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Friday HAPPY HOUR! June 23rd, 2023 | Miss Understood Podcast · Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

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• 1:30
  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rachel Yucatel, and I'm with Kelly Brink
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  Speaker 1: for our Happy Hour Fridays. Hi, Kelly.
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  Speaker 2: Hi. No happy hour for me today. I'm drinking water. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: You want to know why?
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  Speaker 3: Why?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me.
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm hungover as fuck.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well, I can't- We'll get into that later.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait to hear that story. So, first
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  Speaker 1: of all, I just wanted to give a shout out
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  Speaker 1: to my daughter because today, this morning, she graduated from-
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  Speaker 1: lower school. And it's a big deal for all the
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: kids for celebrating 2023 and finishing lower school. We all
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  Speaker 1: got nervous that they would not know how to read
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  Speaker 1: or count because of COVID. And so finally she graduated.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very excited. And then she will be moving with
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  Speaker 1: me to Palm Beach, Florida for school next year. And
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  Speaker 1: I think she's really excited. So I just wanted to say,
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  Speaker 1: I'm really proud of her and all her friends and
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  Speaker 1: her grade in Manhattan. They worked really hard and they, um,
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  Speaker 1: looked beautiful at the ceremony today. I couldn't be there
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  Speaker 1: cause I'm in Florida, but, um, I watched it live
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  Speaker 1: streamed on their school, um, feed and it was super
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  Speaker 1: cute and I'm just really proud of her. So congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: Wyatt and Reese and Olivia and Charlotte and Liv and Sloan,
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  Speaker 1: all her little friends. So I'm really proud of them.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations, Wyatt.
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  Speaker 1: So I wanted to start off by talking about some
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  Speaker 1: of the news that is out today that is so, well,
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  Speaker 1: not today, but all week that has been consuming me
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  Speaker 1: because I feel like I haven't slept in the last
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  Speaker 1: like at least two nights, but maybe more because I
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: wake up in the middle of the night and I'm
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  Speaker 1: constantly looking at my phone to see if there's an
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  Speaker 1: update on what's going on with this submersible, the Titan, who's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, has five passengers on it. And it's so interesting.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, I can't remember the last time that the
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  Speaker 1: world sort of rallied and was paying attention to what
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  Speaker 1: happened to five people. Do you know what I mean? Like,
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  Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of tragedies and crisis and whatever,
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  Speaker 1: but usually it's related to something much bigger. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it surrounds five people that they've sent so many, you know,
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  Speaker 1: rescue missions out to get them because, you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: under time constraints. I think to, you know, we're filming
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  Speaker 1: this on Thursday. It's going to air Friday. But as
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  Speaker 1: of today, in about an hour from now hits their
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  Speaker 1: 96 hour mark where they are going to run out
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  Speaker 1: of oxygen. I know that all those times are approximate,
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: but you know, it's, you know, a looming time that
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: we all have today at noon. And I just, I
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  Speaker 1: keep hoping that there will be some sort of miracle
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  Speaker 1: because miracles do happen, but it seems very dire and
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  Speaker 1: upsetting and it's like so hard to to imagine what
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  Speaker 1: these guys are going through. So like I'll be sleeping
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  Speaker 1: at night and I'll wake up and I'll look at
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  Speaker 1: the news and see what's going on. And then think
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  Speaker 1: about how awful that would be, you know, to be
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  Speaker 1: in that predicament. I mean, what are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I mean, yeah. Like you said, you normally don't
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  Speaker 2: see the whole world rallying around five people. You see
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  Speaker 2: that in natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, things like that. But
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  Speaker 2: this is five people rallying everyone's thoughts and hopes and
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  Speaker 2: prayers and everything are with these five people. But there's
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  Speaker 2: also been a lot of really negative stuff on the internet,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of like really negative comments, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: backlash that I've been seeing, which is horrible. Like people
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  Speaker 2: saying things like, I don't care about five billionaires, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they deserve to die for making such a stupid decision,
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  Speaker 2: things like that. I mean, so terrible. And first of all,
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  Speaker 2: anyone saying that obviously couldn't afford a fun adventure like that. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if it's in your price point, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you want to go see the world and explore everything.
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  Speaker 2: So that's just crazy. Those comments. And then there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people kind of making light of the situation too,
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  Speaker 2: because it's just kind of so surreal. So people are
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  Speaker 2: kind of joking around about it. I think at first
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  Speaker 2: people thought they were going to rescue them. Like they
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  Speaker 2: were going to find them, bring them back and everything
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  Speaker 2: was going to be okay. But like you said, it's
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  Speaker 2: looking really grim right now, but- I saw you commented.
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  Speaker 2: So Barstool Sports, KFC Barstool, Kevin Clancy from Barstool Sports.
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  Speaker 1: I love him.
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  Speaker 2: He's so funny.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 2: He's great. So he's been posting about the Titan all week.
