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The Choice To Pay Rent Or Get Food Plus The Two Wars Facing The US · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: So we've started this brand new podcast on arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net,
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  Speaker 1: Music's Lost History. Not only are we unveiling songs that
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  Speaker 1: you already know and the artists that brought them here,
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  Speaker 1: the thing is, I'm questioning you. Do you know the answer?
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  Speaker 1: Before we share the answer. Yeah, it's called Music's Lost History.
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  Speaker 1: Only on Arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E dot net. Enjoy your exploration. When
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  Speaker 1: it's extremely difficult to make up your mind. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: having the power of choice can actually weaken a person's heart.
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  Speaker 1: On this episode, we're going to put focus on making
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  Speaker 1: the choice to eat or pay rent. The roof versus
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  Speaker 1: your gut. Plus, if we've created this war in Iran...
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  Speaker 1: Why aren't we stopping the killing on our own streets
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  Speaker 1: here in the U.S.? My name is Arrow. Life is
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  Speaker 1: a series of choices. Who decides when you're not making
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  Speaker 1: the right choice and is it a fear of things
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  Speaker 1: going wrong? The greatest lessons in life are often lost
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  Speaker 1: inside hidden away attempts and concepts. Well, it's time to
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  Speaker 1: reopen your heart. Having that power of choice is actually
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  Speaker 1: your daily gift. On this highway, we're going to learn
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  Speaker 1: how to trust mirages. What is the choice? How about
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  Speaker 1: making that choice to eat or to pay rent? What
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  Speaker 1: happens when you can't do both? Well, you got to
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  Speaker 1: know in your present day heart that we're experiencing something
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  Speaker 1: today with such decision makings that it really is truly
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  Speaker 1: just another page in Americana. When you're facing that question
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  Speaker 1: of having to eat or put a roof over your head,
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  Speaker 1: mental health experts call that a housing insecurity as well
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  Speaker 1: as a food insecurity. It's one of the clearest signs
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  Speaker 1: of financial hardship. The constant pressure can lead to chronic stress, anxiety, depression,
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  Speaker 1: and feelings of hopelessness. This is when most people turn
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  Speaker 1: to food banks, government assistance, and churches. I mean, listen,
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  Speaker 1: this doesn't just happen to the unemployed. Even those with
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  Speaker 1: full-time status have to make impossible choices to eat or
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  Speaker 1: pay rent. Both are hitting average people pretty freaking hard
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  Speaker 1: these days because of our living expenses. It's out of control.
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  Speaker 1: So is the U.S. headed toward darker seasons of forced change?
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  Speaker 1: That answer kind of rests on how we react standing
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  Speaker 1: here in such an unpredictable situation. Freaking out is not
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  Speaker 1: the answer. It's extremely difficult to unveil any type of
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  Speaker 1: information that clearly projects a greater, darker time in the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: The future can only be shaped by our communities and
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  Speaker 1: how each of us responds in this situation. Hey, coming
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  Speaker 1: up next... If a major country, the U.S., is dropping
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  Speaker 1: bombs on another country, then why aren't they doing anything
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  Speaker 1: about the war on their own streets? Hey, thanks for
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  Speaker 1: coming back to The Choice. If a major country has
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  Speaker 1: taken it upon themselves to choose to bomb another nation,
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  Speaker 1: do they have the right to stop the crime on
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  Speaker 1: their own streets? Oh, yeah. We're causing war, the United States.
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  Speaker 1: We're also disliking our own disruptions on these streets of America.
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  Speaker 1: What is the difference? The reality is two completely different issues.
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  Speaker 1: That I didn't know. Millions of Americans see actions as
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  Speaker 1: being authentic contradictions. How can a government wage war overseas
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  Speaker 1: and struggle to stop the violence on our own streets
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  Speaker 1: here in the United States? In principle, yeah, a country
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  Speaker 1: such as the U.S. has both authority and responsibility to
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  Speaker 1: address its own violence, regardless of what kind of mess
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  Speaker 1: they're actually doing outside our borders. Priorities need to be balanced.
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  Speaker 1: It's a matter of public debate rather than scattered legal principles. But, but, but, but...
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  Speaker 1: How can a government brag about being peaceful when both
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  Speaker 1: fronts are costing lives? We've got to listen to how
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  Speaker 1: we're reacting. It's violence. They claim that it's legitimate and
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  Speaker 1: violence that's considered criminal. I mean, look at what's happened
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  Speaker 1: in our past. Thomas Hobbes, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.
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  Speaker 1: They all arrived at different conclusions. If taking a life
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  Speaker 1: is wrong, why are we bombing Iran? There's no universal
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  Speaker 1: answer here. Everyday people such as ourselves, we challenge the system,
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  Speaker 1: but are any of us drawing a line in the sand?
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  Speaker 1: It is a choice. I'm Errol, and that's what I
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  Speaker 1: was writing while the sun was waking up on a
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  Speaker 1: brilliant new day.