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Mighty Mystic returns to Aired Out as he gets ready for his 10/31 show in Fairlee · Aired Out

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  Speaker 1: All right, no comments on the music this morning, please.
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  Speaker 1: All right. I was, um, feeling a little surf for
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  Speaker 1: 60s this morning. I know, when you think of a surfer,
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  Speaker 1: you think of me.
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, everybody. Hope you're off to a delightful start.
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  Speaker 1: Look at that, Papa G's right there. Sauces, dinners, cheesecakes,
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  Speaker 1: and that's just some of what Papa G's has been cooking.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen some of the recent videos... of G
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  Speaker 1: cooking it up, oh my God, over at his place.
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  Speaker 1: He genuinely loves doing this. Other than gardening, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: and of course going to the mat, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: of any other thing that G loves to do more.
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  Speaker 1: The guy spends so much time in his kitchen making
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  Speaker 1: sauces and so many other things. And I swear, and
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  Speaker 1: I live, um, about 16 miles away. I swear I
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  Speaker 1: can smell it at my house when he's been cooking
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  Speaker 1: sauces all day with his grandmother's recipe from Italy, which
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  Speaker 1: he'll probably not share with you. Thanks for sharing your morning. However,
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  Speaker 1: with me, I hope you're off to a great start.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in. Um, Hope the coffee's hot. Hope
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  Speaker 1: you're feeling well. We've got the aired out podcast live
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  Speaker 1: from North main street in Barry, Vermont. We're streamed everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: You get your podcast. It doesn't matter. Uh, find us
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  Speaker 1: aired out. VT.com is kind of, well, Woodland studios put
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  Speaker 1: that all together for me in one spot, one hub,
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  Speaker 1: Vermont road construction report, man. We got a lot to
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  Speaker 1: talk about this morning. We'll get to it. Um, Maybe
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  Speaker 1: going to be a little abbreviated. Got some big things
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  Speaker 1: going on right now with the 20 stores in 20
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  Speaker 1: days tour, which we are into it, man, in a
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  Speaker 1: big way. What is this? Store number 11, I think.
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  Speaker 1: I may have lost count. But, man, we are hitting them.
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  Speaker 1: 20 stores. 20 Vermont country stores in 20 days. J.D.,
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  Speaker 1: what in the hell were you thinking? That's the question
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  Speaker 1: I've been asked a lot by some friends and, frankly,
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  Speaker 1: some store owners. What are you thinking, trying to visit
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  Speaker 1: 20 stores in 20 days? I don't know. But I
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  Speaker 1: know this. Our Vermont stores... Our country stores have been
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  Speaker 1: around for a long friggin' time, and they work so hard,
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  Speaker 1: and they deserve the spotlight. Vermont Road Construction report this morning,
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  Speaker 1: 89 southbound. Of course, they're resurfacing. They're trying to get
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  Speaker 1: these jobs in before the snow flies, and it's already flown. Waterbury,
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  Speaker 1: between exit 10 and Montpelier, exit 8. So expect some
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  Speaker 1: delays in there. The southbound lane is going to be
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  Speaker 1: closed Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
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  Speaker 1: From mile marker 54.6, one mile north of Exit 8
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  Speaker 1: to the Exit 8 interchange. So keep that in mind.
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  Speaker 1: Spread the word. Slow down. Speed limit 55. Don't do 56.
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  Speaker 1: because the fines are doubled, I'm going to post this
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  Speaker 1: up on the Airdop page, all right, so that you
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  Speaker 1: can share it along. Bethel Brookfield, that paving project, single
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  Speaker 1: lane closures and a reduced 55 mile per hour speed limit,
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  Speaker 1: daytime hours, Monday through Friday. I'm looking on the VTrans
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  Speaker 1: page right now, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Statewide, we've
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  Speaker 1: got line striping. that's going on. Trying to get down
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  Speaker 1: some fresh paint before the plows can scrape it off.
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  Speaker 1: So watch for cones. Watch for wet paint. Don't get
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  Speaker 1: wet paint on the tires. Don't be an ass around
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  Speaker 1: the wet paint stuff. Today is National Make a Dog's Day.
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  Speaker 1: I'll say it again. National, make a dog's day. Do
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  Speaker 1: you have a dog? Have you been over to 802 Paws? Probably,
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  Speaker 1: I say probably, but I know I'm starting to sound
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  Speaker 1: like Trump here, but maybe definitely the best groomer anywhere
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  Speaker 1: on the eastern seaboard? It's possible. it's very possible get
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  Speaker 1: over and meet these three ladies who are driving the
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  Speaker 1: bus over there at 802 pause right up the road
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  Speaker 1: from the studio here all right right on route 14
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  Speaker 1: just outside of town can't miss it right across from
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  Speaker 1: the car wash you'll see their sign right there 802
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  Speaker 1: pause okay um G goes there. Figgy loves it. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be talking more about that tomorrow when G comes in.
