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ABC's Home For Good Hosted By Art Edmunds Showing Up For The Heroes · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but when I watch TV,
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  Speaker 1: I've got to have a selection. I'll go all over Hulu, Netflix,
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  Speaker 1: wherever my little fingertiple go, Disney plus, Paramount all the
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  Speaker 1: way up to what whatever's been invented this week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I do. So why isn't listening the same way?
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  Speaker 1: That's what ero dot net is all about. It is
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  Speaker 1: a network, a r r oe dot net, twenty different choices.
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  Speaker 1: Just keep on exploring. Hello in good morning. How are
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  Speaker 1: you doing today?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great? How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely fired up and ready to share a conversation with you?
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  Speaker 1: Because you're doing something here that I wish that radio
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  Speaker 1: stations across the nation would leap on it in a
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  Speaker 1: heartbeat and just build upon what you have really reached
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  Speaker 1: out for. Because home for Good. You're doing the good
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  Speaker 1: that every community needs, not just selected cities, every community,
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  Speaker 1: and you are really speaking the street of where we
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  Speaker 1: are today.
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  Speaker 2: Well thank you for that that run up. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're doing in a small way what we can do.
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  Speaker 2: We're highlighting people of character, of substance who overcome tragedy
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  Speaker 2: and triumph to become somebody good in their community. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of people who are suffering still put on a
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  Speaker 2: uniform every day to serve the community, and whether they're
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  Speaker 2: volunteers or police officers or firefighters, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: good people out there that need to be recognized.
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  Speaker 1: I have done so much research on everything that you
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  Speaker 1: are talking about. I mean, and that's one of the
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  Speaker 1: things that inspires me most about people that can It's
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  Speaker 1: almost like what the preacher man says over there at
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  Speaker 1: Elevation Church, Stephen Ferdick will say, turn around, face the
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  Speaker 1: fire and go in. And that's what these people are doing.
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  Speaker 1: And they don't, you know, it's almost like I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be recognized, but finally someone is saying, I
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  Speaker 1: do recognize you, I do see you, I want to
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  Speaker 1: thank you, and I know that we can grow from this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they run towards the danger, whether they're veterans that
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  Speaker 2: you know, have taken off the uniform, but they're still
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  Speaker 2: so their community. What about volunteers that want to get
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  Speaker 2: homeless animals off the street and find them there forever home.
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  Speaker 2: So they're being recognized. We're honoring people that have served
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  Speaker 2: a lifetime of service in the public and want to
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  Speaker 2: enjoy their retirement but have health issues now and can't
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  Speaker 2: leave their home. How tragic is that. So we're upgrading
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  Speaker 2: a room, a space, something in the backyard to honor
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  Speaker 2: these individuals, and we're telling their stories. And you know, Ero,
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  Speaker 2: I always say at the end of every episode, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't take a lot to help someone in need, So
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  Speaker 2: make every bit of kindness count. And that's the message
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  Speaker 2: that we're trying to leave our younger generation with the
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  Speaker 2: parents the older generation. It's a show that everybody can
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  Speaker 2: watch on a Saturday or a Sunday morning on ABC
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  Speaker 2: Weekend Adventure. And not only are we making these spaces
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  Speaker 2: beautiful with the renovation, we're also educating on the benefits
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  Speaker 2: of fire and carbon monoxide safety and making them safe
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  Speaker 2: sanctuaries for our families.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I hope your ears have been burned. I mean
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  Speaker 1: because Art I have been talking about you for a
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  Speaker 1: long time, because I use you as a great example
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  Speaker 1: of when people say they want to talk to their
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  Speaker 1: superheroes or their sports stars and stuff like that, and
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  Speaker 1: I go, you need to look at something else to
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  Speaker 1: find out who the real stars are. And I always
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  Speaker 1: talk about you and what you're doing because you've taken
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  Speaker 1: the time out of your own personal life to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that this is happening. I realize it's growing and
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  Speaker 1: growing and growing, but it still needed something to get
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  Speaker 1: that string through the needle of that eye or the
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  Speaker 1: eye of the needle. And that's exactly what you're doing,
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  Speaker 1: is that you are helping to sew up community.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that's a great way to look at it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I spent eleven years on another show, co
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  Speaker 2: hosting doing makeovers for our nation's veterans, and we decided
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  Speaker 2: it was time to honor people in everyday community. Whether
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  Speaker 2: it's the firefighter whose house burned to the ground, imagine that,
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  Speaker 2: or a police officer who lost a child tragically when
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  Speaker 2: a caretaker left their child in a hot car. But
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  Speaker 2: yet they find a way to rise above that serve
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  Speaker 2: their community. You know, these folks put on a uniform
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  Speaker 2: every day, but they still have to go home and
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  Speaker 2: take care of sick kids. They still have to balance
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  Speaker 2: a household budget. And when you have a sick child,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure many folks out there know there's not a
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  Speaker 2: lot of money left over to do a kitchen renovation.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what we're here to do to highlight the
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  Speaker 2: work that they do, give some small reward in some way.