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  Speaker 2: His posts have been really good. There's been a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of humor in it, though. But I saw that
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  Speaker 2: you made a comment. One of your big concerns is
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  Speaker 2: how are these people going to the bathroom in this submersible?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well. It's so crazy because I ended up like
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  Speaker 1: Googling it because I was really stressed out about it.
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  Speaker 1: But this was like on day one, right, that we
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  Speaker 1: heard that. That was like one of my first questions.
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  Speaker 1: And it's funny because as of this morning, it has
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  Speaker 1: like almost 14,000 likes and 200 comments. And most of
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  Speaker 1: the comments are like, oh my God, that's what I
• 6:37
  Speaker 1: was wondering too. But since I, you know, I commented
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  Speaker 1: about that, I've actually seen that they've posted or added
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  Speaker 1: to the stories, you know, real journalists are saying that
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  Speaker 1: they found out that there is a small type of bathroom.
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  Speaker 1: It's not really a bathroom, but a place you can
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  Speaker 1: go to the bathroom. And I think it's similar to
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  Speaker 1: what they call heads, you know, on boats and they
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  Speaker 1: can just like go in something. But like I was,
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  Speaker 1: that would make me so anxious, you know, and. Also,
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  Speaker 1: like how cold it is down there and how dark
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  Speaker 1: and out of sorts you are with what's going on. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, who knows if something really awful happened two
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  Speaker 1: hours in or an hour and 45 minutes into their
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  Speaker 1: journey and they died right then and there, or if
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  Speaker 1: they're still holding on and hoping they'll be rescued because
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  Speaker 1: they have no other options. It's just so terrible.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been feeling very claustrophobic this week too, hearing
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  Speaker 2: this story. So I was reading a lot about it too.
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  Speaker 2: And it's not, there are, okay, so there's a few possibilities,
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  Speaker 2: they say, of what could have happened. They may just
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  Speaker 2: be at the bottom of the ocean floor, 13,000 feet below.
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  Speaker 2: It may have imploded. It may have blown up, but
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  Speaker 2: they're not seeing any debris. So they really don't think
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  Speaker 2: that happened. Obviously, everybody's heard about the tapping sounds, the
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  Speaker 2: knocking sounds, which made it sound like they were still.
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  Speaker 4: The car is beautiful. Where did you end up going
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  Speaker 4: for it?
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  Speaker 3: This exclusive place that Dad has connections with. They have
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  Speaker 3: more cars for more dealerships than like anywhere else.
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  Speaker 4: You have to put me in touch. What's it called?
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  Speaker 5: It's Dunaidial.
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  Speaker 4: Where?
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  Speaker 3: Dunaidial.
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  Speaker 5: There's an accent on the E.
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  Speaker 4: Do you mean.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I got it on Dundale Cars.
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  Speaker 3: Lift?
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  Speaker 2: Please.
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  Speaker 4: Are you going past Kimmage?
• 8:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, Kimmage.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 5: Dundale Cars.
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  Speaker 3: You couldn't possibly go anywhere else.
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  Speaker 2: Alive and okay. Uh, another option would be, they could
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  Speaker 2: have resurfaced somewhere far away and just be floating around.
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  Speaker 2: And in that case, that would be, that would be
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  Speaker 2: terrible because, you know, there's.
• 8:42
  Speaker 1: Not a hatch. No, they've been locked in. They had
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  Speaker 1: to be bolted.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: 17 volts. So yeah, I mean, all scenarios are pretty awful.
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  Speaker 1: I think the best one would be that they're already
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  Speaker 1: floating on top of the water because then they just
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: need to get to them and undo the, the hatch
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  Speaker 1: that was bolted from the outside, but the others seem
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  Speaker 1: pretty grim and awful. And, you know, who knows if
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  Speaker 1: they were caught on something, who knows if those taps
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  Speaker 1: were just floating debris down near the Titanic that are
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  Speaker 1: making the sound. So like, I have so many questions.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know, you know, I'm, I wish that
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  Speaker 1: journalists would be getting to the point more of like
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  Speaker 1: what the conversations were like the first hour and 45
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: minutes that they did have contact with them. Did it
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: seem like anything was wrong up until then? Did they
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  Speaker 1: know exactly where they were when they disappeared from, you know, communication?
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  Speaker 1: How did they seem to be doing for the first,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hour and 45 minutes? I'm curious about all that.
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  Speaker 1: And then I'm curious if a submarine or submersible like
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  Speaker 1: that implodes, does it make something like a sonic boom?
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: Does it make some sort of noise that you would
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: hear somewhere or that would be registered somewhere in the atmosphere?
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: Would you see debris? I mean, I don't really know
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: how that would happen. So, and also, you know, there's
• 10:02
  Speaker 1: been a lot of talk that this was not made
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  Speaker 1: properly and didn't have the right specifications to go that deep.
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  Speaker 1: And so, you know, I'm just curious if they are
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  Speaker 1: still in there, if they're just minute to minute, you know,
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  Speaker 1: so worried that they're just going to you know, implode.
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just so awful.
