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Kudos to Those Who Stick Their Necks Out · The Wes Carroll Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: The news, opinions, commentary, and interviews you need to start
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  Speaker 1: your day. You're listening to the Wes Carroll Morning Show.
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  Speaker 2: Thursday morning, eighth day of October. I'm Wes. Thanks for
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  Speaker 2: joining me. Inching our way through this week. And if
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  Speaker 2: you got kids in school in our school district, In
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  Speaker 2: the Chattahoochee Valley, they may have tomorrow off from school
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  Speaker 2: and then Monday off from school. It's the Columbus Day holiday.
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  Speaker 2: They got all these words. They got all these words
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  Speaker 2: Apology Day or I don't know, something like that. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: it's a four-day weekend for the kids, and then basically
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  Speaker 2: they go into a four-day school week next week. And
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  Speaker 2: then Jake, his school had homecoming last weekend. Monday was
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  Speaker 2: senior skip day, and he was a little under the weather.
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  Speaker 2: So he had a three-day week. After today's over, it'll
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  Speaker 2: be a whole three-day week. So good for him. And
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  Speaker 2: then a four-day week next week, that's all right. A
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  Speaker 2: couple things I want to get into today, first and foremost.
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  Speaker 2: I want to be careful on this because I've kind
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  Speaker 2: of done this before, but it's now come up again
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  Speaker 2: in a different area. And I'm going to do this
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  Speaker 2: from the category, from the perspective, I guess, of– someone
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  Speaker 2: who's just saying kudos to the people that are, uh,
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  Speaker 2: sticking their neck out and they're not really sticking their
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  Speaker 2: neck out specifically. It's a little different than, uh, the
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  Speaker 2: previous one. So the previous one was when, uh, Disney
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  Speaker 2: decided that Marvel, I guess, Disney Marvel decided to fire
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  Speaker 2: like a thousand people in their, uh, art department and
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  Speaker 2: special effects and art department. A while back, we did
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  Speaker 2: a whole show on that or at least part of
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  Speaker 2: a show on that because they did that. And a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the kind of the insider track from people
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  Speaker 2: is that they've taken the work that was done by
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  Speaker 2: the art department. The past art department was things that
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  Speaker 2: had been digitized for their movies and that they were
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  Speaker 2: basically telling the people who had created all of these things.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for your service. We have blueprints for what
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  Speaker 2: you've done. I don't think they said this, but this
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  Speaker 2: is the presumption. And that AI or other people can
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  Speaker 2: come in and put together whatever we need to put together.
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  Speaker 2: And they haven't slowed down. Maybe they've slowed down, but
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  Speaker 2: they haven't stopped making TV shows and movies at Marvel.
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  Speaker 2: And it was a sad thing when you think about
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  Speaker 2: the hard work that goes into it. Now, I know
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a person who gets excited when somebody loses
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  Speaker 2: their job. Occasionally, it happens to a football coach, and
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  Speaker 2: you just think, well, it's time to move on, and
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  Speaker 2: it is what it is. But I always take it
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  Speaker 2: at a personal level, and I feel bad for the person.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel bad for all of those people who
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  Speaker 2: lost their jobs. And I know there were some people
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  Speaker 2: kind of going, well, it's Disney, and When people that
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  Speaker 2: work for a company like Disney that is very far
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  Speaker 2: left and they're just hurting themselves by hurting other people
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  Speaker 2: who vote and support their way. And I think the
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  Speaker 2: side of that that maybe you could come in on
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  Speaker 2: is just go, you got these people that, and I
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  Speaker 2: use the term pawns, I'm going to keep using the
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  Speaker 2: term pawns. But you got these people that have signed
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  Speaker 2: up to be pawns in this political game of chess
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  Speaker 2: that by the folks on the left, the Disneys, and
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  Speaker 2: you could just rattle off a million companies. And then
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  Speaker 2: when the people who work there that are the pawns
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  Speaker 2: ultimately are the ones that get pawned, they get sacrificed
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  Speaker 2: because that's what happens. And then you have people saying, well,
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  Speaker 2: I hope you were saving money and not donating it
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  Speaker 2: to political causes. And it's not to pile on those people.