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  Speaker 2: But you don't have to have a TV show like
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  Speaker 2: we do on Home for Good to do something good
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  Speaker 2: for other people. And once you see these folks, you realize,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're a lot more like as a country
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  Speaker 2: than we are divided.
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  Speaker 1: See that's the very reason I started out the way
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  Speaker 1: that I did, because it's that kind of inspiration and
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  Speaker 1: influence that you plant every Saturday on ABC, that you're
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  Speaker 1: giving us that opportunity to sit there and say, what
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  Speaker 1: can I do for my own community, my own neighborhood,
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  Speaker 1: Because we all have people in our neighborhood whose house
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  Speaker 1: is a little bit off. Go hell, go rebuild those steps,
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  Speaker 1: Go do something on the deck. And that's what I
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  Speaker 1: feel from Home for Good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, I totally agree with you. You know, when we
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  Speaker 2: get out of our own little bubbles and put ourselves
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  Speaker 2: in somebody else's shoes, it's a great way. And even
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  Speaker 2: one of our recipients grew up homeless, joined the Marine Corps,
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  Speaker 2: made a success of his life, but he never forgot
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  Speaker 2: where he came from. And he was so emotional when
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  Speaker 2: we made over his garage workshop. He said to me,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not used to receiving and he said something that's
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  Speaker 2: profound and it's in his episode that you'll see coming
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  Speaker 2: up in a couple of weeks. He said it's easier
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  Speaker 2: to give, and that's something that is important. The joy
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  Speaker 2: that he gets and the mental wellness that he gets
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  Speaker 2: by doing good for others and not focusing on himself.
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  Speaker 2: We could all use a little bit of that. I think.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. We're just getting started with Arch Edmonds,
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  Speaker 1: the name of the TV show on ABC, Home for Good.
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  Speaker 1: You'll see it every Saturday. We are back with Art Edmonds.
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  Speaker 1: Everything that you just said is wrapped up in one
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  Speaker 1: word that you have on the show. Home. You could
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  Speaker 1: have said house, you could have said the neighborhood, you
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  Speaker 1: could have said something else, but no, you guys went
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  Speaker 1: with home. And my father would be so proud of
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  Speaker 1: you because he would look at us and say, what
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  Speaker 1: you think this is just four walls? Do you think
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  Speaker 1: that's what it is? It's not a house, It is
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  Speaker 1: a home And that really was driven into my soul
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  Speaker 1: and I feel that inside this show.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's a great point as well. You know Home
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  Speaker 2: for Good it has multiple meetings. Yes, you know when
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  Speaker 2: somebody has been traveling and you're there a family member
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  Speaker 2: or a friend, Hey, are you home? Are you home
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  Speaker 2: for good? Meaning? Are you home safe? Are you home
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  Speaker 2: in your sanctuary? And then maybe it's your home for
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  Speaker 2: good people. It's a place for people who serve others
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  Speaker 2: to have the home that they deserve. So we thought
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  Speaker 2: it was a great title and yeah, we've gotten a
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  Speaker 2: great response from it so far.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know how people are. They give, give, give, give,
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  Speaker 1: give and love their community as much as they do.
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  Speaker 1: And you know they're gonna want to help you redo
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  Speaker 1: all this stuff. How do you keep them on the
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  Speaker 1: sideline so that your professionals can go in there and
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  Speaker 1: make this happen.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we need all the volunteers that we can get.