• 10:21
  Speaker 2: That's a good point. One of the, one of the
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: crazy things. Well, so it sounds like there were some, like,
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: don't quote me on this, some sort of like code
• 10:30
  Speaker 2: violation things, or, you know, they weren't following things to specifications,
• 10:35
  Speaker 2: like you said, and this contraption, it's kind of like
• 10:39
  Speaker 2: made out of random parts, like that like upcycled, recycled parts,
• 10:46
  Speaker 2: like the steering is from an Xbox controller. There's no
• 10:50
  Speaker 2: like emergency location device on it. Like there is on
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: an airplane, like no black box or anything like that,
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  Speaker 2: where they can, you know, find you and locate you,
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  Speaker 2: no tracking or anything, which there should be. And all
• 11:05
  Speaker 2: of the steering and navigation was done by text message,
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: which is kind of there were a lot of things.
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  Speaker 1: That I feel like- Well, it makes no sense because
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: my Wi-Fi doesn't even work half the time in my
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  Speaker 1: own house, much less if I went underwater. I mean,
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: I just think that's crazy. And if the Xbox or
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: PlayStation control wasn't charged properly, how would they use- I
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: just think the whole thing sounds absurd, sort of.
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  Speaker 2: I know. I know. So yeah, would you go? Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I do love the Titanic. I think it's amazing. What
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: an experience. What an opportunity for these people. But so iffy,
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  Speaker 2: would you ever, would you.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: Ever go on an excursion like that? No, if someone
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: paid me $ 10 million, I wouldn't go because they're not
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: even getting out and swimming with it or like looking
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: for things. They're looking through a glass little window and
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: taking pictures with their phone. I mean, they can sit
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: in the comfort of their bed or their couch and,
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: you know, log on to what the submersible is seeing
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  Speaker 1: and be safe and drinking wine or a beer. And like,
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  Speaker 1: it makes no sense. I mean, I just am so
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: shocked that anyone would want to do that. But, you know,
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: I did speak to somebody last night who is a
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: major adventurer and does go on things like this and
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: is someone who's registered on the wait list to go
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: up into space and all this stuff. So he says
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: that they're very aware when they do these things of
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: how dangerous it is and how they could lose their life,
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: but that it doesn't, that doesn't deter them obviously because
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: they are such adventurers and they love this kind of thing. And, um,
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: you know, I just, I hope they had food. I
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: hope they had water. I hope they had a lot of,
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: sweaters and warm things that they could have, you know,
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: they were layered and could have taken off depending on
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: the heat. I just, you know, it's also really sad
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: that a 19 year old boy was down there because
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: no matter how much experience the other guys have, um,
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: in this kind of thing, um, that 19 year old
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: kid was just a kid is just a kid and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: must be terrified. I mean, they're all terrified, but anyway,
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  Speaker 1: father and son. Yeah. So father and son.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I, I can only imagine like the conversation, the
• 13:16
  Speaker 2: conversations that are taking place too, between this father and son,
• 13:19
  Speaker 2: probably like heartbreaking, like, I love you, you know, all
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  Speaker 2: these big, meaningful.
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  Speaker 1: I would hope. I mean, hopefully they're not mad at
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: each other and blaming each other about how they got
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: there in the first place. So, but maybe by the
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: time this airs, there will be some answers. I would hope.
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  Speaker 1: If not, I hope that there are answers at the end,
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: no matter what the outcome is, because Remember how long
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: it took to find, like, to get answers to the
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: missing airplane that disappeared?
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  Speaker 2: Malaysian.
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: The Malaysian air. Yes.
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: That's a crazy story.
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: That's a crazy story. And I actually recently watched the documentary.
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  Speaker 1: I actually didn't know that they found the plane. Did
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  Speaker 1: you know that?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it just disappeared.
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: No, I thought so too. But in the documentary, they
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: made it seem like they did find it. wreckage and
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: fuselage from it somewhere, but they kind of don't know
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: what happened or why, you know, why the flight ended.
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: So anyway, I love all that stuff. I think it's
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: really interesting, but no one likes to not know what happened.
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: The not knowing is the worst. I've been through that
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: when I lost my fiance in September 11th and I
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: had to not know for a long time what happened. And,
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: you know, obviously your brain tells you that, when it's
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: like not okay to hope anymore, you know, but you,
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: you want to give up hope until you, you want
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: to keep hope until you know, um, some tangible facts.
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: So I, it really is the worst feeling of not knowing.
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  Speaker 1: So I do, um, I will follow this story and
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: I hope you all do too, because it's just an
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: awful thing. And I hope that we will, um, learn
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: a lot from it, I guess. Yeah. I'm so excited
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  Speaker 5: It's Dunaidial.
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  Speaker 4: Do you mean.
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  Speaker 1: plus free shipping. Maybe we should talk about this week's
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: guests that we had on. Yeah, for sure. So we
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: started Monday. We had Lilo Brancato, who was the actor,
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: the 16-year-old in A Bronx Tale, which have you seen
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: the movie?
