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July 4th America Made In Virginia 250 From PBS And Carly Fiorina · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Enjoy your exploration. Hello, and good morning, Carly. How are
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  Speaker 1: you doing today?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm doing great. Thank you so much for
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to chat with you.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm so excited about what you're going
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  Speaker 1: to be doing with PBS because I was there in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six. I know what this the energy of
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  Speaker 1: the nation was all about in the history that we collected,
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  Speaker 1: and to me, I am still shaped by what we
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  Speaker 1: did in seventy six. And that's the thing that I
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  Speaker 1: love about what you're doing, is you're saying, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: I want you to know, there is a soul to
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  Speaker 1: this nation and it's in Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: Well, America was made in Virginia. And I say that
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  Speaker 2: because without Virginia, America wouldn't exist. The first colonists arrived
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  Speaker 2: in Virginia. The first encounters with indigenous happened in Virginia,
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  Speaker 2: the first enslaved landed in Virginia, the first representative government
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  Speaker 2: was stood up in Virginia, and the march towards independence,
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  Speaker 2: towards the revolution began right here in Williamsburg, Virginia. It
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  Speaker 2: was here in the Capitol building that people like Thomas Jefferson,
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  Speaker 2: George Washington, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, James Madison,
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  Speaker 2: all of these people dissolved the House of Burgesses, walked
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  Speaker 2: down the street, went to the Raleigh Tavern and said,
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  Speaker 2: we must begin the march towards independence. And so this
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  Speaker 2: really is where our nation began. And we are so
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  Speaker 2: excited to be able to welcome the nation during this
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  Speaker 2: broadcast on PBS, so that we can learn together who
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  Speaker 2: are we, where do we come from, how did we
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  Speaker 2: come to be, and then commit together to helping to
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  Speaker 2: form a more perfect union, which is our role as
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  Speaker 2: citizens in this great nation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm down here in the South. We put a lot
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  Speaker 1: of pride in our history and the real roots of
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  Speaker 1: this nation. And I swear to God that what I
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  Speaker 1: feel from this PBS special is the fact that it's like, Okay, Southerners,
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  Speaker 1: it's time for you to outreach learn from this, from
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  Speaker 1: this unbelievable thing that you've put together, which is called
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  Speaker 1: July fourth America, made in Virginia two fifty, and then
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  Speaker 1: spread it not just for this weekend, but spread it
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  Speaker 1: throughout the years ahead of us. You're building a connection
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  Speaker 1: to the future here, Carly.
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  Speaker 2: You said it so beautifully. You know, we had three
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  Speaker 2: goals when we first put this show together. And of course,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, everyone is proud of their history and
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  Speaker 2: should be. However, we had three goals. First was to educate,
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  Speaker 2: to educate the nation about who we are, and educate
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  Speaker 2: by telling the whole story, not just the good bits,
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  Speaker 2: but all the bits, the whole story. Second, to engage
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  Speaker 2: with every community, no matter what you look like, no
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  Speaker 2: matter where you are, we want you to see yourself
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  Speaker 2: in our nation's shared history. And finally, to the point
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  Speaker 2: of your question, our goal here is to inspire a
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  Speaker 2: season of civic renewal so that we have another great
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  Speaker 2: fifty one hundred, two hundred, two hundred and fifty years
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  Speaker 2: ahead of us. Because, as Benjamin Franklin reminded us when
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  Speaker 2: we declared independence, what have you given us, sir? We
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  Speaker 2: have given you a republic if you can keep it.
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  Speaker 2: It is our job to keep the republic by working
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  Speaker 2: as citizens to form a more perfect union. And we
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  Speaker 2: can't do that if we don't know who we are
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  Speaker 2: and where we come from.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. We'll be right back with Carly Fiorina
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  Speaker 1: coming up next from PBS July fourth, America, Made in Virginia,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty. We are back with Carly Fiorina. Well,
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  Speaker 1: look at the voice that you have as the narrator.
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  Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? This man is the reason why
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  Speaker 1: I have been a writer for over thirty five years.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, come on, Richard Thomas, I mean, how did
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  Speaker 1: you land this one? Because he is, to me, the
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  Speaker 1: soul of storytelling in my generation.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly right, and we are so proud to have him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think we got someone as esteemed and
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  Speaker 2: beloved as Richard Thomas or Judy Collins or Ryan Spiedo
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  Speaker 2: Green or Michael Feinstein or Kelly O'Hare or Adrian We
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  Speaker 2: got these people because they believe what you and I
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  Speaker 2: are talking about, that this is important, that this is
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  Speaker 2: an important moment, that this is an important celebration and
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  Speaker 2: commemoration and they wanted to be part of it, and
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  Speaker 2: we are deeply grateful to each and every one of them.