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  Speaker 2: That's not what this message is about today. This message
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  Speaker 2: today Well, the follow-up to that, and that's what this
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  Speaker 2: is about today, is that I did an interview with
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  Speaker 2: Evangeline Lilly. She was Wasp in the Avengers movies. She
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  Speaker 2: was on the TV show Lost. She was in the
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  Speaker 2: Hobbit movies. Not the Lord of the Rings, but the
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  Speaker 2: Hobbit movies. And she came out and stuck up for
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  Speaker 2: the art department, all the people who helped create the Wasp,
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  Speaker 2: the character that she played. And she sang their praises
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  Speaker 2: and she voiced her disappointment in what Disney was doing
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  Speaker 2: and what was happening. Now, she is someone who has
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  Speaker 2: said that she's basically retired from acting, that she's not,
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  Speaker 2: you know, she's taking a break at the very least.
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  Speaker 2: I think she did that once before. And then she
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  Speaker 2: came back and did the Hobbit movies, and then she
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  Speaker 2: ended up in Ant-Man. And I've interviewed her. Go to
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  Speaker 2: the DragonCon pregame show podcast and check out my interview
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  Speaker 2: with Evangeline Lilly. I had a great time talking with her.
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  Speaker 2: She's one of my favorite people that I've interviewed. I
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  Speaker 2: met her in person, got one of my hugs from her.
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  Speaker 2: She's just super nice. Swapped some texts with her. She's just.
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  Speaker 2: And someone who basically found herself in the line of
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  Speaker 2: fire politically during COVID when she was sticking up for
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  Speaker 2: the Canadian trucker. She's Canadian. I guess she's still Canadian.
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  Speaker 2: She was born in Canada. I know she's lived in
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  Speaker 2: Hawaii for a very long time. And I believe she
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  Speaker 2: still has Canadian citizenship, but I don't know. But the
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  Speaker 2: point is she put herself in the line of fire
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  Speaker 2: sticking up for them, sticking up for people who didn't
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  Speaker 2: want to get vaccinated, whatever the case was. And then
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  Speaker 2: to stick her neck out with her employer, former employer,
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  Speaker 2: whatever capacity. It's hard with the actors in the Marvel
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  Speaker 2: movies because you don't really fully know when they say, like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm done. And then they show up in a movie or,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Chris Evans is like, I'm not Captain America anymore.
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  Speaker 2: And then suddenly it's like he's going to be Captain
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  Speaker 2: America again. Or he's going to be back to being
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  Speaker 2: Steve Rogers again or whatever all that means. And so
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Like, this certainly wouldn't do well for
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  Speaker 2: her to get back to work at Disney if that's
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  Speaker 2: what she wanted to do. And all these companies keep consolidating.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you got Warner Brothers and Paramount. So they're
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  Speaker 2: becoming fewer and fewer job opportunities for people anyway. So
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  Speaker 2: you would think burning a bridge wouldn't be great. But
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  Speaker 2: she stuck her neck out. She stuck up for the
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  Speaker 2: art people that were fired. And just a sad thing,
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  Speaker 2: especially if they're going the way of AI. Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: this next thing that's happened more recently now is on SiriusXM,
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  Speaker 2: they had a channel that was for a long time
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  Speaker 2: a comedy station. Channel 99 was called Raw Dog Comedy.