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  Speaker 1: We are nine days away from Halloween. And I've been
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  Speaker 1: asked if I'm planning to wear my Halloween costume tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: morning on the air. And I haven't decided yet. I
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  Speaker 1: have Sherilyn, who has given me a whole heap of
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  Speaker 1: pushback on it, warning me not to do it. I
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  Speaker 1: haven't decided yet. But yeah, nine days to Halloween. Incredible.
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  Speaker 1: What's happening on Halloween night? I'll tell you, if you're
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  Speaker 1: not doing trick-or-treating and you want to go to a
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  Speaker 1: party that's not necessarily being stamped as a Halloween party,
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  Speaker 1: but you want to go out and have some fun,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fun, wait till you hear what's happening.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you all about it. At about 9.30 this morning.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be incredible. 10 days until Daylight Savings ends. 10.
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  Speaker 1: Birthdays today.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see.
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  Speaker 1: What do we have? Dylan Mears. Nanette Smith. Chris Winters.
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  Speaker 1: We have Rob Swanson. Desiree Anderson. Let's see. Barb Dupree.
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  Speaker 1: Nancy Moran. Victor Hennings. all on the birthday list today. Shelby, Lynn,
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  Speaker 1: and Shaggy, by the way, sharing the same number of 58.
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  Speaker 1: We're looking at partly cloudy skies this morning. We're hovering
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  Speaker 1: right above that freezing point, around 31, 32 degrees here
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  Speaker 1: in central Vermont. Please don't make fun of us, Crystal,
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  Speaker 1: in North Carolina. I know. We have the early morning fog,
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  Speaker 1: which is beautiful. It's coming down the heights. Blue sky, beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: I see that blanket of fog. laying down there in
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  Speaker 1: the valley. And I'm like, oh, this is, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to go right into it. And it was literally a
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  Speaker 1: blanket that I drove right underneath. Uh, I can't remember
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  Speaker 1: where that break point was. It was somewhere, um, right
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  Speaker 1: up near the reservoir. I think it was just beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: See crystal, you don't get that. But anyway, um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so we're down, um, we're down, upper 20s, lower 30s
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  Speaker 1: at night tomorrow. Friday, partly cloudy around 54 degrees, 26
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  Speaker 1: for the low, and then Saturday, partly cloudy around 58 degrees.
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  Speaker 1: I'm loving this weather. I'm trying to get in a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of extra spray foam on the outside of
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  Speaker 1: the house and the perimeter of the house before the
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  Speaker 1: real shit hits. And I'm loving these temperatures. And thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Mother Nature, if you're listening. this morning for giving us
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  Speaker 1: those temperatures. In the news, and let's start with sports
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  Speaker 1: because this news is like crazy right now. Week seven,
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night football. Tonight, prime video. Pats and Bears, 8-15,
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  Speaker 1: Soldier Field in Chicago. I'll be watching. I hope you
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  Speaker 1: will be too. I know you're going to have your
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  Speaker 1: fluffy little Pats jammies on. Or your Pat's blanket here
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  Speaker 1: in the North Country. Anyway, both teams coming in at 4-2.
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  Speaker 1: Caleb Williams against Drake May. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: rematch of Super Bowl XX. Hope you're going to be
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  Speaker 1: watching tonight. World Series set to go Friday night. Rays
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  Speaker 1: and Brewers. Either way, baseball is going to be crowning
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  Speaker 1: a first-time champion. And that's exciting. That's what I love.
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  Speaker 1: leaning a little bit towards the Brewers, please don't ask
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  Speaker 1: me why. And if G asks me why tomorrow, I
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  Speaker 1: will try to come up with an insightful answer. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't have one right now. I just don't. Other
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  Speaker 1: than the fact that they just haven't been to the
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  Speaker 1: World Series in, what, 44 years? Something like that? I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. But game one, Friday night, 8 o'clock on
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  Speaker 1: Fox in Milwaukee. Logan Luce, Athletics Podcast. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: be talking about it, of course. On the high school
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  Speaker 1: sports scene, postseason soccer moving forward, Montpelier shutout, Springfield 4-0,
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  Speaker 1: Division II boys, playoff brackets continuing to advance. It's exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Got to get to a high school soccer game. Got
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  Speaker 1: to Lily's soccer game yesterday, which is a grade 5-6,
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  Speaker 1: which was, I just love it. Love it so much.
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  Speaker 1: Got to bring the cowbell. National News. Justice Department has
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  Speaker 1: arrested 28 people accused of being non-citizens who registered to
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  Speaker 1: vote in California. Are you surprised about this? I'm not.
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  Speaker 1: Reports indicate most were registered as Republicans with some potentially
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  Speaker 1: registered through the state's Department of Motor Vehicles. Meanwhile, And
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  Speaker 1: we've got a local story about DMV as well. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you've read it this morning. Maybe you haven't. I don't know. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: we got reports out of Washington saying that Elon Musk
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  Speaker 1: has ordered the shutdown of Starshield Communications in Ukraine. While
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  Speaker 1: the administration is withholding weapons aid. Big, big stories right
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  Speaker 1: now in the world. along with the Iran standoff, which
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  Speaker 1: continues to dominate the headlines. Iran's president says there's going
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  Speaker 1: to be no talks with the United States until Iran's
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  Speaker 1: demands are met, period. Meanwhile, Pakistan's army chief is in
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  Speaker 1: Tehran trying to find a way to prevent renewed conflict.
