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**BONUS** Mason Dean & Mariah Woodson Episodes Recap! · Born To The Game Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Born to the Game. We're doing a
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  Speaker 1: quick recap of our conversation with myself and Mason Dean,
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  Speaker 1: a conversation that was honest, grounded, and full of perspective.
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  Speaker 1: There were so many beautiful moments in both of our episodes,
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  Speaker 1: and we wanted to take a few minutes to reflect
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  Speaker 1: on what really stayed with us. Hey, Ti, what's up? Hey? Yeah, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I enjoyed both of our episodes so much, so many
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  Speaker 1: different just takeaways from it, in my opinion, What do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 2: I firstly, like, this whole process has been such a ride,
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  Speaker 2: and it's been so like it's just been so interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, but it's been such a joy. Like I
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  Speaker 2: knew we were gonna have a great time with people.
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  Speaker 2: I knew that, but like the amount of joy that
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  Speaker 2: we have experienced this, you know, in this this process
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  Speaker 2: has been just incredible. And when I think about, of
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  Speaker 2: course your episode and then also Mason's, I just think
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  Speaker 2: about the joy walking away, you know what I mean
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  Speaker 2: from both of them, because it's just been refreshing to
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  Speaker 2: listen and to hear about just everything that everybody is
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  Speaker 2: is working on and doing. So I was just I
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  Speaker 2: think the word joy just pops up, and I'm just
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  Speaker 2: so excited about everyone enjoying, you know, the episodes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you, tea joy, excitement and just ready.
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  Speaker 1: I'm ready for this to launch, and I'm excited for
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  Speaker 1: viewers and fans to connect with all of that, connect
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  Speaker 1: with kids. The very first episode that we launched is
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  Speaker 1: Gonna be of Mine, of Myself, and that took a
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  Speaker 1: lot of energy and it took a lot of vulnerability
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  Speaker 1: on my end to sit down and be on the
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  Speaker 1: hot seat. I guess normally, I'm sitting next to you
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  Speaker 1: and we're asking questions to our guests, and this was
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  Speaker 1: the first time that I was asked those questions.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a little uncomfortable.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. And I think being in a
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  Speaker 1: position where you have to talk about yourself when you're
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  Speaker 1: so used to other people talking about in my case
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  Speaker 1: my father, I just wasn't used to it.
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  Speaker 2: Right, We've been.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about a couple of those moments that were painful
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  Speaker 1: for me to at first talk about.
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  Speaker 2: It was scary.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie.
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  Speaker 2: I was nervous.
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  Speaker 1: I tried my best to prepare for that moment, but
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  Speaker 1: you are never fully prepared But all that to say,
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  Speaker 1: I am happy that I did it. I'm happy that
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  Speaker 1: I am allowing viewers into my world a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: And I know as the season progresses, well, you guys
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  Speaker 1: will talk to me a little bit more about just
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  Speaker 1: my journey and some other moments that were and are
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  Speaker 1: pivotal in my journey of becoming who I am. But yeah, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think, yeah, I think the word vulnerability comes to mind
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  Speaker 2: as well, and I feel like across the board, being
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  Speaker 2: vulnerable is never easy, and so that's what I really appreciate,
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  Speaker 2: just from your point of view, and then also our guests,
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  Speaker 2: the vulnerability that people brought to know, the to our
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  Speaker 2: questions and to the space. I feel like that's what
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  Speaker 2: is going to make this show just a nail bier,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for people to want to come back and
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  Speaker 2: listen to more and more stories. Is the vulnerable that
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  Speaker 2: was not forced. You know, we completely gave them the
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  Speaker 2: floor and what they wanted to talk about. So I
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  Speaker 2: just I really appreciate the vulnerability, especially that you gave
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  Speaker 2: because this whole you know, this whole machine was based
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  Speaker 2: off of something that you went through and that was
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  Speaker 2: a very real, painful place, very real for yourself. And
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  Speaker 2: your family. So for that to come out and then
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  Speaker 2: to be a place where other people can share their
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  Speaker 2: stories is it's absolutely incredible and I cannot wait for
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  Speaker 2: people to hear just what we got to experience. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I really am excited for people to really get to know.
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  Speaker 2: It's like it's like we're it's like we're connecting, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean, It's like people were connecting people
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  Speaker 2: and who knows, you know, people people will see who
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  Speaker 2: knows what, people will be touched by and helped. So
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  Speaker 2: that's what I'm so excited about. And then also so
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  Speaker 2: proud of you. I mean that I know, I know,
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  Speaker 2: especially yeah, you know, and you know, especially us, nobody
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  Speaker 2: wants to tell anybody the bad parts or the sad
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  Speaker 2: parts of our lives. You know, nobody wants to do that. Nobody,
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  Speaker 2: nobody offers to do that. Well that, but then at
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  Speaker 2: the other end of it, those are the things that
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  Speaker 2: help other people, you know what I mean. We're overcome
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  Speaker 2: because of our testimony. So it's like, you know, it's hard,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, nothing great ever came out of being
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  Speaker 2: something easy or you know, nothing ever good ever comes
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  Speaker 2: out of that. So kudos to you and this is
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  Speaker 2: gonna be fun. It's gonna be It's gonna be so
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  Speaker 2: much fun.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, totally agree. I think for a long time
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  Speaker 1: those moments felt so heavy, but I've just come to
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  Speaker 1: realize that they were shaping me and guiding me towards
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  Speaker 1: purpose in ways I didn't fully understand at the time.