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  Speaker 2: And it is now Sebastian Maniscalco's comedy radio. And so
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  Speaker 2: basically the conversation is that they were rotating bits from
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  Speaker 2: over 800 comedians. And it was a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: maybe you've never heard of were kind of getting a
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  Speaker 2: break by getting played on this particular station. Now, it
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  Speaker 2: might seem like if you don't have Sirius XM radio
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  Speaker 2: and you don't listen to raw dog comedy, it may
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  Speaker 2: mean nothing to you in that sense. However, what was happening, though,
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  Speaker 2: is these smaller-named comedians who had gotten to this point
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  Speaker 2: where they were getting played on this station were getting
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  Speaker 2: paid for their comedy bits that were being aired on
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  Speaker 2: there out of their stand-up shows. So at the switchover
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  Speaker 2: to this new version of Raw Dog, SMCR, Sebastian Maniscalco,
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  Speaker 2: they basically cut it down to a roster of about
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  Speaker 2: 300 top-tier or deceased acts. And it cuts off those residuals,
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  Speaker 2: those royalties that are going to people that were relying
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  Speaker 2: on it. So basically like you go out and you're
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  Speaker 2: touring as a comedian and you're hoping that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: people are going to come and see you and think
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  Speaker 2: along the lines of royalties for musicians. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 2: what this is. So the decision was made to cut,
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  Speaker 2: you know, 800 kind of up and coming comics. And
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  Speaker 2: then they cut it down to 300, you know, Jerry
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  Speaker 2: Seinfeld's and Don Rickles. You know, that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean, it may be something that's more tolerable
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  Speaker 2: to listen to for someone who doesn't want to be
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  Speaker 2: preached to by an up-and-coming comic who thinks they know
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  Speaker 2: everything about everything including politics but it is a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a kick to these people and it goes back
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  Speaker 2: to like the art department or the art department people
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  Speaker 2: at Marvel that got fired where they think they knew
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  Speaker 2: everything about everything especially politics probably a lot of them
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  Speaker 2: a high percentage of them at the very least and
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  Speaker 2: But the point is, this happened, and now you're starting
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  Speaker 2: to get some other comedians who have a bit more
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  Speaker 2: public awareness with them that are now publicly criticizing this
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  Speaker 2: particular move, going to social media to do it. Patton Oswalt,
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  Speaker 2: the biggest name, certainly, of the group in there. Mark Norman,
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  Speaker 2: another kind of up-and-comer big name that's in there. I
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  Speaker 2: say up-and-comer. He's been around for a little while, and
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  Speaker 2: he's a pretty big name, but you may not recognize
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  Speaker 2: the name. Michelle Wolfe, who was involved with The Daily Show,
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  Speaker 2: she's one of the people who was involved in one
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  Speaker 2: of the White House events, and she went and she spoke,
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  Speaker 2: said some offensive stuff. Not someone that I find funny
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  Speaker 2: or have any interest in listening to, but she's one
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  Speaker 2: of the people who stuck her neck out. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're Patton Oswalt, And maybe Mark Norman. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: that Mark Norman probably would fit into this top tier group.
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  Speaker 2: Patton Oswalt certainly would. I don't know if Michelle Wolfe would.
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  Speaker 2: Some of the other names listed here, I don't even know.
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  Speaker 2: Greg Stone, maybe I would know if I saw him
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  Speaker 2: or heard him. And then some others. Kudos to them
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  Speaker 2: for jumping in and saying, please add the comics back
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  Speaker 2: that that need this revenue. Please put them back on
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  Speaker 2: the station instead of, and they're, they're pleading for this
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  Speaker 2: change to go back into effect and go back to
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  Speaker 2: what it was. And I say, kudos. This is something
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  Speaker 2: that we need more of. Radio needed it. This is
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  Speaker 2: where I was trying to say, I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: sound bitter, but radio needed it. When, when I heart
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  Speaker 2: radio decided that they were going to go to no
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  Speaker 2: local people, none, zero local people in almost all markets
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  Speaker 2: that weren't major markets, including Columbus, Georgia, when they decided
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  Speaker 2: they didn't want local people and they weren't going to
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  Speaker 2: pay them anymore. And this kind of massive, brutal cut
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  Speaker 2: that took place nationwide, and it took place over the
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  Speaker 2: course of 2020. Where were the big names? Where were
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  Speaker 2: the big names at that company that could have stepped up?