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  Speaker 1: Dominating world headlines. Yeah. I would say so. Things are
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  Speaker 1: hot in the Middle East. Really are. The Saudi-led coalition
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  Speaker 1: says it intercepted drones over Medina in the eastern region.
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  Speaker 1: Yemen's Houthi rebels deny launching any drones toward Medina anyway.
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  Speaker 1: And in Africa... Nigeria reporting its first Ebola case in
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  Speaker 1: about a decade. Huge headlines this morning in the world.
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  Speaker 1: This is a patient who is a foreign woman who
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  Speaker 1: traveled from Uganda through the Democratic Republic of Congo, where
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  Speaker 1: a major Ebola outbreak is underway, by the way. I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you what, I'm glad I'm sitting right here on
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  Speaker 1: North Main Street in Nigeria. small-town USA. Really. Vermont politics.
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  Speaker 1: Governor Phil Scott, Democratic progressive Amanda Janu facing off last
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  Speaker 1: night in their first debate of the race with less
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  Speaker 1: than two weeks before Election Day. They meet again tonight
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  Speaker 1: at 8 o'clock on NBC5, followed by another debate on
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  Speaker 1: October 28th on WCAX, did you watch last night? What
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  Speaker 1: was your biggest takeaway? They both had some great points.
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  Speaker 1: And that's not just me hanging out on the double yellow.
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  Speaker 1: They just really had both, in my opinion, some great points.
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  Speaker 1: We'll dig in a little deeper tomorrow with G. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Here's a reminder with Election Day approaching. You're
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  Speaker 1: being encouraged to return your ballots by Dropbox or in
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  Speaker 1: person to avoid potential mail delays. 70,000 ballots have been
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  Speaker 1: returned so far. That's pretty good. Am I surprised about that?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to see a little bit more. 70,000. Sad
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  Speaker 1: story out of Colchester this morning. Vermont Information Processing, which
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  Speaker 1: is a software company serving the beverage industry Announcing layoffs yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Here we go again. Another big Vermont company laying off
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  Speaker 1: details about the number of employees affected have not been provided.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's disappointing. I'm not sure why this
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  Speaker 1: company would withhold that to the media, but I hope
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  Speaker 1: that they decide to be transparent and let everybody know
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  Speaker 1: how many they're going to be laying off. Um, I
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  Speaker 1: was just telling you about the DMV. Now we have
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  Speaker 1: a woman out of Shelburne who's in the headlines this
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  Speaker 1: morning in Vermont accused of forging documents submitted to the
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  Speaker 1: Vermont DMV over several years. The allegations involve documents provided
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  Speaker 1: to the DMV. No details, no further details have been
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  Speaker 1: confirmed about this. Yeah, I'm biting my tongue a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Just a little bit. How? And here's one that may
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  Speaker 1: or may not elevate the BP this morning. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to lighten things up here around 9.30. Mighty
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  Speaker 1: Mystic going to join me. I freaking love this guy.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, Berry City Council. Those are three buzzwords. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you should just take a deep breath here. We'll breathe
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  Speaker 1: through the nose. Out of the mouth.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Let's close our eyes and do that. Take a sip
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  Speaker 1: of your coffee.
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  Speaker 2: Relax.
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  Speaker 1: In the news this morning in the Times-Argus, City Council is,
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  Speaker 1: and I see right here in front of me, wrestling
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  Speaker 1: with a familiar problem. Adjust my optical expressions glasses here.
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  Speaker 1: Two Ps. Potholes and property taxes. Mayor Tom Lozon wants
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  Speaker 1: to increase street and sidewalk funding from $ 800, 000 to $ 1
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  Speaker 1: million next year. Eventually working toward a $ 1. 6 million annual
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  Speaker 1: budget to tackle the city's deteriorating roads. 1.6. So we're
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  Speaker 1: going to go from again from 800,000 to 1 million.
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  Speaker 1: So former city manager Steve McKenzie, urging caution, arguing that
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  Speaker 1: residents need a break. After recent property tax increases tied
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  Speaker 1: to the citywide reappraisal. He says more money alone won't
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  Speaker 1: fix the potholes. I tend to agree with Mr. McKenzie,
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  Speaker 1: who has the utmost respect, mutual respect, between him and Lausanne.
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  Speaker 1: But he says more money, throwing a lot of money
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  Speaker 1: at the potholes. isn't going to fix the problem, especially
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  Speaker 1: with five vacancies in the Public Works Department. Ouch. But
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  Speaker 1: that begs to ask, you know, if money alone isn't
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  Speaker 1: going to fix the pothole problem What will? So what will?