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you made me watch it and I'm so glad
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: you did. I watched it the day before he came
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: on the show.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: But you hadn't seen it 30 years ago.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: I did, but I really didn't remember it. I remembered
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: bits and pieces of it, but I had to rewatch
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: it again. Then I remembered, but yeah.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: It's such an interesting film because it's just as good
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: now as it was 30 years ago. I mean, it's timeless.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: It's such a good film. And C is the part
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: that he plays. It's Robert De Niro's son. And he's
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: such a breakout actor. And I loved having him on
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: the show because he talked about how he got found
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: or noticed, whatever. He was swimming in the ocean. His
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: brother pulled him out and said, you should try out
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: for this cold casting call. And he ultimately got the
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: part and it made him ridiculously famous. I mean, he, he, he,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: by the way, is a natural talent. He is a star,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: but you know, people all have their demons and he
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: was struggling with his. And especially when he got the
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: notoriety and the fame from this movie, people started coming
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: out of the woodwork and the, mostly the way that
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: people wanted to, you know, show their, you know, appreciation
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: of him or act like they were his friends was
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: to get him involved in partying and drugs, ultimately leading
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: to the fact where he got so addicted that he
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: was looking for drugs one night with another person who,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: and they went to someone's house to break in and
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: get some drugs that he had. It was a friend
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: of Lilo's, so he knew that the guy would be there,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: and he knew that the guy had stuff. And I
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: don't even think they made it into the house, but
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: they just broke the glass. And there was an off-duty
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: cop living next door who heard, came out, and the
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: accomplice that was with Lilo Lilo shot and killed the cop. And, um,
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: the accomplice got shot. I think a bunch of times
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Lilo got shot a few times and it was horrible.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: He went to, he went to jail for 10 years,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: got out after eight and is spending his life right now, um,
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: working in the treatment and addiction and recovery, um, community
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: really helping others. And it was really interesting to talk
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: to him and hear his whole story. What did you think?
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Oh, it was great. It was such a beautiful story
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: of a rise and a fall, but then redemption afterwards
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: and serving others and things like that, helping others in
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: the future. And you said in the interview, it's like,
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: life imitates art. That, that famous quote from the movie, the,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: the saddest thing in the world is wasted talent. And
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: his life was going on that kind of course, but he,
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: he brought.
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: It all back.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: So he was great. He was great. And he was fun.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: And I love the way he just lays it all
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: out there. He doesn't, he doesn't make excuses. He doesn't
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: try to put it in a prettier little package or
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: anything like that. He's like, here's what I did. And
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: he just says it all and doesn't hide anything or,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: you know, he just tells his full story. It was great.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: And we've been getting great feedback on that episode too.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Everybody just really loved it.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And so if you haven't listened to it yet,
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: you should go back and listen to it when you can.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: He's really interesting. It's a really compelling story. And especially
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: if you've seen A Bronx Tale, it makes it even
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: more worthwhile because then you feel like you really get
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: to understand him. So Then the episode that came out
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: Wednesday was the famous Rudy Giuliani episode that we did.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: We went to see him at WABC radio and did
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: a sit down with him for about an hour and
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: 10 minutes, which was fantastic because he had been on
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: my bucket list before I even started this podcast as
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: one of the people I wanted to speak to. And
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: when I would tell people that I wanted to interview
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Rudy Giuliani, they said, why? That's crazy. I'm not going
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: to listen to that episode. He's completely nuts. But the
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: first question people asked after my interview when they heard
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: I met him that day was, you know, could he
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: form a sentence? And yes, he was completely normal. He's
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: not like what you read about. I know that he
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: does make a lot of, you know, offhanded comments, crazy,
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: you know, some comments sound crazy. Things he does have
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: been a little bizarre with the, you know, showing up
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: at the Four Seasons event. landscaping company instead of a
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: hotel to do a press conference or having the hair
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: dye sweating out of his head and you know all
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: these weird things, I guess, but just means to me,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: you have really bad people around you because they're not
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: helping you. So now he has a really good, um,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: publicist or, you know, assistant or manager that he works with.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: And frankly, my experience with him was fantastic. He spoke
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: all about, um, his experience with 9-11. Obviously I have
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: my own. So it was so great to talk to him, um,
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: and go through that day with him. And then I
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: was able to ask him questions, even though I wasn't
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: really supposed to, but about the current accusations that have
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: been you know, in the news and also talk to
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: him about the state of New York because there's been
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: so much going on in New York. And I just
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: moved from New York to Florida to get out of
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: being in New York, but I'm really a New Yorker.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: So it was nice to talk to him and get
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: his perspective. And he's such a smart man. He's done
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: a lot. So like him or hate him. It's a
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: great episode to listen to because I think you get
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: a new perspective of who he is and give, have
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: a little forgiveness, you know, and empathy from it. So
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: I hope people listen to that.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, what a sweet.
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: The car is beautiful. Where did you end up going
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: for it?
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: This exclusive place that Dad has connections with. They have
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: more cars for more dealerships than, like, anywhere else.
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: You have to put me in touch. What's it called?
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: It's Dunaidial.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Where?
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: Dunaidial.
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: There's an accent on the E.
