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Activists Around the World: An Update on Past Awardees, Part 1 · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to stuff.
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  Speaker 1: We never told your production, but I hear radio and
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  Speaker 1: welcome to I guess the first recording because I think
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  Speaker 1: we've already released one episode of Activists around the World
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  Speaker 1: because we did a review. Uh, but it's okay, So
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  Speaker 1: the first recording of Activists around the World in Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we're here, we've arrived, and we kind of wanted to
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  Speaker 1: do a follow up episode on some of the activists
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  Speaker 1: that we have already talked about in the past, so
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  Speaker 1: we're kind of bringing it back. Yes, we're doing some
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  Speaker 1: more reviews, but it's not a review as much as
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  Speaker 1: what are they doing now type of episodes. So whole night, um,
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  Speaker 1: and let me go ahead and prepare you. Not all
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  Speaker 1: the updates are good, but I feel like it's still
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  Speaker 1: important to know just because it's not a great update
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean we need to ignore it or we can't
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  Speaker 1: ignore it, especially for highlighting them for their works. And
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  Speaker 1: then there may be things that diminishes that we need
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  Speaker 1: to acknowledge that. Um, people make mistakes, things change, So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just a heads up. And also this is gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a two parter because we've got a few um that
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to talk about about their work, So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: hang tight with us, yes, yeah, So let's started off
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  Speaker 1: with indigenous activists. Sonya Guadajara, who we first talked about
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  Speaker 1: in Jahara has been working with her indigenous community in
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  Speaker 1: a Boa in Maranyoh, the village in the Amazon rainforest.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry if I butchered that. Yeah, no, I'm trying to
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  Speaker 1: get through it. And for a quick review, Guajajara has
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  Speaker 1: been working for the rights of the indigenous people as
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  Speaker 1: well as for the protection of the Amazon rain forest,
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  Speaker 1: which included her creating a documentary titled Motaci Indigenous Emergency,
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  Speaker 1: which accused the government, which was under the leadership of
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  Speaker 1: President Baltonaro at the time, of neglecting and even harming
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  Speaker 1: the indigenous people, which brought her under the scrutiny and
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  Speaker 1: harassment from the government. And also as a side note,
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  Speaker 1: she was on the ticket for vice president of Brazil
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  Speaker 1: in eighteen with Wallows, but did not win the election.
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  Speaker 1: So she's she's been trying to be a part of
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  Speaker 1: the politics. And if you've been paying attention recently, Brazil's
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  Speaker 1: presidential election has been a trending topic as the previous president, Baltonaro,
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  Speaker 1: lost to the newly inaugurated President Louise and Nacio Lulu
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  Speaker 1: da Silva, and with the support of indigenous activists like Guadajara,
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  Speaker 1: Silva has been able to push forward in taking office
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  Speaker 1: and she's been making political moves herself. In October of two,
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  Speaker 1: Guadajara was elected as the first federal indigenous lawmaker from
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  Speaker 1: Salpolo under the Socialism and Liberty Party and by the way,
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  Speaker 1: she won with the highest number of votes in the
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  Speaker 1: history of Brazil. But not only that, Just recently, Guadajara
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  Speaker 1: has been a pointed by President Lula as Minister of
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  Speaker 1: Indigenous Peoples and upon being appointed, she said, I feel
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  Speaker 1: very honored and happy with the appointment of minister. More
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  Speaker 1: than a personal achievement, this is a collective achievement of
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  Speaker 1: indigenous people's a historic moment for the principle of reparations
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  Speaker 1: in Brazil. The creation of the ministry is confirmation of
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  Speaker 1: the commitment that Lula assumes with us UH and we
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  Speaker 1: just want to say congratulations to Minister Guadajara and her
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  Speaker 1: amazing works, and we're so excited to see what she
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  Speaker 1: will continue to do for her community. Yes, yes, es, yes,
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  Speaker 1: And then we have Samya Faruki. Faruki is the young
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  Speaker 1: woman who with her team of all girls from Afghanistan
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  Speaker 1: created a prototype ventilator made up of spare car parts
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of ingenuity. The prototype was able to
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  Speaker 1: run on battery power and making it more affordable for
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  Speaker 1: those in need. Today, Faruki is now attending Missouri University
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  Speaker 1: of Science and Technology, and though she should be focusing
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  Speaker 1: on her education and growth, Fruki has stepped up as
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  Speaker 1: an ambassador for the women and girls of her home
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  Speaker 1: country in Afghanistan. Faruki left Afghanistan as the Islamist Taliban
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  Speaker 1: extremist group to control and power of that country and
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  Speaker 1: since then, the extreme conditions and laws have restricted the
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  Speaker 1: education of young women and girls in the country beyond
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  Speaker 1: the sixth grade. As of December of twenty two. With
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  Speaker 1: the rise of the Taliban, restrictions on women's rights and
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  Speaker 1: education has been tighter as they remain in power. Um.