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  Speaker 1: Counselors are weighing possible solutions, including hiring incentives and a
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  Speaker 1: dedicated pothole repair crew. No decision has been made about this,
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  Speaker 1: by the way. They're just talking about it. But, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think we would all agree that one thing is
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  Speaker 1: very clear, and that's that Barry's roads need attention, as
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  Speaker 1: do many communities in Vermont. But there's no... No way
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  Speaker 1: in hell that we can have a local podcast and
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  Speaker 1: not talk about the obvious right here. And it's not
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  Speaker 1: just Main Street.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: City leaders trying to figure out how to pay for
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  Speaker 1: it without putting even more pressure on taxpayers. And, of course...
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  Speaker 1: You know, we need a new digester, too. That's got
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  Speaker 1: a pretty price tag to it. And 143 Main Street here.
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  Speaker 1: The big vacant building right down the road here from
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  Speaker 1: the studio. What's the latest on that? I honestly... Maybe
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  Speaker 1: I'm not paying attention, but I honestly haven't heard anything
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  Speaker 1: other than we got it for a fantastic price tag.
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  Speaker 1: But what's the latest? If you have heard anything about that,
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  Speaker 1: please let me know. I'll reach out to somebody, see
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  Speaker 1: if we can get someone on the air. Harwood News.
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  Speaker 1: Unified Union considering closing two schools next year as Vermont
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  Speaker 1: school districts grapple with declining enrollment, rising costs, and pressure
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  Speaker 1: to make difficult budget decisions. I hope that, and that's
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  Speaker 1: obviously one of the headlines in the news this morning,
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  Speaker 1: and I hope that those running for election or re-election
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  Speaker 1: are paying attention to these proposals as about how they're
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  Speaker 1: going to affect the future of local schools and how
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  Speaker 1: these potential closures could affect families and communities. Man, there's just, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'll give you the community calendar here. And there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of stuff going on. A lot of stuff that's happening.
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  Speaker 1: Last weekend alone was just, man. And it's just, the
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  Speaker 1: events are everywhere, all over Facebook. We're lightening it up
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Our community calendar is brought to you by
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  Speaker 1: the world. Central Vermont's favorite weekly newspaper. You know that. VT-World.com.
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  Speaker 1: Over 22,000 Vermonters every week read The World. Today, Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: October 22nd, Dine Out to Make a Difference for Central
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  Speaker 1: Vermont Home Health and Hospice. And it was great to
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  Speaker 1: have Emily McKenna in here the other day. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: about Sarducci's in Montpelier, The Wayside and Applebee's in Berlin,
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Blackback Pub in Waterbury. Go there. Go to the wayside
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  Speaker 1: this morning. And again, a portion of the day's sales
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  Speaker 1: support Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice in their mission
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  Speaker 1: to continue to help Vermonters in 23 different counties as
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  Speaker 1: they have for the last 100 years. It's really cool.
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  Speaker 1: There is... You know, one of the things I was
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  Speaker 1: thinking this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Is.
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  Speaker 1: And I love... I love Halloween. You should see my house.
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  Speaker 1: I should show you my house. I plan to. I will.
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  Speaker 1: Because it's decorated to the nines right now for Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: Sherilyn does such an incredible job. And I admit that
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  Speaker 1: I probably... if I was a single guy, if I
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  Speaker 1: was a bachelor, I probably wouldn't, I probably wouldn't do
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  Speaker 1: any of it, but she has made our home look
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  Speaker 1: so beautiful. And although I do make fun of her
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  Speaker 1: quite a bit, um, I know an awful lot. We
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  Speaker 1: have a Halloween tree in our house with the purple
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  Speaker 1: lights on it. And it's a black tree, of course. Um,
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  Speaker 1: You can't say a Halloween Christmas tree. You just have
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  Speaker 1: to say a Halloween tree with the big lit up
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  Speaker 1: pumpkins underneath it. I'll go live one of these mornings
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  Speaker 1: over there. I'll show you. It's really incredible. If I
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  Speaker 1: were not out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, which of course
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  Speaker 1: I will be. I got a little girl. Of course
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be doing that. And I'll be dressed up.
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  Speaker 1: Not in my inappropriate costume. But if I were not,
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you exactly where I would be. I would
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  Speaker 1: be unfairly rocking my socks off with Mighty Mystic, who
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  Speaker 1: is returning to Vermont. My man, good morning to you, brother.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning. Great to be here. Great to
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  Speaker 2: be chatting up with you. How's everybody doing?
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  Speaker 1: We're doing great, man. Thank you in advance for coming
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  Speaker 1: up here on Halloween night to give us some warmth
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  Speaker 1: and some love under one roof. Right up there at
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  Speaker 1: the town hall, man. You've done that show. You've done
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  Speaker 1: that venue before, and you love it.
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  Speaker 2: I absolutely love it.
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  Speaker 1: Saw you and experienced you for.
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  Speaker 1: The first time at the town hall and then at
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  Speaker 1: the Green Mountain Reggae Festival. My brother, you bring the good.
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  Speaker 1: You bring the love to so, so many Vermonters. We
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  Speaker 1: love you up here so much, dude.