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  Speaker 2: And if you're still listening to some of those big names,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm not aware of any of them. So if
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  Speaker 2: I call them out by name and I say, where
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  Speaker 2: was Bobby Bones? If I say, where was Elvis Duran?
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  Speaker 2: Where were some of the big names in the company
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  Speaker 2: that had an opportunity to step up? I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to beat up on all of them. Those two may
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  Speaker 2: have said something. I don't know. I'm just not aware
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  Speaker 2: of it. But there were a lot of us that
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  Speaker 2: were blown out the door, and we didn't have a
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  Speaker 2: Patton Oswalt or a Evangeline Lilly or a Mark Norman
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  Speaker 2: to step in and speak up for us. This is
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  Speaker 2: something that needs to happen in every industry, that people
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  Speaker 2: are being blown out in the name of some other
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  Speaker 2: cheaper alternative. I get it. It's a business. That's what
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  Speaker 2: they're trying to do. In the case of Marvel, I
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  Speaker 2: think it's a more egregious problem, but supporting... young and
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  Speaker 2: upcoming artists in the comedy world. I get their passion
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  Speaker 2: for it. I'm just, I'm, I'm just applauding them. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: maybe they're on the wrong side of this. I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm applauding them for doing it and sticking their
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  Speaker 2: neck out. And I say good for them on that. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: one more quick thing I want to talk about. And
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  Speaker 2: this was the, uh, uh, I gotta look up and
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  Speaker 2: I was called the cut is the name of this. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I saw this yesterday on, uh, not the B uh,
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  Speaker 2: You know Babylon Bee, it's the more religious version of
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  Speaker 2: the onion. How about that? Is that a good diplomatic
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  Speaker 2: way to say it? Not the Bee is another site
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  Speaker 2: that you would think some of the headlines seem like
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  Speaker 2: they might be sort of these sarcastic things that you
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  Speaker 2: would see on Babylon Bee, but they're actually not. So
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  Speaker 2: the site's called Not the Bee. And they had a
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  Speaker 2: headline and a story that says, the replies to this
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  Speaker 2: dumb headline are absolutely amazing. The headline was from a
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  Speaker 2: New York magazine called The Cut. And the headline says,
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  Speaker 2: what are fathers telling their sons about Cornell? And it's
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  Speaker 2: got a picture of a father and two very small boys.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm talking like maybe kindergarten age or younger
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  Speaker 2: boys on the cover of it. And it just has
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  Speaker 2: a long string of people that are just attacking how
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  Speaker 2: stupid all of it is. So here's what I'll tell
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  Speaker 2: you that we can all tell our boys, parents of
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  Speaker 2: sons that want to talk about, and daughters. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's important to talk to your daughters as well. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know why we would single out the valuable lesson
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  Speaker 2: that could come from this. And I think the valuable
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  Speaker 2: lesson would apply to sons and daughters when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to the Cornell case. And if you don't know the
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  Speaker 2: Cornell case and you've been, you know, head in the
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  Speaker 2: sand or under a rock or whatever, you should look
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  Speaker 2: it up. I'm not going to tell you all the
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  Speaker 2: graphic dirty, dirty stuff in it. And I'm not taking
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  Speaker 2: sides on any of it. I don't pretend to know
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  Speaker 2: anything that's happened. I hear stories. I don't know. Here's
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  Speaker 2: what I can tell you. And I've already done this
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  Speaker 2: once at the beginning of the week, but I thought
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  Speaker 2: it was important that we answer this question from the cut.
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  Speaker 2: From Catherine Jeezer Morton. That's her name. Yeah, things that
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  Speaker 2: we can teach. First of all, we can tell our
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  Speaker 2: sons and daughters that sex is important and sacred and
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  Speaker 2: it shouldn't just be thrown around. And if we practice
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  Speaker 2: some self-control that we'd all be better off for it,
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  Speaker 2: it would solve a lot of our problems nationwide. But
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  Speaker 2: more importantly, you know, to us individually. So if we
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  Speaker 2: have self-control and we maybe wait until we're into a
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  Speaker 2: sacred bond of marriage, you know, the very least into
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  Speaker 2: a very long-term relationship, you know, and, you know, keep
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  Speaker 2: it to, you know, two. That's another important lesson. Like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you and your spouse, that would be great. Preferably,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're talking about Cornell. I'm not just giving
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  Speaker 2: a lecture in general. We're all born with urges and temptations.