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  Speaker 1: And I just think that experience taught me that sometimes
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  Speaker 1: the very things we try to hide or move past
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  Speaker 1: or the same thing that we can give that of
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  Speaker 1: our lives. Meaning so thank you and Evan for taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to talk.
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  Speaker 2: To little old me and oh stop it, stop it.
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  Speaker 2: But then but then after you know, I mean after
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  Speaker 2: you we opened up or we yeah, we open up
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  Speaker 2: with with Mason, Yes, and joy he is Mason, like
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  Speaker 2: you know all of our guests. I just I'm just
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  Speaker 2: gonna say that just as a just as a thing.
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  Speaker 2: But it's like I was, I was just so honored,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to be in Mason's presence. He's such a
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  Speaker 2: well rounded, grounded, beautiful soul. I mean, he's young and
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  Speaker 2: creative and this gloating father of his new daughter, and
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  Speaker 2: so I just think that I think he just kind
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  Speaker 2: of he helped me know that there are still great
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  Speaker 2: men in the world. Yeah, I mean, I'm being funny,
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  Speaker 2: but like because I know many, many, many great men.
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  Speaker 2: But he's just a great guy, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm excited for the people who don't know him
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  Speaker 2: to learn of him. But yeah, I mean, sitting and
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  Speaker 2: talking with him was it was it was an honor.
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  Speaker 2: That's That's the word I'm going to give him.
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  Speaker 1: I think what stood out to me the most about
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  Speaker 1: Mason is how grounded he is. He's incredibly humble and intentional,
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  Speaker 1: and not just as an individual, but really as a father. Right,
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  Speaker 1: so he's building a life that not only makes his
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  Speaker 1: family proud, but one that his daughter can also look
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  Speaker 1: up to. And I just think that kind of purpose
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  Speaker 1: and who he is says so much about just who
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  Speaker 1: he's becoming. And I think he Mason embodies the idea
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  Speaker 1: that legacy is not only inherited, but it can be
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  Speaker 1: lived through your actions and values and the examples that
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  Speaker 1: he sets every single day. He is honestly one of
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  Speaker 1: the most genuine human beings we've encountered on the show,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm super excited for viewers to just get to
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  Speaker 1: know him and connect with him and even learn from him.
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  Speaker 1: There are some moments I'm sitting there and I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: at him and I'm like, wow, Mason, I'm learning a
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  Speaker 1: lot about myself through you. How he's just just how
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  Speaker 1: and you've said it on the on the episode, tee,
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  Speaker 1: how level headed he is. No matter what.
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  Speaker 2: There's times where.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking back at my own life and my own
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  Speaker 1: experiences and I wish I had some of his level headedness.
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  Speaker 2: If that's well, we can make up words around here, right.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody's gonna you know, nobody's gonna take our mic, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And for those of you who don't know who Mason is,
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  Speaker 2: Mason is the grandson of the Woopi Goldberg and so
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  Speaker 2: insert screams right there. I mean, you guys will learn
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  Speaker 2: that I was fanning out just because Whoopi Goldberg has
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  Speaker 2: been a huge influence on, you know, me personally as
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  Speaker 2: far as like just someone to look up to in
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  Speaker 2: the industry. But she's just an American you know, national treasure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, she's basically sister act and we all those
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  Speaker 2: of us who've grown up and though that franchise is
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  Speaker 2: just you know, permeated generations, and so having her grandson
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  Speaker 2: on here was just an honor, so and it's really
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  Speaker 2: exciting just to learn about her in another light that
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  Speaker 2: we're not used to, you know, seeing her on the
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  Speaker 2: view or any other place. So but you can see
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  Speaker 2: how her life has influenced his and I think that's
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  Speaker 2: just so cool. It was so cool to talk to
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  Speaker 2: him and learn how his granny, how his granny, he
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  Speaker 2: loves his granny, how his granny you know, just kind
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  Speaker 2: of helped him through and is helping him through life.
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  Speaker 1: I remember he talked about how important family time is,
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  Speaker 1: not only his parents, but with his grandmother, and he
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  Speaker 1: talks about how that's the one thing that she encourages
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  Speaker 1: her family to do, spend time with each other. Sit
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  Speaker 1: back and you're like, wow, if Whoopy, if the Whoopie
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  Speaker 1: Goldbird is encouraging her children and her grandchildren to spend
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  Speaker 1: time with each other when she is arguably one of
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  Speaker 1: the most busy.
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  Speaker 2: Hardest working women in show business.
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  Speaker 1: Literally right, that means we have no excuse to not
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  Speaker 1: be able to connect with each other and our loved ones.