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  Speaker 2: Likewise, man. Vermont is like home away from home for me.
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  Speaker 2: It's lots of family and friends up there. It's always
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  Speaker 2: a great time and good vibes and lots of energy.
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  Speaker 2: So we love it, and we really can't wait to
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  Speaker 2: come rock and bring the spooky reggae vibes to Fairleigh, man.
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  Speaker 2: So we're encouraging everybody to come out and come get
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  Speaker 2: some energy, some good vibes, bring the whole family out.
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  Speaker 2: It's a family affair. It's fun. So come rock with
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  Speaker 2: us Halloween night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I love the fact that you love the kids, man,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: and you bring it to everybody of all ages. So,
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: you know, I have said before, Mighty Mystic, that you
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: are pretty much Eastern Seaboard. You're all over the place,
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: my man.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah. You know, we love the road, man. We
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: love to go out there and bring the positive energy
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: to people. I feel like now more than ever, people
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: really need that. They need to kind of get away
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: from the stress of the world and just be together
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: with good company and dance and celebrate friendship and family
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: and music and togetherness and what better way to do
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: that with reggae music reggae has always been that type
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: of thing that we can just come together and under
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: one roof and one mission just have a great time
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: so I'm blessed and I'm fortunate to do that I
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: love to bring the positive vibes to the people and
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: I'm excited I'm excited to be up there.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: This is I mean look at we're we're two we're
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: less than two weeks away from the election and right
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: now people are and you know this People are now
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: more divided than ever. And it's not just politically. In
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: so many different ways, man. And it's like, that's part
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: of the reason why I love reggae music so much.
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: I can't find a reggae song anywhere that has any
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: undertones or messaging in its lyrics that promotes division or... polarity?
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: No. See, the whole reggae mission is that we're opposed
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: to that. We're all about uniting people no matter where
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: you are, where you're from, how you look. None of that.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: We just want family vibes. And, you know, the belief
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: is that when we are together... Us people, we are
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: the strongest. We are the happiest. When we remain together,
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: that's when we're at our best. And to your point,
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: you know, like whatever's going on in society, in the world,
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: it's trying to divide the population. So we need to
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: understand that and really come together and celebrate one another,
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: celebrate being family and friends and happiness. And I just,
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: I want that. You know, I want to see that.
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: And that's why we travel so much. We tour so hard.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: We like to bring people together. no matter where we are,
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: just bring the community together and just smile and dance
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: and talk. You know, talking is such a wonderful thing.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: You hear the stories about people's lives and background and
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: what they're going through and you can share that same
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: thing and we grow together. So yes, to your point, man,
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: reggae music is always that type of unifying music.
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: I want to hear about your roots. I want to
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: hear about roots reggae in your blood, man. What's your story?
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: What's the What's the inception of your story of how
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: you became a musician and where are you from and
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: all that?
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: So I was born in a little farming community in
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: Jamaica known as Goshen. It's, uh, located in St. Elizabeth. Um,
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: so I come from a long line of shepherds, my father, grandfather,
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: great grandfather, and so on. They're all shepherds in the
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: community where I'm from Goshen. Um, there's actually a song
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: I wrote, um, came out a few years ago called Goshen.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: It kind of talks about my upbringing, where I'm from,
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: the community and all that kind of stuff. So if
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: people are interested, just type Mighty Mystic Goshen and you
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: can see that. But yeah, I'm from this farming community.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: My father really instilled values, community values into all of us,
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: you know, the kids to take care of one another,
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: to be shepherds, you know. So I've taken that and
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: I've put into music, into song, And we're just sharing
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: that vibe. So yeah, I'm from St. Elizabeth's. I moved
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: to Boston as an early teen. Kind of got into
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: music that way. From when I was a kid growing
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: up in Jamaica, I remember the first time, before Boston,
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: first time I heard Bob Marley's music. I was like, wow,
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: what is this? What is this amazing art I'm hearing?
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: And I was a kid. I'm five, six years old.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: So I remember talking to my folks about it and
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: them kind of, explaining who Molly is and what he
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: meant to music and to the world. And I kind
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: of dug deeper and started to peel the onion back
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: and just found some amazing things and messaging and things
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: like that. And I decided that at that moment as
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: a kid that I really wanted to take on this mission,
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: this adventure. So I've been doing it ever since I
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: was young. And like I was saying, I moved to
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: Boston and luckily got into a community that was already
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: thriving with with reggae and I was able to, you know,
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: build my thing that way. And then we started to tour.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: I was touring from, I was, I don't know, 20
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: years old, so young. And it just stuck with me.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: It just stuck to see people out there dancing and
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: smiling and being happy and people being happy together, make
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: me happy, you know, just kind of lit this fire
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: out of my soul that, wow, people need this. So
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: let's do this. Let's find out what, what else do
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: they need and keep growing on it, growing on it.
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: So that's my mission. That's, a quick summary of my journey. Wow.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: And you've got some lineage in Jamaica that goes up
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: pretty high. There's some real clout there, man. Can you
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: tell us about that?