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  Speaker 1: I want people to be able to say simi quincentennial,
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  Speaker 1: just like it rolls off your tongue, because I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm down here near Columbia where we have Cessquintinnial. It
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  Speaker 1: took me forever to learn how to say that. So
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  Speaker 1: when I saw this, I'm going. You know, when people
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  Speaker 1: embrace it, they will live it and they will make
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  Speaker 1: it a part of their every day. And that's why
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  Speaker 1: they should say semi quincentennial. It's not that difficult.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I have to tell you the truth. I had
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  Speaker 2: to practice for a while to be able to say
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  Speaker 2: sendmi quincenteniel. It is kind of a mouthful. If that's
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  Speaker 2: too much for people, they can say two hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty where the world's longest living democracy, two hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty years, And it is something to be proud of.
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  Speaker 2: It is something to learn from, and to your point,
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  Speaker 2: it is an opportunity for us to recommit ourselves and
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  Speaker 2: our families and our neighbors and our communities. It's something
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  Speaker 2: to recommit ourselves to.
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  Speaker 1: What did you learn from America that maybe has been
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  Speaker 1: hidden away or underneath the soil for so long, But
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  Speaker 1: the very second you step in there with PBS, it's like,
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  Speaker 1: oh my god. I didn't know this. I had heard rumors,
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  Speaker 1: an urban legend, but I didn't know that it was real.
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  Speaker 2: You know. I'll tell you something. What I've learned in
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  Speaker 2: the course of this work, which I've been doing now
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  Speaker 2: for almost four years, is despite all the visions in
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  Speaker 2: our nation, people want to unify around something significant and
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  Speaker 2: our history. When we tell the whole story about everyone
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  Speaker 2: who helped forge this nation, when we allow people to
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  Speaker 2: see themselves in our shared history as well as our
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  Speaker 2: shared future, then what I see over and over again
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  Speaker 2: is unity and inspiration. It's not that all of our
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  Speaker 2: history is easy to tell, far from it, but it
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  Speaker 2: is to say that we can learn from every aspect
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  Speaker 2: of our history. And so what I've been incredibly inspired
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  Speaker 2: by is despite all the political toxicity and all the division,
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  Speaker 2: the truth is politics has never intruded on this planning
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  Speaker 2: or any of the events leading up to fourth of July.
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  Speaker 2: And I think no matter who you are, or what
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  Speaker 2: you believe, or what side of the aisle you're on,
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  Speaker 2: there is something for everyone in the show, and that
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  Speaker 2: is by design. We are one nation under God, and
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  Speaker 2: we need to remember why I.
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  Speaker 1: Love where your heart is. And you know, one of
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  Speaker 1: the greatest things that I love about PBS is the
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  Speaker 1: fact that it's not just a documentary or a special here,
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  Speaker 1: but you guys put stuff up on your website where
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  Speaker 1: we can continue the journey forward about understanding. This is
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  Speaker 1: a conversation piece between all generations and people will be
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  Speaker 1: talking about this special.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, thank you for saying that. You know, PBS started
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  Speaker 2: the march towards the Semiquin Centennial with the incomparable Ken
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  Speaker 2: Burns and American Revolution, and we are delighted that ken
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  Speaker 2: Burns will be a part of this broadcast as well.
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  Speaker 2: But it's a reflection of PBS's commitment that we need
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  Speaker 2: to learn and then we need to go forward. And yes,
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  Speaker 2: this is going to be an ongoing conversation in the
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  Speaker 2: nation between communities. It is why our most important goal
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  Speaker 2: of all is to inspire a season of civic newal
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  Speaker 2: so that we remember who we are, how we came
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  Speaker 2: to be, and what our role and responsibility is as parents,
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  Speaker 2: as members of a community, as citizens.
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  Speaker 1: PBS is part of this two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have been such a major player in the
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  Speaker 1: history and the preservation of our time on this planet.
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  Speaker 1: I can't thank you enough, Carly for what you have
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  Speaker 1: dedicated yourself and your entire team too, over these past
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty years.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you are very kind to say, and this is
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  Speaker 3: a huge team effort, massive numbers of people throughout Virginia
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  Speaker 3: here at the Clone Williamsburg Foundation at PBS.
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  Speaker 2: It's like everything else. You learn that from our history
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  Speaker 2: what happens when people come together in common cause and
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  Speaker 2: commit themselves to something larger than themselves. Wow, anything as possible.
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  Speaker 1: You got to come back to this show anytime in
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  Speaker 1: the future. The door is always going to be open
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  Speaker 1: for you. Carly.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. It would be my great delight.
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  Speaker 2: And let's talk after the show and we could talk
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  Speaker 2: about continuing this season of civic renewal and the conversation
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  Speaker 2: that you and I began today.
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  Speaker 1: Now you really own my heart. Absolutely we will continue
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  Speaker 1: that talk. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, have a great day.