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Last Call · Brainwaves

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to TWO Shot Tuesday.
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It is episode #300 that is 600 shots will have been consumed by
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the end of this episode over the course of our run.
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My name is Jason Riley. With me, as always, is Barry T
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Nixon. And Barry, one thing we want to
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tell our listeners and our viewers who've been with us this
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whole time, this is actually our final episode, the final shots.
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And we're kind of crazy that it's come to this.
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It really is, you know, the, the, the festering attention
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between the two of us has clearly led to this breakup.
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No, that's not true. That's not true at all because
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we've got a real special announcement coming at the end
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of this episode because we're not going too far away.
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Right. I love it.
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I mean, just leave everybody guessing as to what you possibly
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be revealed. That's it.
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But before we get to the big reveal, Jay and I know you love
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a reveal as much as anybody, let's have our first shot of our
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final episode, the first of two final shots.
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Yeah, when you say it like that, it really kind of it hits you
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where you live, doesn't it? It sure does Barry.
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What do you have to ring out this this festive occasion?
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Well, at the time of this recording, Jay, it's about as
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hot as it is in Iraq. Now, you and I have both been to
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Iraq in our minds, so we know exactly how hot it is.
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It's that hot, and so what's the best way to quench a relentless
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heat? Bushmills 12 year What about
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yourself? Well, I was taking it right back
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to where we began and we started with the Jameson.
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We have since upgraded our our tastes and but I'm keeping it in
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the same family with Jameson Black Barrel.
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Here's to you. And you cheers.
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Ooh, shot 599. Barry shot 599.
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As we start to bring it in, I mean, you, you hit it this
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afternoon when you said, you know, this is going to be an
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episode. We're going to reminisce.
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We're going to look back on some of the wonderful things that we
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did. Yeah.
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Yeah, How are you feeling? Well, first of all, this is your
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most naked show. So for those watching on
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YouTube, you're getting a real feast.
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You're getting buried next and shirtless.
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That we know. And we don't know anything else,
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and that's just fine. But you, you let us know what
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what brings you to this? Spoiler alert to the the front
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the front bottom is covered. OK, I'm still wearing my tarp on
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the front bottom so everyone can just relax and you know, save
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your comments for the end. This is not because of any
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particular reason other than it's hot as hell Jay and at the
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time of this recording I'm sure our listeners and viewers can
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appreciate. If you happen to be in Southern
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Ontario, it's hot as hell outside.
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Now am I complaining? No, I'm simply adapting.
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And how does 1 adapt? They put on as little clothing
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as possible to remain comfortable.
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Yes, that's how I roll. Jay, you are in the air
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conditioned studio. I sure AM.
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Yeah. And I'm wearing my golf shirt.
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I'm wearing my pink kind of dad golf shirt.
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Thank you. Yeah, but a dad, a cool dad,
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wouldn't wear pink. That's the thing.
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This is where you level up on your suburban father.
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They wouldn't be wearing a color palette like that.
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Why? Because they would be afraid of
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how people would react. Yeah.
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Jay, you were fearless. Have been since day one.
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Hey, I am all right, I am. You know what?
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Speaking of day one, we've come through 6 years of doing this
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show. Well, six seasons.
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We're into our sixth year of this show.
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We started in the pandemic. I won't go too far into the
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where we started because where we're going to be going to, I
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think we'll have to touch on that as well.
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So, but I would like to get, and you know, those of our viewers
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and listeners who've been with us this whole time are very
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familiar with with the show and where it started, its
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beginnings. But I want to ask you, Barry,
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are what are some of your favorite moments from Two Shot?
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Well, it's probably is when we've had Alex Ravel on the show
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to discuss some collection horror stories and when he
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shared one's tale in particular about his rather unorthodox
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management style and how he motivates his team.
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Or at least how he used to motivate his team some years
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ago, which I thought was interesting.
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And I invite our viewers, if you are interested in that kind of
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thing, different management styles, you might want to search
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up the collection Horror stories volumes one through 6.
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There's a ton of good stuff in there.
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And Alex has been awesome. Yeah, he's definitely been a
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highlight for me. What about you?
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Yeah. Make sure you check the back
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catalog for all of those. Yeah, I think it's our kind of
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our collection of guests that we've had.
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We've had some great guests over the years.
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Alex, who you mentioned. We've of course got the movie
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guy, Rob Peetz. He's probably, he's definitely
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been the most frequent guest we've had your trainer, Andre.
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We've had Gay Mandel. We've had Craig, Zach, we've had
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Chris Whitby, we've had. Laurie Carruthers.