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So like I was saying, our father, my dad, Morris,
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: he really pushed his kids to go out into the
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: world and help as much as we can. So my
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: older brother, Andrew Holness, the most honorable Andrew Holness, is
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: the current prime minister of Jamaica, doing great things for
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: the country and just organizing and helping as best as
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: he can and leading the people. So, yeah, it's a
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: great lineage. I'm blessed to be a part of it.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: We're all just out here trying to help people as
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: best as we can, either small way or big way.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: But we're out here just trying to help.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: Tell me about this tour that you're underway right now, man.
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: You're banging all over the place, man. I'm watching your social.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: I see you going home. I see those videos, and
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: it's so beautiful in Jamaica. I think you're up in
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: the Blue Hills, if I'm not mistaken. Am I right?
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I spent some time there. Yes, for sure. We
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: were there. We jumped around. We were sent to Elizabeth.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: We went to town, to Kingston, with different, different areas.
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: seeing what's going on, spending time with the family, with
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: the community. You know, we went through the hurricane situation
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: last year, and, you know, we're still helping to rebuild
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: that and being a part of that mission. So, yeah,
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: we were there a lot. But to your point, I'm
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: always traveling. We're always somewhere. We spent 140 different events,
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: concerts this year alone in the U.S., 140 alone in
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: the U.S. So we're quite busy. We're busy bringing the
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: good vibes to people. I'm really blessed and fortunate to
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: be in the situation that I could bring positive music,
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: something that I love to people. Yeah.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Where is this? You got a tour stop that's coming
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: up here in Vermont on the 31st, Halloween night, right
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: in Fairleigh. Man, that place is going to be packed.
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: I hope that the windows haven't been... screwed in too tight,
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: I hope we can open them because the heat inside
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: that room, and you know because you've done it.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: It's going to be hot. It's going to be hot.
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: If you come in a Halloween costume, make sure it's
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: not furry and fluffy because you're going to be shredding
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: that off, man, because you will. Here's the thing. It's
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: like even people who do not dance, they don't move.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: It's impossible to not dance. to your music. Impossible.
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah. We're going to get them shaken. We're going to
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: get them shaken. That's, that's ultimately, that's the mission. We
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: get people up, we get them dancing. We get them
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: feeling the vibrations of the music and soaking up the
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: good energy and the positive vibes that's within the material,
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: within the music. And you, you, you, you leave there
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: feeling lighter, feeling happy. So yes, we're going to dance.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: We're going to open these windows up. We're going to sweat.
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: We're going to, we're going to sweat out all the,
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: all the stress that we might have. And we're just
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: going to, We're going to bring in all the warmth
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: and the happiness. So everybody come on, come out, put
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: on your dancing shoes and get ready for the big vibes.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: Who else is sharing that stage with you, man?
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Nate Jones is on the lineup with us. So that's
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: going to be amazing to kick things off. Myself, my band,
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: the Hard Roost Movement. I've heard there's going to be
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: a DJ on there as well. I'm not sure of
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: the name of the DJ yet. But it's a pretty
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: packed lineup. It's fun. It's family friendly. So we just
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: want everybody to come out and enjoy.
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember, but you were on
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: the air with me a couple of years ago. And
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: I was telling you about my little girl and how
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: we pulled up to the gas pump one day. Had
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: all the windows down in the car. And at the time,
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: I think she was maybe eight, seven or eight, something
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: like that. And she was singing. as loud as she
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: could to the music, which was as loud as it
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: could be, which was Calla Green.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: Calla Green. I do remember this.
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: And she was singing it as loud as she could.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: We had all the windows down, and I had some
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: folks that were looking over at me like, What the
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: hell is going on? What kind of father are you?
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that. That's classic. I love that, man.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Yo, it's the good vibes.
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: It's the good vibes.
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is, man. And it's easy to get tickets.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: I've got all the info that's all over Facebook. Man,
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: we're watching your social, too. We can't wait for you
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: to bring the goods. Maybe this is not a fair question,
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: but of all of the musicians that are making up
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: a reggae band, which one, and I know it really
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: should be which two, but which one carries reggae music
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: maybe the most? Is it the bass band? Or the
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: relationship between the bass and the drums?
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: I would say it's a relationship between the drum and
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: the bass, for sure. It's like the backbone of reggae music.
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: You know, it's the saddle of which you sit on,
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: you know, when you're riding. You have to ride that rhythm.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: You ride the vibes. So the drum and the bass
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: is like the saddle for the horse that you sit on.
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: you just and you lock in and you just you
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: just giddy up and you just go so you need
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: the drum and bass to be strong to be groovy
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: to be vibey so once those two things are locked
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: in everything else just sits nicely yeah sits nicely so
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: we got those two those two things drum and bass
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: locking nice and everything else is smooth so I'd say.
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: That yeah Great stuff, man. How can folks, how can folks,
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, you're on Spotify, you're on Pandora, you're everywhere, man.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: But how can folks, what's your website? What's your social?
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: How can they find you? How can they engage with
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: you right now if they're not familiar with Mighty Mystic?