• 23:22
  Speaker 4: Do you mean.
• 23:23
  Speaker 5: Yes, I got it on Dundiel Cars.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: Lift?
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: Please.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: Are you going past Kimmage? Oh, Kimmage.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: No.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Done deal cars you couldn't possibly go anywhere else.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Part two and the same thing everybody who's like oh
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: my god you you met rudy is he absolutely just
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: batshit crazy i'm like what no he's very articulate and
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: well-spoken and a gentleman and just a wonderful like he
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: was a great person yeah and ted his his right
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: hand man is wonderful too so yeah it was it
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: was awesome and we all as americans have our own
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: story that we went through on 9-11, whether we lived
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: in New York or Iowa or wherever, you know, we
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: all felt the emotions and we were all scared and
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: we all saw Rudy as a leader during that time.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: So the story resonates with everyone. I think whether you
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: like his politics or not, it's a great episode. Yeah.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: And obviously what he said is still important enough because
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: it was, you know, front page story this morning on
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: the Daily Mail and got picked up everywhere. And people
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: are interested in what he has to say. And I
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: think for a long time, he's gotten really bad press about,
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: you know, the fact that people are like, what happened
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: to him? So, you know, I do think it was
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: very interesting to be able to talk to him and
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: hear his thoughts on what's going on in terrorism and
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: how it's changed or hasn't changed since then, you know?
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: So he's a really interesting figure to just pick his
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: brain anyway. So it was such an honor to have
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: him on the show, you know? So anyways, I thought
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: that was great. It was great.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: So I wanted to actually talk about one other thing
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: that has been consuming my week. Have you, well, I
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: know you did because I'm asked you to, but, um,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: who has seen, um, this new documentary? Uh, it's like
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: a top show right now on documentary. It is called
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: take care of Maya. Um, I know that you saw
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: it and, um, but people that are listening, I really,
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: next time you go on Netflix, this is a documentary
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: you should see, but be prepared. It's going to affect you.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: So I, as I mentioned at the and all of that.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: But I also didn't sleep the night that I watched
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Take Care of Maya, because it affected me in a
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: way that I wasn't prepared for. I mean, I was
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: crying from like the first two minutes in, and then
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: at different parts throughout, I was so affected that I
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: found myself just like beyond upset. And it's, you know,
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: it's about a family that this is the first time
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: they've gotten to have their narrative and share their side
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: of the story. But technically, it was a family who
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: happened about 10 years ago, the there was a Two kids,
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: a brother and a sister and two parents. The Kowalskis
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: is the name of the family. And the daughter started
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: suffering from some interesting symptoms that they couldn't figure out.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: And they took her to five different doctors. And two
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: doctors actually decided to prescribe her with ketamine as a
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: way to treat what she had. And it was a
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: disease that many people hadn't heard of. And the ketamine was...
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: helping her and she had a relapse and they took
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: her to Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins believed that the mom
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: had Munchausen's by proxy, which is where you are basically
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: lying about your kid being sick to get more attention
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: for yourself is sort of the layman's terms for it.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: And long story short, child protective services came in and
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: took the child and got the courts involved. And, um, Maya,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: the daughter who was only 10 and was in a
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: ton of pain and they weren't giving her the ketamine
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: that she was used to getting to subside the pain.
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: And she was in the hospital by herself for three
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: months under the care of the state. And, you know, um,
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: basically could not see her mom, could see her dad
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: on a limited basis. And they really blamed the mom,
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: like she was making this up and making her daughter sick.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: And the last sort of straw that broke the camel's
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: back is the judge decided that this was going to
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: continue on and that she could not even go in
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: and hug her daughter. And that night, the mother, her
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: name was Beta Kowalski, she killed herself. She hung herself.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: And long story short, Maya has this disease. It's been diagnosed.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: The hospital agreed. They gave custody back to the father.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: And now in 2023 is where we are. Obviously, September,
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: they are going to court, but it's taken them five
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: years to get a court to agree to take this
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: to trial, and they are suing Johns Hopkins for negligence, basically.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: And I hope they get every penny that they ask for.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: It's such an upsetting story. And they also found out
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: that this one Child Protective Service woman had taken away
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: almost 30 kids from their families, and some parents are
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: still in jail from it. And I've actually had two
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: friends that have told me stories like this, that they've
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: gone to the hospital, And something happened with their kid.
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: One of them in particular, I remember her son had
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: taken the microwavable macaroni and cheese out of the microwave
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: really quick. And the water that's in it sprayed all
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: over his neck and stomach because he wasn't prepared that
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: it was like burning water. And she took him to
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: the emergency room and she died. was basically accused of
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: child abuse. And yeah, yeah. And it was a whole investigation.
