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Celebrating Our Military Rob Berschinski From Harvard Kennedy School · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 2: Hi, Arrow. Rob Brzezinski here.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God, dude. You are an angel in disguise.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that you're probably going to say, ah,
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  Speaker 1: stop it. But come on. You've got to know what
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  Speaker 1: it is that you're doing to impact a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people's lives right now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you. We're trying to make a little positive change.
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  Speaker 1: To do that means you've got to hit some rough spots.
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  Speaker 1: How are you collaborating with others to get through those
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  Speaker 1: questions and those unanswered deliveries and things like that? Because
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  Speaker 1: it's not just handed to you, Rob.
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  Speaker 2: Well, listen, we're trying to bring in exceptional public servants
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  Speaker 2: from all over the country. And, you know, that's what
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  Speaker 2: that's what we want on our campus here at Harvard
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  Speaker 2: Kennedy School, folks that are looking to make the world
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  Speaker 2: a better place. So through the American Service Fellowship, we're
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  Speaker 2: we're doing what we can.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't it also start with a conversation with the everyday
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  Speaker 1: person that says, oh, by the way, I heard a
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  Speaker 1: podcast or I read an article. This is where you
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  Speaker 1: need to go to learn more about because there are
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  Speaker 1: so many lost people right now. They don't know where
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  Speaker 1: to turn and they don't know how to find you.
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  Speaker 1: But I think it's going to take the common man,
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  Speaker 1: is it not?
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  Speaker 2: So we're looking for exceptional public servants, and I am
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  Speaker 2: happy to guide people toward where they need to go
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  Speaker 2: to find out more information. Our webpage is... It's ken.sc
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  Speaker 2: slash service, or you can just Google American Service Fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: So we are looking for veterans and other public servants
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  Speaker 2: who have served for seven or more years at the
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  Speaker 2: federal level or state or local level or in tribal
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  Speaker 2: government who want to continue in pursuing their public service
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  Speaker 2: career and have a commitment to excellence and If that
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  Speaker 2: sounds like you, apply. If you earn the fellowship, you
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  Speaker 2: can come here to work towards a one-year master's degree
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  Speaker 2: in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School with amazing public servants,
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  Speaker 2: some of whom will have similar backgrounds, some of whom
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  Speaker 2: will have very different backgrounds. But what we will offer
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  Speaker 2: you is a master's degree, essentially free of charge. So
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  Speaker 2: Harvard Kennedy School is going to pick up the tab
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  Speaker 2: for all tuition and fees and also give those who
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  Speaker 2: come to study with us a stipend for a living cost.
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  Speaker 2: You can come here, learn from the other fellows, learn
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  Speaker 2: from the world-class faculty at Harvard, and then go back
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  Speaker 2: out into the world and make your communities a better place.
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  Speaker 1: I love where your heart is. And here's where I'm
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  Speaker 1: coming from. And the reason why I can so relate
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  Speaker 1: with this is because one of my essential jobs, only
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  Speaker 1: because I believe that I was called to be there
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  Speaker 1: by the higher energy of the universe. And that is
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  Speaker 1: I work at a grocery store. I see these men
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  Speaker 1: and women that have been dedicated to community service as
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  Speaker 1: well as serving this nation. And they have lostness in
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  Speaker 1: their eyes. And they don't have the direction. And that's
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  Speaker 1: why I felt it was so important that you and
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  Speaker 1: I have this conversation. So that I can at least say,
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  Speaker 1: you need to talk too. I know the dedication you've
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  Speaker 1: put in. And it's not over yet. There is hope
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  Speaker 1: for you. Please grow with Rob.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's right. I really appreciate that message. We want
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  Speaker 2: to take people, you know, you may have just separated
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  Speaker 2: from the military and are thinking about what you want
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  Speaker 2: to do next. So not only are we breaking down
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  Speaker 2: barriers to cost for graduate education, but we're offering people
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  Speaker 2: a year to come here and think and reflect and think.
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  Speaker 2: network and grow and come to a conclusion about how
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  Speaker 2: they want to pursue a professional career dedicated to public service.
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  Speaker 2: So that might mean running for office. It might mean
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  Speaker 2: going to Washington, D.C. and serving in the federal government.
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  Speaker 2: It might mean going home, wherever home is, and serving
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  Speaker 2: on a city council or on a school board. There
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  Speaker 2: are so many different ways to public service, but we
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  Speaker 2: want to break down the barriers that inhibit people from
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  Speaker 2: continuing that trajectory in their professional lives.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. There's more with Rob Brzezinski coming up next.
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  Speaker 1: American Service Fellowship. There is so much here for the
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  Speaker 1: men and women who have served our nation. We are
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  Speaker 1: back with Rob Brzezinski. I would love to somehow, someway
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  Speaker 1: just be a witness of such a class because there's
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  Speaker 1: something that happens when it comes to a U.S. service
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  Speaker 1: person who has been there for this nation forever. And
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  Speaker 1: when they get when they got something that their mind
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  Speaker 1: and heart can invest in, they do what I call popping.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, it's almost like, oh, my God, I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know. And I bet you that happens inside your
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  Speaker 1: circle at all times where it's like they gave up,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't have to because of people like yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I will tell you that we're in the second
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  Speaker 2: year of the American Service Fellowship now, and half of
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  Speaker 2: the first cohort of 50 service fellows that we have
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  Speaker 2: on campus are veterans. I talk to them all the time,
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  Speaker 2: and they enrich our classrooms, but– to a person, they
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  Speaker 2: are so enthusiastic about the experience they've had here with us,
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  Speaker 2: what they've been able to learn, the people they've been
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  Speaker 2: able to meet, and what they're able to take on
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  Speaker 2: into whatever the next stage of their careers are. Our
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  Speaker 2: other American service fellows have, in some cases, run for office.