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Rory Carruthers has been with us.
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We've. Had TJ Chesley.
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Yeah, TJ Chesley, we've had just so many great guests who bring
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another interesting perspective to the show because we kind of
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bring, you know, our, I would say our love of life and
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experiences, wouldn't you? We approach it differently but
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but that's really what it is. But you know, where we really,
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truly intersect is the love of life.
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And your love of life is the same as mine.
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We just love different things within that life.
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You see, you follow me. It's it's fantastic.
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I do follow you, and that's really what I.
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Think you do? What we want to take away if if
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I can share anything from the experience of six years, it's
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been that it's the it's being able to share and explore the
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love of life with you, Barry T Nixon always in about 20 minutes
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because that's we don't overstay our welcome, as you like to say.
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Yeah, that's how long life takes for US. 20 minutes. 20 minutes
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at a time. It's perfect.
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Yeah, if something's not going. Great on the clock.
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Yeah, if something's not going great for you, that's OK.
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In 20 minutes it could change. If things are going amazing,
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well, count your blessings because in 20 minutes it could
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change. That's how life really is.
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About 20 minute segments, 3 different approaches every hour
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on the hour for life. I mean, it couldn't be simpler.
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It's true. If anyone's thinking about
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incorporating this into their own life, there it is.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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There's the road map to a happy life.
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Yeah, any. Absolutely, Jay.
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Also I want to say one thing, one segment that I've always
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enjoyed that we've done is our 4K corners and you have often
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brought in your omnibus to reviews.
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I think those have been very valuable over the years and
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we've explored a lot of different things.
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And for those who like physical media, whether it be, yeah,
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hardcover collection of comics or a disc, I think we've given
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some pretty decent reviews over the years.
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Yeah, and I'll say one thing that I got away from that since
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reconnecting with you and doing this show has brought back to me
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is my love of physical media. Yeah, I'm glad I could help with
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that. Tell me about what is so
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exciting about physical media to you that you just don't get from
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a download. I'll tell you, and this is
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actually something that is happening now with a download,
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you truly do not own a digital copy because sometimes you can
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buy what you think is a movie and then suddenly Sony or some
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other company can revoke and delete that from your hard drive
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because they have some licensing issue or a licensing renewal
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came up that didn't, you know, go their way.
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That has happened, that has been in the news recently.
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So you don't truly own the digital.
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And now I know Rob Peetz would disagree, but I don't know
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whether he's had any of his movies disappear from his hard
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drive, have you, or not being able to access it.
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I have not. I've never gone down that road
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because I know with a physical disk, you own the movie, you own
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it, you pop it in. There's no, there's nothing else
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to do. You just, I like that.
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That's the you just pop it in. Yeah, that's the that's the
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aspect that I like the most, the streaming.
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I mean, streaming is different than downloading.
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I understand. But I've heard that there has
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been some issues with people not actually owning or not being
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able to keep indefinitely their digital downloads.
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And that's a problem. And that's why I prefer the
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physical world. Physical media I'm with you and
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I like for convenience, I enjoy a download like so for example,
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I subscribe to both Marvel and DC Comics app and I read them
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both on my iPad and they're comics.
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Some of them I own in physical form, some I don't own.
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I don't want to own. I just want to be able to read
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them when I can. And I think a digital download
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is very different because I have bought movies digitally like
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some like Star Wars, The Force Awakens, I purchased digitally
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from Apple when it came out. I got like, you know, some of
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the Star Trek ones on sale and they would.
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And the good thing about Apple is they'll upgrade you to to the
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4K when they come out. Like they just they do that at
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least now. But you're right, it could
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disappear at some point if Apple were to go out of business,
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which is not likely, but could happen.
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Bigger companies have gone out of business before.
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These are things that are actually concerning because you
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don't really own it. And they can also change it on
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you. They can change some aspects of
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it and, you know, push it back out again, like George Lucas
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changing Star Wars. If you were to, if somebody were
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to do that again, I suppose they could update your copy and go,
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this is the copy you're watching now.
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Exactly. I I'm not sure it's about the
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company going into business. I think it's more the rights
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becomes, yeah, an issue. For whatever reason, they don't
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own the that right to show that on their platform anymore or
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whatever. But I see your broader point.
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It's it's annoying and it's, it's a risk that I'm not willing
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to take, Jay. I prefer to have my if I want a
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movie, I want to own it. And then I don't have to think
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about it anymore. Because, you know, what's the
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most, one of the most irritating things in the world is having to
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remake decisions. You've made a decision.
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This is the movie. This is the movie I want to own.