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: And she's like, this is crazy. I'm bringing him here
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: to get treatment. But he had third degree burns on
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: his body. And it was really bad. So they didn't
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: believe her. And She's a great mom, you know, and
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: it's just so scary because it could happen to anyone.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: What happened to the Kowalskis could happen to anyone. And
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: it's so frightening when the control is taken away from
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: you and the power and when these big businesses get
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: involved and the courts get involved because the courts are
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: not really prepared to listen to all the facts and
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: listen to the emotion and listen to why people do
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: things and they end just a judge that's making these decisions.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: And the damage has already been done. I mean, this
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: poor girl grew up without a mother. And her mother
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: killed herself because of what was happening, not because she
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: had any mental illness. She could not be with her daughter.
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: And she was devastated. And it was so upsetting to
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: me because Maya at the time was my daughter's age.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: that she is now. And I was so affected by
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: it that I stalked her and figured out how to
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: get a hold of her. And within 20 minutes of
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: me reaching out to her, I was talking to her
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: on on my phone, we were texting back and forth
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: and she's such a sweet girl. And I just really
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: wish the best for her and her family. Um, we
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: made a request for them to come on the show
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: and it seems like Netflix doesn't want them to be
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: doing press that they're not setting up right now. So
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: we'll see if eventually we can get her on, but
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: I just really am going to follow that story and
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: I hope for the best for her and people that
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: haven't seen the documentary really should, if they can stomach
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: that kind of thing.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: I agree. It was heartwarming.
• 30:35
  Speaker 4: The car is beautiful. Where did you end up going
• 30:38
  Speaker 4: for it?
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: This exclusive place that Dad has connections with. They have
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: more cars for more dealerships than like anywhere else.
• 30:44
  Speaker 4: You have to put me in touch. What's it called?
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: It's Dunaidial.
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: Where? Dunaidial.
• 30:51
  Speaker 5: There's an accent on the E.
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: Do you mean.
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: Yes, I got it on Dundiel Cars.
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: Lift?
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: Please.
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: Are you going past Kimmage?
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: Oh, Kimmage.
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: No.
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: Done deal cars you couldn't possibly.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Go anywhere else breaking I'm I'm pretty tough I was
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: like I'm not gonna cry oh I was crying through
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: the whole thing too so sad I can't imagine being
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: prevented from seeing my child I I just felt her
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: pain it was just it was just horrible and these
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: these the court system the social workers they have so
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: much on their plate they have so many case files
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: that I was frustrated because they can't possibly give Maya's case.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: They could not have possibly given Maya's case the time
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: and attention that Maya's own parents did over the course
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: of her lifetime. They looked at a file, read through it,
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: and decided like that, they're going to take parental custody away.
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: It was just infuriating to watch the end. The ending is...
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, you need a box of Kleenex.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, also what's interesting is to
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: play devil's advocate. It's happened in the opposite way. I mean,
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: remember the story with Gypsy? What was it? What was this?
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: And the mother was taking the child in and doctor
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: shopping and made the kid think she was sick, I think. And, um,
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: because she did have Munchausen's by proxy and eventually the
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: daughter kind of got her wits about her. She got
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: older and got a boyfriend and they decided to create
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: a scheme to kill the mother. Right. Uh, so I
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: don't even know what happened there. Do you know how
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: that ended up?
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: I don't know how it ended up, but I'd But.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: They've made movies about it. It obviously was a big
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: enough story that it gripped the nation and it was crazy.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: But in this scenario, the mother was abusing the child
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: because she had Munchausen's and was getting a lot of
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: attention because her daughter was so sick. At the end
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: of the day, I think she made it seem like
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: her daughter couldn't walk. She was paralyzed. The kid could
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: walk because she's walking fine. So, I mean, these scenarios
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: do happen.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: They do.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: But you have to be so careful, obviously. I mean,
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: we're not involved in it, but it's just so painful
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: to watch.
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: It is. And I know that the court system has
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: a really difficult job to do. I know they do,
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: but they don't always get it right. There's no way
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: they can always get it right. And in this case,
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: in Maya's case, they got it terribly wrong and there
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: is just a tragic ending. So it's a great, it's
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: a great documentary. Don't watch it if you want to
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: be in a good mood, but do watch it. It's,
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: it's a, it's really good. Okay.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: And actually I'm going to tell you right now, I
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: have a text message from her right here. She just
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: texted me as we're literally talking.
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: Oh my gosh.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: This show is all about people that are misunderstood. So
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: I'm really hoping to, you know, if she doesn't do
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: the interview, that's fine. I would just would actually like
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: to have her in my life because I really want
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: to support her. So I'm going to continue to talk
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: to her and wish her the best.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: That's wonderful.
• 33:54
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: Well, you're great at booking guests.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. Thank you. Yeah. Who are
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: our guests that we have next week?
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: Oh, next week we've got one guest in a two-part episode.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: We've got Sarma.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: Oh, speaking of Netflix. Yes. So wait, we'll tell you,
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: you have a couple of days now, you guys, if
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: you haven't seen Bad Vegan on Netflix, I feel like
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: I'm working for Netflix right now. If you haven't seen
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: Bad Vegan on Netflix, go and watch it this weekend
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: and I believe there's four parts to the docuseries. Is that?
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: I think that's right. Yep, yep.