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: So I would encourage them to go to my website, MightyMystic.com.
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: But the easiest way, honestly, it's through Instagram and Facebook.
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: I check it. So I encourage people to send me
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: a message, you know, drop a comment on there because
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: I answer as much things as I can, as much
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: messages as comment back. There's no robot. There's not an
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: agent that's checking and doing it. I personally check my socials.
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: I love to engage with the fans. I love to
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: answer the questions. So please, everybody reach out to me
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: at your convenience. Let's talk. Let's have a convo. Come out,
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: watch a show. Things are really accessible and easy to
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: find out, you know, the dates where we're going to
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: be at. But I'm the one checking it, so please
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: reach out on my socials and let's connect. Yeah, man.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: I was just in Bradford. I saw your posters everywhere
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: around Bradford.
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: Awesome.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: But we want to, and I took a couple of
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: photos of them. We're going to blast them up on
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: social here. But listen, we're running out of time here.
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: We're getting close to Halloween. It is time right now
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: to make your plans for Halloween night with Mighty Mystic.
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: In Fairly at the Town Hall. Thank you, my man,
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: for coming on.
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: My pleasure. Thank you for having me. And much love,
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: Vermont friends. We'll see you guys Halloween night. In Fairly
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: at the Town Hall. Big, high-energy, recognized. Truly the mighty mystic.
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: It's always love. It's always family. I'll see y'all very soon.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Bless up.
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: What a great guy. What an honor to have him
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: on the air this morning. So cool. So cool. And
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: keep watch because we're going to be blasting this, not
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: only into the microphone, but also on the Facebook page
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: and the Instagram page. One of the many events coming
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: in our community soon, which are big and some that
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: are really you shouldn't miss. A couple of other things
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: here on the community calendar. We got Brown Public Libraries
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: Bring a Book Hike in Northfield. That's going on 4.30
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: this afternoon. We have the Downtown Ramble from 5 to
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: 7 in Montpelier. Main Street Shops going to be open.
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: It's going to be a good time. You're going to
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: hear live music from the streets, Langdon Street specifically, but
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: it's going to be a good time. Get to Montpelier
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: if you can, 5 to 7 tonight. We got line dancing,
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: two-step line dancing at the Zen Barn tonight, 7 o'clock.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: Talk about a venue that has incredible events and music
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: right there, Zen Barn. We got craft fairs and festivals
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: coming up this weekend. We're going to be promoting the
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: crap out of them, frankly, or at least trying to.
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: There's so many. St. Leo's Hall in Waterbury has got
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: the craft and treat event that's coming up on Saturday.
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: We got the Monster Bash trunk and treating at 802 Cars,
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: Berlin Mall Road, which is, of course, free from noon
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: to four on Saturday. It's going to be amazing. Lots
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: of different themed vehicles that are going to be there,
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: and the kids are going to be having a blast.
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: Food trucks, they're really blowing this thing up. It's going
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: to be great. 802 Cars, big props to you. The
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: Bowl Fest at Craft Studios in school in White River
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: Junction has got their big community meal with ceramic bowl making,
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: it looks like. 30 restaurants teaming up for this two seatings.
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: Noon to two is one of them. Um, and then, uh,
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: there's another one too. I can't remember what it is,
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: but man, uh, get on their page and have a
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: look at, uh, bowl fest at craft studios. I wanted
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: to go last year. It didn't happen. Maybe I will
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: this year. I don't know a lot going on Saturday. Uh,
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: Soggy Po' Boys, 8 p.m. in Waitsfield. These are all
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: Saturday events. Oh, the John Prine tribute at the Unitarian
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: Church of Montpelier is happening tomorrow. That's something that... I
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: think I read about in the world. I can't remember, honestly.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I did. And Battle of the Bands
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: at Harwood Union High School in Moortown is going to
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: be huge as well. The community calendar for November is crazy.
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: I'm looking at it right now. And, man, there's a
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: big thing going on just ahead of Veterans Day at
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: the Altrich Public Library, the Veterans Town Hall. I'm going
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: to be telling you about that. On November 7th, as
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: we get closer, I don't want to throw too much
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: at you because there's just, there's so much. Let's keep
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: it at this point in October.
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: Today, again, Thursday, October 22nd, as you heard Emily McKenna
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: the other day, talking about from Central Vermont Home Health
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: and Hospice, talking about Dying Out to Make a Difference
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: for Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice. A couple of
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: restaurants participating. You go there any time today, whether it's breakfast, lunch,
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: or dinner. Enjoy a meal. You don't have to say anything.
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: You don't have to do anything. These restaurants are going
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: to donate back a percentage of their revenue that they
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: make today back to Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: to support them. And I think that's wonderful. Here's the restaurants.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: If you'd like to make some plans today. First off,
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: we have the Wayside in Berlin. Wide open. Serving breakfast, lunch,
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: and dinner.
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: Go.
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: Sarducci's. Montpelier. Have a great meal tonight. Know that a
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: portion of your meal sales is going to be going
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: back to Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice. Applebee's in Berlin.