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I don't want to have to keep remaking the same decision again
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and again. Take it once and live with it.
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And if you don't like it, give it to a friend who might take it
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off your hands if you frame it in the right way.
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Yeah. Battlestar Galactica, for
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example. Shin Godzilla.
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'S way into your library why I framed it as J you love movies
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from the 70s, especially science fiction you're like I don't know
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if I love them I love some I'll give this a try and there we.
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Are now it's on my shelf and you won't take it back.
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No risks. Which is fine, I won't.
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I'm going to sneak it back into your home next time I come over
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and just sneak it in. They'll just find its way back
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to your shelf. OK, well, that's.
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Fair. You did mention one time on the
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show previous episode that I believe the the company was able
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to update your copy even on your disk.
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Didn't they change? Didn't you find something was
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changed or not accessible? Did that happen one time?
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I don't think it's happened with physical media.
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I know. OK, I thought it was or are you?
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You were blocked from being able to play a certain movie or
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something. I thought for sure you told me
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that, which I thought was strange.
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But that is true, sometimes 4 KS will come out with a like region
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locked Blu-ray that you can play.
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But the 4K discs are always region free.
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But I haven't actually, I haven't popped that in myself.
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I haven't actually experienced it.
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It's not available in your region even though it's a
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physical disc, thankfully. OK, I'd hit the roof, Jay.
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Yeah, I don't. I don't need that in my life.
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No, you don't need that. Well, you know what?
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This is our final episode. Do you have a final 4K corner?
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Have you had anything roll into The Newsroom in the last, you
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know, seven days or so? I have something that's coming
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very shortly talk to me and that is Highlander, the limited
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edition with all the swag, the original Highlander.
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Great movie. What's recent?
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I did get send help, but I think we touched on that on a previous
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app. So you bought it?
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Yeah. So that's pretty much the Yeah,
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it was fantastic. It's it's and it looks amazing,
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of course. OK.
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Yeah, fantastic. What about you?
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Any recent additions to your library?
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No, we talked about last episode.
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X-Men else when? So I had just finished reading
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that I'm now reading a Stephen King book.
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I we probably touched it on the show.
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It's like set in the universe of the of the stand, which I really
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enjoyed that book. So I'm now reading that now that
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I've got my light that I glowed about last episode.
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I've clicked that to this book and now I'm reading that before
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bed. So I'm excited to read more
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options, more options beyond the the glowing iPad, because with
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the light, as I mentioned, every book becomes an iPad because you
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can read it wherever you are at any time.
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It's kind of fun. I'm not a reader.
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I'm excited about the light. I'm thinking about buying the
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light even though I don't even have any books to attach it to.
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Just because I see how your face lights up when you talk about
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this thing. I'm like, there's got to be more
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to it. Absolutely covered for myself,
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yeah. All right, Barry, shall we do
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our final shot and then talk to our listeners and our viewers
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about, you know, where they might find us next?
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Yeah, yeah. And thank them for being with us
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all this time. I mean, you're right, Jay.
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Five years is a long time. It's a lot of shots.
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But it's been so much fun. And I think you and I have
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become better at at hosting and being podcasters.
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Yeah. I went back, it's probably been
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a couple of years, but re like reviewed our first episode once
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and who we had a couple of we were just plugging in our
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headphones and knowing we didn't know what we were doing.
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Now we're shirtless on balconies.
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That's that's how comfortable we are with ourselves and our
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podcast. Nobody is good at anything the
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first time they do it. Everybody sucks when they start
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to do something new. That's a fact, no matter what it
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is. And so we we did that.
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But we moved past it. Should we?
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And now we're shirtless on a balcony.
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Fantastic. Here's to you, Jay.
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Here's to our listeners and our viewers for sticking with us for
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into our sixth year. So thank you very much for 300
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episodes, 600 shots. Thank you.
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Do this one with us if you can. Cheers.
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Thank you very much. That is the warmest whiskey I've
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ever had in my life, Jay. Because woo, does it get warm
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out here, I tell you. For me, left right over the
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tongue. One of my favorite experiences.
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Right over the tongue. Caught a corner of it, but for
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the most part cleared it right down the gullet.
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Beautiful. Very like an Olympic high
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jumper. Yeah, exactly.
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We got 6 minutes left. OK, where are you going to find
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us? Because, you know, it's our last
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episode. Why are we wrapping up this
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show, by the way? I think it's the drinking.
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No, it's I feel like we need to shake up you and I talked about
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it. I think it's time to pivot and
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have a more focused approach and not just, you know, make it
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always about us. It usually is about us.
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And that's fine. But this next iteration of our
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show is going to have a bit more of a focus.