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  Speaker 2: We work with a nonprofit that honors first responders. Follow
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  Speaker 2: us on Instagram at Home for Good TV reach Out,
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  Speaker 2: send a message if we're coming through on our next
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  Speaker 2: season and you want to join us. We can use
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  Speaker 2: all hands on deck to help these deserving individuals. And
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  Speaker 2: we're just getting started right now on season one of
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  Speaker 2: Home for Good, but we'll be airing all the way
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  Speaker 2: through December telling great stories.
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  Speaker 1: God to be a part of what you're doing, because
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look at how many people you're reaching those
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  Speaker 1: that have given to their community that need a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of help because we all go through moments. But
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  Speaker 1: you're also reaching those that have no clue, but they
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  Speaker 1: showed up to volunteer because maybe a friend showed up
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  Speaker 1: or mom showed up. You're changing people from every angle
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  Speaker 1: that's available, aren't.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you know, I mean credit to the folks
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  Speaker 2: that want to help. It's a matter of putting yourself behind,
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  Speaker 2: yourself second, putting others first. And that's where people want
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  Speaker 2: to be and they feel good doing it. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: these first responders and these volunteers in the community, they
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  Speaker 2: do so much and you would not even believe that
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  Speaker 2: they don't feel worthy of receiving this. And we actually
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  Speaker 2: had one police officer on our show that recommended another
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  Speaker 2: police officer and he said, listen, if there's only one slot,
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  Speaker 2: give it to this other person because they deserve it
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  Speaker 2: more than me. And how do you say no to
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  Speaker 2: either one of them at that point? So, yeah, even
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  Speaker 2: these folks that have suffered traumas and tragedies in their
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  Speaker 2: life of service, they still want to give back to others.
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  Speaker 1: Aren't you also in a way educating the community in
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  Speaker 1: the way that if we pass a police officer, a firefighter,
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  Speaker 1: or if we pass somebody who has volunteered for dogs
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  Speaker 1: and things, is that we need to start looking at
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  Speaker 1: them not as their heroic work, but basically, my god,
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  Speaker 1: they've got a heart, they've got a soul. I want
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  Speaker 1: to know their real story. And doesn't that create communication
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  Speaker 1: inside our community because your teaching us there's more to
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  Speaker 1: this story.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we're trying to show humanity. We're trying to
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  Speaker 2: show the human side of these individuals that may just
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  Speaker 2: be an authority figure. Maybe you're not a fan of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, people that are in law enforcement. Maybe you
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  Speaker 2: take firefighters for granted. Maybe you don't realize the sacrifice
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  Speaker 2: and the mental scars that a lot of our veterans
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  Speaker 2: still carry. Maybe you don't realize that folks that are
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  Speaker 2: volunteering their time go home to a space that is
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  Speaker 2: not worthy of the work that they do. So people
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  Speaker 2: giving of themselves when you see them as human beings,
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  Speaker 2: it puts a lot lot of things in perspective, and
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  Speaker 2: we drop a lot of the animosity that we carry
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  Speaker 2: towards other people when you see them just like yourself, correct.
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  Speaker 1: Me if I'm wrong, ABC. That means you're going to
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  Speaker 1: be on Hulu. You're also going to be on Disney
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  Speaker 1: Plus because I want people to find this and I
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  Speaker 1: want them to really be empowered by it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, make sure you check us out live on
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  Speaker 2: the ABC on your local stations, and then of course
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  Speaker 2: streaming and our YouTube channel, and of course follow us
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  Speaker 2: on Instagram. We put up a lot of behind the
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  Speaker 2: scenes content from the season as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, you're doing it so perfectly. I just
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  Speaker 1: love where your heart is. You got to come back
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  Speaker 1: to this show anytime in the future. The door is
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  Speaker 1: always going to be open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. I'd love to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today? And thank you for your
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  Speaker 1: dedication to the community. My god, I hope they do
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  Speaker 1: an episode on you.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just there to narrate the viewer through the process,
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  Speaker 2: so it's all all about the other people.
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  Speaker 1: You'd be brilliant today, sir, Thank you very much.