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: You can binge it because it's that good. And Sarma
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: is a woman who lived in New York, got into
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: the hospitality business, the restaurant business, was a partner in
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: something called Pure Food and Wine. And long story short,
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't even want to give it away
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: because it's so interesting, but she ended up going to
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: prison because of a guy. The restaurant was closed. It
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: was all over the news. It was national news. And
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: we have it on our show next week. And it's
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: one of the first times she really spends a lot
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: of time telling her side, because when you watch the documentary,
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: you come away with it, not knowing is this girl
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: complete criminal? Is she, um, mentally unstable or, you know,
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: was she psychologically abused by a guy who created this
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: world in her head and she did not know how
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: to get out of it. And unless you've been through
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: some sort of cult, um, under, you know, unless you
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: understand cults, unless you've been exposed to cults, you can't
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: really understand what that's like to be so psychologically abused
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: because people will look at you and say, Oh, you're
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: so smart. Like, how could you not get yourself out
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: of that? It doesn't work.
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: They'll say, why didn't you leave? Why did you not leave? Like,
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: it's a choice, you know? Yeah. I don't understand.
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: It's much more than that. And it's, um, And so
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: you don't know whether or not she was just brainwashed
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: and fell into this spell and ruined her whole life
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: because of it. But, uh, I've become friends with her
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: through doing these interviews with her. I genuinely like her. Uh,
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: I wish her the best. She has some really exciting
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: things coming up for her in her life, which she deserves.
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: Cause I think she's had a really hard time for
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: many years with the stigma of what happened to her
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: and what she went through and what she, she did
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: cause other people. So, um, I think she's trying to
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: make amends and she's got a lot of work to
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: do and a lot of money to pay back. Um,
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: in retribution to the government. As a matter of fact,
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, they owed
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: about six, she owed personally over $ 6 million. And so
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: I think she has to be giving that back and
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: dealing with taxes and all sorts of things. So to
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: get your credibility back and people to trust you again
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: is a really hard thing, especially when it's been portrayed
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: in the papers and in the movies or, you know,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: in streaming service. So I think it'll be really interesting
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: to hear her story. You guys are going to love it.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: The first part of the episode comes out Monday. The
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: second part comes out Wednesday so that you have time
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: to catch up, but I think you will enjoy it.
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: I'm super excited too, because right when Bad Vegan came
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: out on Netflix, I was all about it. I binged
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: the whole thing right away. And for the people who
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: haven't seen it, there's really no way you could explain
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: it quickly. It's unbelievable, the story. So it's just, it
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: gets pretty crazy and Definitely worth the watch.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So you guys will have a good show come
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: out on Monday. All right. So you said earlier that
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: you are hungover. I think you look great. I just
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: want to get a quick update on how your dating
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: has been going on because if people are just tuning
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: in now or if you've been watching for the last
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: three weeks, Kelly is getting married on New Year's Eve
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: of 2024. So the catch there is that we don't
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: have a husband for her yet. So we're looking for one.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: So we've been setting her up on dates. We put
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: her on all these online dating sites. And she's just
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: been inundated with men and dick pics and all this
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: really fun stuff. So she is having a hard time
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: working the last two weeks because all she's doing is
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: going out on dates and texting me at four in
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: the morning being like, I'm driving home now, da, da, da.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: So I can't wait to hear the quick update from you.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, quick update. It's going well. I embarrassed myself, I
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: feel like, on my first date last night. I forget
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: that like, I've lost a lot of weight recently. I
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: can't really drink. I don't have much of an alcohol tolerance.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: So I don't really drink a whole lot. I had
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: a little too much. I wasn't silly or anything, but
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: I threw up.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Oh my God. Amateur.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: Amateur.
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: I know he was so sweet. I ended up, I
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: had to, cause I live an hour away. I had
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: to stay at his house first date. I had to
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: stay at his house. I had to get me a toothbrush.
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: Oh my God.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: He was, I know he was so sweet. So this
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: is okay. Maybe there's a reason why I'm single. Anyway,
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: but the date went well. We went bowling and he
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: is a super cutie, smart, smart nerd, nerdy guy, my
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: kind of nerd.
• 38:50
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: But that went great. So that was a great date
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: other than.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Was he who he said he was? I mean, I
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: know when you meet somebody online, they can be a
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: lot different. So did he live up to who he
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: said he was?
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: And more.
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: Oh, cute.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: He was a very, very quality person. So that was exciting.
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: Do you think you will go out with him again?
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Yes, I will. He asked me already.
• 39:13
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: Even though you threw up in his house and he
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: had to give you a toothbrush and you had to
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: spend the night on the first date, he asked you
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: out again. Well, something's going right for you.
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It must be my amazing bowling skills.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: Yes. Did you did you win?
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: No, no, I'm a terrible bowler. So yeah, but it
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: was fun. We had a great time. I'm going to
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: a concert tonight.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: With somebody else.
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 39:40
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: With a, with a, on another date, I will not
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: be drinking. So that should go well.
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: Uh, And then, oh, Sunday I have a date, a
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: dinner date. There's a man lying his airplane here to
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: meet me for dinner.
