sean. And I'm glad I caught
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  Speaker 1: you now because I think the Yanks postseason will go
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  Speaker 1: a little further. Maybe what we'll do is so I
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  Speaker 1: do a Sling TV Sunday recap. Maybe you and I
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  Speaker 1: can do like that Sunday night recap again and just
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  Speaker 1: bring people our insights. What do you think? Sean's probably
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  Speaker 1: traveling here and there. We'll have to find out.
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  Speaker 2: Are you there? I'm here.
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  Speaker 1: What are the other ideas? Do it on Sunday nights
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  Speaker 1: again like we used to?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I'm right there with you.
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  Speaker 1: And do like a Sunday recap with the Giants, even
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  Speaker 1: College Bowl has me interested nowadays. Like the upsets over
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  Speaker 1: the weekend with Penn State losing, USC losing. But my
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  Speaker 1: eyes are on Arch Manning, man. I want to see
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  Speaker 1: that kid go far.
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  Speaker 4: And I posted this on Facebook a couple months ago.
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  Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on Harbaugh?
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  Speaker 1: Harbaugh's the right guy for all these injuries we got
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  Speaker 1: going on. I'll tell you that much, pal.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, you know, I mean, I think Baltimore was dumb
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  Speaker 4: to let him go, but, you know, it was what
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  Speaker 4: it was, man. I think, yeah, I honestly, he hasn't
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  Speaker 4: been this good. We haven't had a coach this good
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  Speaker 4: since Corbin.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Dable was okay for a minute, but overall,
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  Speaker 1: it's been rough.
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  Speaker 2: FYI, I'm still angry about that, but that's a story
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  Speaker 2: for a different day.
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  Speaker 1: You know?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I think anybody who watched that press conference that day
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  Speaker 4: Anybody who watched that press conference could tell he was
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  Speaker 4: being forced out.
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  Speaker 2: You know? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right. One last little bit of stuff here
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  Speaker 1: before I go back to radio work. When we did
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  Speaker 1: the podcast 13, 14 years ago, you know, it was
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  Speaker 1: just a fun vibe. And what do you remember most
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  Speaker 1: about when we first started? I feel like we always
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  Speaker 1: bounce off each other pretty well weekly.
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  Speaker 4: It was fun, especially when I busted your chest. But
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  Speaker 4: I most remember about that first show that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: when I was able to bust your chest about when
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  Speaker 4: I was able to bust your chest about.
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  Speaker 2: When Kelly Ripper kissed you. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. On the cheek, yep, at 13 years old.
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  Speaker 2: I know. Tell me, you know what? You haven't washed
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  Speaker 2: your face after that?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, you always love to say that. Do you
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  Speaker 1: still watch her, by the way, with Mark, or is
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  Speaker 1: it different now?
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  Speaker 2: I haven't watched her since she did....
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  Speaker 4: Since she did Michael, man. You know... Michael was my boy,
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  Speaker 4: you know that. He's on GMA now, but I... I.
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't able to.
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  Speaker 4: I wasn't able to get to the... You know, I
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  Speaker 4: can't get up that early for GMA.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I hear that. And, you know, I hear that
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  Speaker 1: for sure. For sure. Well, I saw Strahan at Fanatics
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  Speaker 1: Fest for a minute, but didn't really get that close
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  Speaker 1: to him. You know, he's doing well, though. And then
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  Speaker 1: he does his Fox stuff, which is even great. His
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  Speaker 1: Fox Sunday stuff is pretty good, too. So on that note,
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  Speaker 1: let's kick it back up again Sunday after week four.
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  Speaker 1: Most of it's done and then we'll go from there.
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  Speaker 1: And Sean, always glad to have you back on the
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  Speaker 1: platform and how this thing has grown since when we
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  Speaker 1: were doing it weekly. Let's keep the momentum going. We
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  Speaker 1: obviously lost Sean after a little while there, but that's fine.
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  Speaker 1: That was my very first podcast co-host, and now basically
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  Speaker 1: the next co-host I've had almost weekly is Ryan Pagano. Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: should I get top hosts of all the people running here?
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's a very good question you pose, Alex. Should
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  Speaker 3: you get top running for that? And I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: is the season fall right now?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the season's fall right now.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. Well, there you go. All right, week four.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't get a chance to.
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  Speaker 1: Recap with Sean, but he's the OG right there. He
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  Speaker 1: and I did it weekly from Blog Talk Raider to Spreaker,
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  Speaker 1: and now 66,000 downloads later. Since I hit 50,000, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, I've got 16,000 more under my belt. So
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  Speaker 1: we're moving along, and I just feel like if we
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  Speaker 1: were to become top hosts here at One Leg Up Alex,
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  Speaker 1: it would just launch the show in a much more
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  Speaker 1: different sphere than it already is. What do you think?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, look, you're already on iHeart. You at least
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  Speaker 3: have a little bit of familiarity with that. And look,
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  Speaker 3: that would only increase further if you were to get
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  Speaker 3: this thing. So, you know, why not? You know, you're
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  Speaker 3: already familiar with the platform. Let's get the familiarity aspect
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  Speaker 3: of it, shall we?
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: One leg up Alex Media in the running for next
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  Speaker 1: top host. I do feel like it's a bit American
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  Speaker 1: Idol coded, not because of Ryan Seacrest, but because of
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Seacrest being in the thick.
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  Speaker 2: Of all this.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. And if I take a
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  Speaker 1: day off to be in studio with Ryan, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Why, Ryan. Mmm, I wonder why.
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  Speaker 1: And that's my message at One Leg Up Alex Media.
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  Speaker 1: We'll do a full week four recap soon enough. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's still got Monday Night Football, but boy, oh boy,
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  Speaker 1: a lot to talk about from yesterday. Keep an eye
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  Speaker 1: out for that, or keep an ear out.
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  Speaker 2: As they say.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see you in the podcast sphere here at One
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  Speaker 1: Leg Up Alex Media. Once again, top hosts voting.
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  Speaker 2: Link below. Go vote.
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  Speaker 1: Vote.