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And I know you love them. You know, something with some
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focus, Jay. I do.
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I love focus. I love we're going to, we're
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going to keep our show to 20 minutes because that's what
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people have come to expect from us.
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That's what we want to stick true to.
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And like, you're right. What we've learned over this
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journey is that we don't always approach things from the same
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way you are. Yeah, very.
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You're you plan, but you're also very spontaneous.
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You're out there. You're this.
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You're this larger than life figure, If I may say I'm a
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little reserved. I'm a little more.
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Reserved. Yeah, Yeah.
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Introverted, still enjoy, we still sync up on a lot of
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things, but our approach comes out of different ways.
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And So what we thought was we would take a topic each week and
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what'll happen is one of us will know what that topic is, the
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others not going to know what that topic is.
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We're going to bring it into the room and we're just going to go
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back and forth. Left brain, right brain, upside
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down. Yeah, right side up, inside out,
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and just kind of kick it apart and take it apart.
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Rather put it back together again and see we end up with.
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I love it. And are we going to reveal the
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name of the new show so people know exactly what they're in
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for? Jay, why don't you go ahead and
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lay it on us? All right, we are calling this
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show Brain Waves. This is multiple conversations
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focused in on one area and having a really great time about
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it. I am actually going to attach
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the trailer that we filmed to the end of this episode, Barry,
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so that that is going to be everybody's first look at Brain
15:20
Waves and where we're headed. What are we going to do?
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We're going to take a week off. So.
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So we haven't taken a week off in six years.
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So we are deserving of a week off.
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I think we're going to take one week off, yeah.
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And then we are going to come right back at it.
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We're going to hit it with brain waves.
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The first episode will drop. I think we're going to shift to
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a Thursday drop now. We're getting into the
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intricacies, but look for us not on a Tuesday, on a Thursday.
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We're going to continue to record on a Tuesday.
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But the plan is to spin that edit around real quick so that
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it's going to be record edit out.
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So it's not going to be a week delay between episodes.
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We're also going to be, you could say up-to-the-minute on
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the news that matters most to you.
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Whenever we do talk about the news, it's going to be right
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there when we RIP it from the headline.
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That headline is going to be fresh.
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It's going to be the oozing freshness, tender, gripping in
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this like a cantaloupe. You're banging on it and it
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just, it sounds delicious, you. Hear that noise?
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Oh, yeah. Also we should say that we are
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going to be welcoming back some of our previous guests from the
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old show, primarily our movie guy Rob Peetz.
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He will absolutely be part of the new format and we will have
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focused episode strictly discussing what from theaters.
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Yeah. Those are some of our most
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popular episodes. You've told us you like them, so
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you're going to get that. We're going to make sure the
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movie guy, Rob Peetz is here as often as we can secure him, and
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it's whenever you guys go check out a film.
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Maybe I'll even come once in a while.
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I definitely come in to see Dune.
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Dune I am coming to see. I'm excited to see Dune 3.
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Me too. It's it looks pretty good.
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So from the bottom of our hearts, listeners, what can we
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say? And viewers, we've been honored
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to be with you and however you consume this show each and every
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week for the past five years. Jay and I are humbled and we are
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looking forward to continuing to bring you 20 minutes of
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entertainment on the weekly in a new format, slightly more
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focused, but just as fun. Check it out, Brain Waves with
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Jason and Barry coming up. And thank you very much, as
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Barry said, for supporting 2 Shot Tuesday.
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We have had a blast recording this each and every week without
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fail. Absolutely.
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See you in the next iteration and.
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You don't even have to do anything.
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It's going to be in your feed. If you're subscribed to Two Shot
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Tuesday, you're going to get brain waves.
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That's the convenience that we bring to you.
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See you, Barry. See you, Jay.
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Hey, Barry, You know that thing that gets stuck in your head
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every week? Like like a movie that you just
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can't stop thinking about? Or that weird obscure headline
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that we just can't shake? Like something you just need to
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talk about with somebody else. I feel like that is every single
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week for us. You're right.
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Hey, I'm Jason, he's Barry, and every week on this podcast we
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take that one thing that we just can't stop thinking about and we
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make waves about it. I'm talking movies, comics, TV
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headlines you actually want to hear about.
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We have a ton of opinions and sometimes we agree, but.
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Sometimes we don't, and that's kind of the point.
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We tackle it from all angles. Left brain, right brain, we let
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everything fly. 20 minutes every single week.
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We've been doing this podcasting thing a long time, but you know
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what? This this is new.
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It sure is, and we invite you to join us on the journey.
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