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: That's what I like to hear. Okay. That's my kind
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: of guy.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: I've never had anybody do anything like that before. So
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: that's pretty exciting. I'm very excited about that.
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's going well.
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Well, he seems like a person that I'd like to
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: put on your short list, but I don't even know
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: his name, so we'll have to hear his qualifications. But
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: at least he's making the effort by coming all the
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: way to see you. I like that. Because the last
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: couple of dates you've gone on, you live in a
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: small town and you've had to drive at least an
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: hour to go to them.
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: So, you know, I don't know if, uh, if I
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: love that. I like that, that he's making the effort
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: to see you.
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: Yes. I mean, in flying a plane, he's not even driving.
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: He's just, he's like, okay, I'll fly to meet you
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: for dinner. I'm like, who are you? So yeah, that's exciting.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: And I love it when a man will put in
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: the effort. Yeah, that's great. I think that's treat a woman. Yeah. Chivalry.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: I like that. So, yeah.
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: Awesome.
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: I'll keep you guys posted.
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: Please do. And if anyone has any suggestions for Kelly,
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: what's the email that you can send?
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: It's gettingmarriedatmisunderstoodpodcast.com.
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: Perfect. Okay, guys. So if you have any suggestions, it
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: doesn't matter where they live in the country, please send
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: in a suggestion, who the person is, how we get
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: in contact with you or them, because it would be
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: really funny. We'll put it on the show. We'll make
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: sure they go on a date or at least try
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: and get them to talk. So that would be great.
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's do it. Okay.
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: All right. So anything else that we want to cover
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: before next week?
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. Everybody tune in for SARMA
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: next week, Monday and Wednesday. And then of course, happy
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: hour on Friday again. Yeah. So thanks for watching.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: And so I am leaving on my exciting weekend is
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: I'm going to Vegas for an event this weekend.
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: That is exciting. Who are you going to meet up
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: with there?
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: Oh, well, on Sunday, I'm actually going to meet up
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: with Perez Hilton. He's coming over to my friend's house.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: And I'm very good friends with Shelly Berkeley, who's running
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: for mayor in Nevada. And she's working on getting the
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: young vote. And she's really a great woman. She's a Democrat.
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: She represents a lot of good, you know, first of all,
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: she has a lot of good people on her side,
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: but she, you know, all the The things that she
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: represents are very smart and she's been somebody in Congress
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: there and in politics in Nevada for almost her whole life.
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: And by the way, she's like in her 80s. So
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: she may look a little old to be running for
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: this position, but she's been doing this forever. She's fully qualified.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: So Perez just moved to Las Vegas and I am
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: setting them up on a lunch date so that they
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: can meet because I believe that Perez will be very helpful.
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: in her campaign. So that's what I'm doing Sunday. And
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: then I have an event Sunday night through Wednesday, which
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: is going to be interesting because this is a group.
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: I don't want to even talk about what the name
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: is because it's all very secretive. I'm just a friend
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: of somebody who's a member. And so I'm going as guests.
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: This is the second time I've been invited. But they
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: sort of kidnap you for the weekend. You know the
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: town or the city that you're going to, but you
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: don't know anything else. And they send you like what
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: you're So it's to pack and bring to where it's
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: all very, you know, high net worth individuals, men and women.
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: And so they do a very white glove type of
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: three-day thing. You have seminars where you're getting to hear
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: from super interesting, super important people. And then you get
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: to see the town you're in. And so this time,
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: it's Las Vegas, which I'm very familiar with because I
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: lived there for five years. I opened up the number
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: one nightclub there. So it's going to be interesting to
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: see what kind of guests they have, what kind of
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: events they have scheduled for us. I know we have
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: a black tie evening. We have something outdoors. We have,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: you know, a bunch of different dinners and events. So
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what happens. I'll have to
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: tell you about it next week, but then I'll be
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: back on Wednesday night.
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: Cannot wait to hear about that. That sounds amazing.
• 43:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: I guess that's all we've got for this week, but...
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• 45:00
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• 45:09
  Speaker 4: The car is beautiful. Where did you end up going
• 45:12
  Speaker 4: for it?
• 45:12
  Speaker 3: This exclusive place that Dad has connections with. They have
• 45:15
  Speaker 3: more cars for more dealerships than like anywhere else.
• 45:18
  Speaker 4: You have to put me in touch. What's it called?
• 45:20
  Speaker 5: It's Dunaidial.
• 45:22
  Speaker 4: Where?
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: Dunaidial.
• 45:25
  Speaker 5: There's an accent on the E.
• 45:28
  Speaker 4: Do you mean.
• 45:28
  Speaker 5: Yes, I got it on Dundale Cars.
• 45:30
  Speaker 3: Lift?
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: Please.
• 45:31
  Speaker 4: Are you going past Kimmage?
• 45:33
  Speaker 5: Oh, Kimmage.
• 45:34
  Speaker 4: No.
• 45:35
  Speaker 5: Dundale Cars.
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: You couldn't possibly go anywhere else.