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  Speaker 1: So that stood out to me as well, just her
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  Speaker 1: dedication to her family and her children and her grandchildren
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  Speaker 1: and her great grand great great grandchildren. Yeah, despite all
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  Speaker 1: of the things that she has to do on her
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  Speaker 1: plates so right.
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  Speaker 2: And he enjoys her and I think that was so
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  Speaker 2: it was so cool to see and to learn about
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  Speaker 2: their relationship and then and then how he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: his relationship with his daughter and how he's becoming a
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  Speaker 2: dad and it's just a beautiful marriage of just a
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  Speaker 2: family and you know and lintle health and legacy and
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  Speaker 2: hard work and determination. I think we just covered all those,
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  Speaker 2: you know, those points in this episode. And so, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't have a favorite episode of season two. I
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  Speaker 2: refuse to pick it, but I will say that talking
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  Speaker 2: with Mason was just incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, we are looking forward to viewers getting to
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  Speaker 1: know him and I think getting a different perspective on
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  Speaker 1: quote NEPO babies. Of course, that was something that stood
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  Speaker 1: out to me when just coming up with this idea
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  Speaker 1: of born to the game is breaking that stereotype that
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  Speaker 1: children who are born into certain families aren't kind and
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  Speaker 1: they don't work hard and just natty braddy.
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  Speaker 2: Humans and not connected to the world. And that's one thing.
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  Speaker 1: That viewers can gather from our conversations is that these
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  Speaker 1: kids are the exact opposite, right, They are extremely humble
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  Speaker 1: and have so much integrity about who they are, who
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  Speaker 1: they are becoming, and their craft and super uplifting. This
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  Speaker 1: isn't one of those podcasts that engages in mess and
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: trying to find this viral moment to share tea. It's
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: about uplifting each other and uplifting the viewers and learning
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: from each other and connecting. So that's one thing that
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  Speaker 1: I can say that you and I pride ourselves on
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  Speaker 1: when we engage in these type of conversations. It's just
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  Speaker 1: making sure that the viewer feels uplifted and connected because
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  Speaker 1: the stories are humanizing, the stories are real, the stories
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  Speaker 1: are authentic, and these kids are becoming a better version
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  Speaker 1: of themselves day in and day out. They are great
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  Speaker 1: human beings and they add so much value to our society.
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  Speaker 1: And I can't say this enough. I'm just excited about
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  Speaker 1: viewers being able to connect with these kids and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: shine light to this idea that again, nepotism is real,
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  Speaker 1: which I'm not saying it's not, but I think the
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  Speaker 1: negative connotation to it. I'm hoping to shine light on
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  Speaker 1: that and break that stereo.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and also just to kind of have a different
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  Speaker 2: take on you know, a different take on things. We
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  Speaker 2: have so much out in the world to look at,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on social media and other podcasts and other
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  Speaker 2: places where people express themselves. And I think what I
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  Speaker 2: appreciate the most about what we're doing is just you know,
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  Speaker 2: shedding the self care, self help, you know, portion about
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  Speaker 2: how we do things, I think is the best way
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  Speaker 2: to say it, and how it's more so we are
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  Speaker 2: hopefully here, of course to tell stories, but to help someone,
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  Speaker 2: and it's never to hurt or harm and never to
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  Speaker 2: do anything to cause you know, any family drama, which
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  Speaker 2: we don't need anymore. Up there's plenty of that on
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  Speaker 2: the market, and there's plenty of that being shown, and
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  Speaker 2: that has its own lane in place, and that's what
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  Speaker 2: it is. But you know, just are our way of
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  Speaker 2: doing things is just a little bit different. And I
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  Speaker 2: feel like, just upcoming, when people see different industries being
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  Speaker 2: being represented by the kids, it's so weird calling them
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  Speaker 2: kids because they're like grown. Do you feel we're always kids?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So it's every time I say I like, my
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  Speaker 1: brain can't fully process it. So I'm like kids children,
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  Speaker 1: adult kids.
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  Speaker 2: Like you guys know what we're talking about. We're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to like figure out a new word. Yeah, another word,
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  Speaker 2: because every time I say kids, I'm thinking people are
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  Speaker 2: gonna think that they're like six. We are adults.
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  Speaker 1: Humans are adults, are in the active stages of becoming
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  Speaker 1: who they are.
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  Speaker 2: Mental.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, if you haven't taken the time to watch the episodes,
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  Speaker 1: we encourage you to watch it. Yes, you can listen
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  Speaker 1: on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, you can listen and view it
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  Speaker 1: on YouTube. There are so many platforms for you guys
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  Speaker 1: to listen in. But again, we are incredibly thankful for
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  Speaker 1: our community and for the viewers who support us, and
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  Speaker 1: we look forward to you guys just navigating the space
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  Speaker 1: with us and continuing to follow and support us as
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  Speaker 1: we go to on this journey.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's gonna be a ride, so come along. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a ride than you. Bye everybody, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for listening. Bye Tea, Bye girl.