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: Also participating as well as Black Back Pub in Waterbury.
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: Really cool. This is kind of their pilot year doing this.
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: So hopefully it'll be something that will take off and
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: continue to pick up momentum. I asked you this morning
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: on Facebook, and I know that we hung out and
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: talked a little bit about the potholes and property taxes
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: and other fun things that are in the news today
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: circulating around Berry City. Ah, and the budget for the
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: potholes going from $ 800, 000 up to a million dollars and
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: on course for $ 1. 6 million, which is going to raise
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: your taxes. But I asked this morning, the Facebook question
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: of the day, and it's on aired out right now.
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: What is that one local issue? That's gotcha. Is it
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: health insurance costs? Is it property taxes? Is it heating costs?
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: Is it the roads, infrastructure, your kids' school that you
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: feel is not getting enough attention? Maybe it is getting
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: enough attention, but nothing's getting done about it. Or something
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  Speaker 1: that you feel is could be a little bit bigger
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  Speaker 1: than Vermont, that Washington is not paying enough attention of.
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  Speaker 1: I ask you that. It's on Facebook right now, the
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  Speaker 1: Facebook question of the day. I'm off to visit yet
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  Speaker 1: another country today. store. There's a lot. 20 in 20 days.
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  Speaker 1: 20 Vermont country stores in 20 days. I hope you've
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  Speaker 1: been following along the tour. Got up to the Northeast
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom Country Store, which used to be called the Bailey's
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  Speaker 1: Country Store. Bailey's Country Store up there in East Berk.
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  Speaker 1: Such a beautiful place. Took you there yesterday. You walk
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  Speaker 1: in and as I showed you, you look up and
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  Speaker 1: just that mezzanine of Vermont products above your head and
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  Speaker 1: that tongue and groove oak ceiling. These stores are so beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty much all of them built in the late 1800s
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  Speaker 1: and turn of the century. And they're still operating. And
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  Speaker 1: they've adapted quite a bit to pizza restaurants, quite frankly, cafes, delis.
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  Speaker 1: They're more than just country stores. But yet the one
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  Speaker 1: commonality between all of them is that it's where our
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  Speaker 1: public goes. It's where Vermonters go, sip their coffee, chew
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  Speaker 1: the fat, sit down, talk with others, commune, connect. And
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  Speaker 1: by God, I hope that we never lose our country stores,
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  Speaker 1: our heritage here in Vermont when it comes to stuff
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  Speaker 1: like that. I know there's other places to go. And
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  Speaker 1: I know that you can get things that may be
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  Speaker 1: a little less pricey. But if we lose our Vermont
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  Speaker 1: country stores, we're in deep trouble. We're losing our history.
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  Speaker 1: And some of them have closed. And one of the
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  Speaker 1: stores that I am going to take you to is
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: one that has closed. And it is It is so sad.
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  Speaker 1: Peach them. Every day, a new store and an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for you to come inside and see not only what
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  Speaker 1: they sell, what their product line is, but also hear
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  Speaker 1: from people directly. It has really been quite a privilege
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  Speaker 1: to do this. I consider myself so blessed today. To
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  Speaker 1: visit these stores. You cannot experience. What I've experienced. In
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  Speaker 1: visiting these stores. In many other states.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 1: Come along with me. I'm going to take you to
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  Speaker 1: a different store. Today at noon. Every day. Consecutively. A
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  Speaker 1: different store. Every single day. Give a comment. Drop a comment.
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  Speaker 1: Share it. Tell the store thank you. it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a great time. Another surprise story. No, I never
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  Speaker 1: tell you in advance. I might give you a little
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  Speaker 1: teaser of where I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Going to go.
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  Speaker 1: But I like you to be surprised around noon every
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  Speaker 1: day when I take you there. And I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: do it again today. Thanks for liking and following the page.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Mighty Mystic, for connecting with us this morning
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  Speaker 1: and giving us some feel-good and some hope. And Giving
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  Speaker 1: us some incredible music to celebrate life to. Can't wait.
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  Speaker 2: 31st.
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  Speaker 1: Where it's going to be. Fairleigh Town Hall. Mighty Mystic
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  Speaker 1: is coming back to Vermont. Be good to one another.
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. I know emotions are running high.
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  Speaker 1: I know that... Especially if you saw the debate last
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  Speaker 1: night or you're planning to watch the next one tonight.
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  Speaker 1: With our governors.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But just try to, like I said, breathe through the nose.
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  Speaker 1: Out through the mouth. And I know it's stressful. I
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: know it is. But just listen to yourself. Stay positive. Yes,
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: I see. Logan Luce has hopped on right at the end.
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: But he'll be with us today. Talking about week number seven.
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  Speaker 1: Pats tonight. It's going to be great. Tune in. We
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: will see you very soon. Tomorrow, we're lighting this place
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: right up with G. It's going to be fun. We're
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: kicking off the weekend. And don't forget, again, right around
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  Speaker 1: noon today, 20 stores in 20 days from Aired Out.