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  Speaker 1: Originally they said that women would be able to attend
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  Speaker 1: school and universities, but slowly they restricted the level of
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  Speaker 1: education and have now restricted it education past the sixth
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  Speaker 1: grade for for girls and women UM. Faruki and her
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  Speaker 1: robotics team left due to those types of restrictions. In
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  Speaker 1: September twenty two, Faruki implored the UN to protect the
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  Speaker 1: rights and education of the women in Afghanistan. In her speech,
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  Speaker 1: she said, show your solidarity with me and millions of
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  Speaker 1: Afghan girls. You must work together to demand at the
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  Speaker 1: real being of girls schools and the protection of our
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  Speaker 1: rights funder education system in Afghanistan. Critical resources are needed
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  Speaker 1: to make sure that children can still learn even as
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  Speaker 1: the crisis continues. And finally, to all the countries who
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  Speaker 1: have welcomed Afghans to resettle in your country's give all
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  Speaker 1: children access to free, safe and quality education, regardless of status.
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  Speaker 1: If Afghan girls deserve the right to education, do not
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  Speaker 1: let me and my Afghan sisters become victims of global politics.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let our country become a cemetery of our
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  Speaker 1: dreams and goals. Yeah. Yeah, she's been traveling, I believe
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  Speaker 1: a lot more recently and even did speech at her school,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from her. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: And since arriving to the United States, Rukie has been
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  Speaker 1: working as an advocate for the young women and girls
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  Speaker 1: of Afghanistan. And yeah, speaking up about it, And as
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  Speaker 1: you said, I'm sure I hope be another update in
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  Speaker 1: the future, and next we wanted to talk about the
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  Speaker 1: controversy of Ruby Colorado UM. Ruby Colorado just as a
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  Speaker 1: Review is a trans survivor from El Savador UM and
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twelve, Korado started the Cassa Ruby, which was
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  Speaker 1: a resource for the LGBTQ plus community for housing and
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  Speaker 1: services around d C. She had been applauded for her
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  Speaker 1: work and continued advocacy for the trans and quator communities
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  Speaker 1: around the world and seemed to be doing well with
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  Speaker 1: the organization. Unfortunately, reports have come out about Karado allegedly
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  Speaker 1: diverting funds and resources from her organizations to her own
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  Speaker 1: personal accounts. According to the allegations written by The Washington Post,
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  Speaker 1: Quote Corrado allegedly set up bank accounts for the firms
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  Speaker 1: and between twenty nineteen and twenty two withdrew more than
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  Speaker 1: a one hundred thousand dollars and transferred more than four
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  Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars into personal bank accounts in El Savador
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  Speaker 1: without authorization from CASA Ruby's board of directors. In July
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  Speaker 1: twenty two, the d C Attorney General filed a civil
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  Speaker 1: comp late in the c DC Superior Court with the
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  Speaker 1: allegations of violating the city's Nonprofit Corporations Act. The organization
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  Speaker 1: had been successfully getting grants estimated around nine point six
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  Speaker 1: million dollars UM, and after several incidents, including karado salary
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  Speaker 1: being raised two sixty thousand and twenty twenty, the organization
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  Speaker 1: was denied a renewal from the DC Department of Human
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  Speaker 1: Services in one, which was one of the larger grants
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  Speaker 1: for that nonprofit at that time. Colorado stepped down from
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  Speaker 1: Casa Ruby and the nonprofit shut down completely in July
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  Speaker 1: of two. So, on top of all of these allegations,
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  Speaker 1: Karado has also been accused of violating wage laws UH
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  Speaker 1: It's alleged that Karado was paying less than minimum wage
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  Speaker 1: and oftentimes not paying the workers the entirety of their
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  Speaker 1: wages earned UM and in December twenty two, Colorado spoke
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  Speaker 1: with Washington Blade News and said, this is a persecution.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I'm interested in people
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  Speaker 1: knowing all these things because I am a human rights
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  Speaker 1: activist and what is happening to Ruby Corrado should be
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  Speaker 1: an alarm for any human rights defender. So I'm not
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  Speaker 1: really sure where the case is at I believe she's
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  Speaker 1: still in El Savador at this point, at one point
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  Speaker 1: from July too. I think just recently they couldn't find
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  Speaker 1: her and they finally were able to reach her. There
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  Speaker 1: has been a lot of amendments to this allegation, adding
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  Speaker 1: new charges, so we'll see what happens. But as of today,
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  Speaker 1: Casta Ruby does not exist. Makes me really sad because
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  Speaker 1: it's lost a lot for its intent and losing a
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  Speaker 1: resource like that which was held as something amazing and new. UM.
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  Speaker 1: To see it fall apart, it's really sad, especially for
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  Speaker 1: those who could have used this type of help. Again,
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  Speaker 1: we don't know what exactly happened. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: allegations and we won't know probably for a little while um,
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  Speaker 1: and so we'll keep an eye out. But we definitely
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  Speaker 1: needed to report it because we did talk about her
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  Speaker 1: amazing works and I don't think it should diminish what
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  Speaker 1: she went through and her original intent. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it should have diminished up. But we have to acknowledge
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  Speaker 1: when things fall apart, people have to be held accountable. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely, UM. So we'll be keeping an eye on
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  Speaker 1: that as well, and listeners, you can keep an eye
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  Speaker 1: out for some more of our updates in the part
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  Speaker 1: two of this episode, and also for future segments. If
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