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  Speaker 2: Some have a background in law enforcement. Some are former diplomats.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it really takes all kinds of And kind
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  Speaker 2: of the ethos of the school is to bring together
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  Speaker 2: people of different backgrounds, different viewpoints, maybe different political ideologies,
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  Speaker 2: and have those folks learn from one another. They may
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  Speaker 2: disagree sometimes, but we teach constructive disagreement. And we just
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  Speaker 2: think it's really important if you're going to go out
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  Speaker 2: into the country and be a public leader that you're
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  Speaker 2: exposed to a number of different people. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 2: I just love where your heart is. And one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that, how do you deal with that moment
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  Speaker 2: when many, many, many of these men and women, you
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  Speaker 2: thank them for what they're doing, you listen to their stories, and.
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  Speaker 1: Then they say, I don't know what to do. I
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  Speaker 1: was just doing my job. And in my heart, I'm going,
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  Speaker 1: that was more than a job. And then and then
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  Speaker 1: to see them growing with you, it just it just
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  Speaker 1: proves that that it's not over just because you're home.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's right. I mean, having I'm an Air Force
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  Speaker 2: veteran myself, having served in the military and military. had
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  Speaker 2: a number of engagements with the veterans community. I'm just
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  Speaker 2: constantly in awe of the way in which so many
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  Speaker 2: veterans downplay what are just incredible terms of service. So
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  Speaker 2: sometimes you have to kind of get it out of
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  Speaker 2: some people exactly what they did and what they contributed
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  Speaker 2: to our national security. But we love having those voices
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  Speaker 2: here at Harvard. We just think it's so important for
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  Speaker 2: the community to have people who have a background in
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  Speaker 2: the military so that we can learn from them and
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  Speaker 2: they can learn from us.
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  Speaker 1: It's got to be just unbelievable to know that Harvard
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  Speaker 1: is backing you up on this project because this is
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  Speaker 1: so important for our future as we grow forward.
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right. We were lucky enough at Harvard to
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  Speaker 2: have the resources to launch this fellowship. It continues to
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of support. Like I said, largest scholarship
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  Speaker 2: in the Harvard Kennedy School's history. We hope that it
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  Speaker 2: will continue for many years into the future. So there's
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  Speaker 2: a ton of support here, and we're looking to attract
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  Speaker 2: the best and brightest into the second year of the program,
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  Speaker 2: which is why I hope your listeners take the time
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  Speaker 2: to come to the webpage and apply. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing is, is that, and maybe this is
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  Speaker 1: just the martial artist in me and the way that
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  Speaker 1: we were trained that in order to be here today,
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  Speaker 1: we had to have a past and we have to
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  Speaker 1: have a future. And it's what we're doing with our
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  Speaker 1: present place of now that, and I just, I just
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  Speaker 1: cannot wait to read your future journals and things like
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  Speaker 1: that of how somebody that you trained inside this program
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  Speaker 1: went on to affect hundreds, if not thousands of other
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  Speaker 1: people's lives.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. That's exactly what we're trying to do with
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  Speaker 2: this is make sure that cost isn't a barrier to
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  Speaker 2: continue careers in public service. And, you know, public service
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  Speaker 2: can take so many different forms. For some people, it
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  Speaker 2: means running for office. For some people, it means working
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  Speaker 2: as a political appointee or a career civil servant or
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  Speaker 2: a diplomat. For others, it means going back and teaching
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  Speaker 2: in a classroom or working in law enforcement. We've seen
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  Speaker 2: it all and we want to enable that.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about everything
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  Speaker 1: that you're doing, Rob? Because you're spot on when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to growing into a future that's unwritten. But if
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  Speaker 1: they step into the right place, it will be written
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  Speaker 1: and it will be experienced.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for asking. So again, the application is online at ken.sc
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  Speaker 2: slash service. That's short for Kennedy School, ken.sc slash service.
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  Speaker 2: Or you can just Google American Service Fellowship. That'll bring
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  Speaker 2: you right to the webpage. All the information on the
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  Speaker 2: fellowship is there. You can apply right online. The application
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  Speaker 2: is open through the 1st of December, so still plenty
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  Speaker 2: of time to apply.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to come back many times throughout the year, dude.
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  Speaker 1: This is not just a moment that we're doing right now,
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  Speaker 1: but throughout the year, we've got to keep reminding people because,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's going to take them at least a
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  Speaker 1: couple of months to get moving in the first place.
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  Speaker 1: But you've just got to come back to this show.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate the invitation. Thank you, Arrow.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you be brilliant today, okay?
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  Speaker 2: All right. Thank you.