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  Speaker 2: And if we learn to, you know, not give in
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  Speaker 2: to those urges and temptations, we'd all be better off
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  Speaker 2: for it. I mean, that's a few things that we
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  Speaker 2: can teach our kids. that a sacred bond and treat
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  Speaker 2: sex like it's something special and not just something to
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  Speaker 2: take over the frat house one night or whatever. It's
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  Speaker 2: not that. And then also to learn how to realize
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  Speaker 2: there are things that get suggested that might sound like
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  Speaker 2: a good idea and to say, I think this is
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  Speaker 2: probably not good. Learn to listen. God will talk to
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  Speaker 2: you sometimes. He'll tell you. He'll give you a little nudge.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get involved. Stay away. Don't get involved in this,
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  Speaker 2: whatever this is. Whatever this was and whatever it will
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  Speaker 2: eventually turn out to be, just stay away. Stay away
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  Speaker 2: from it. There's some frat houses where it's all positive things.
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  Speaker 2: There's some frat houses where it's not good things. Learn
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  Speaker 2: the difference. That's another thing. If you're going to join
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  Speaker 2: a fraternity or a sorority when you get to college, decide, hey,
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  Speaker 2: this might not be a good thing. This doesn't seem
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  Speaker 2: like really my people. Learn to do that. Learn to
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  Speaker 2: make that distinction. But most importantly, above all else, is
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  Speaker 2: we should treat sex like what it is, something sacred
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  Speaker 2: and important and something that should happen between two people.
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  Speaker 2: And control your urges. Those are lessons that we can
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  Speaker 2: do it through their university programs where you can learn engineering, astronomy, physics,
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  Speaker 2: and the careers in space and STEM fields are booming
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  Speaker 2: right now. And you can learn more about maybe getting
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  Speaker 2: your degree on their website, ccssc.org. While you're there... Also
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: check out some of their upcoming programs. They've got this
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: incredible collaboration that they do with the Schwob School of
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: Music from Columbus State University called Music Under the Dome.
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  Speaker 2: It's unlike any concert experience that you can get anywhere else.
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  Speaker 2: It's one of those things that when you're watching it
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  Speaker 2: in Columbus, Georgia, you think, is this really in Columbus, Georgia?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is a major city attraction that happens
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: right here in Columbus in Inside the planetarium at the
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  Speaker 2: Coca-Cola Space Science Center and the new season of Music
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  Speaker 2: Under the Dome. Check out upcoming dates for the shows
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: and also check out when the next astronomy night's coming
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  Speaker 2: up where you can get outside. Sometimes you do it
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  Speaker 2: at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center. Sometimes you get outside,
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  Speaker 2: somewhere outside the city lights. You don't want any light interference,
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  Speaker 2: and you can do that as well. Upcoming Astronomy Night
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  Speaker 2: events also on their website. It's CCSSC.org. As Sean Cruzan says, CharlieCharlieSamSamCharlie.org.
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  Speaker 2: I just remind you that it stands for Coca-Cola Space
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• 24:00
  Speaker 2: More West Carroll Morning Show right after the break. Told
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: you the other day that expenses on Halloween expected to
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: be up from past years. One of the ways... that
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: people may be spending more money on Halloween this year,
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: according to home design experts is Halloween trees. And they're
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: turning out to be one of this year's hottest fall trends.
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: So you've probably seen them. You were probably at least
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: aware of them. And I mean, it's a Christmas tree,
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: but it's got ghosts and bats and pumpkins and spiders
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: and orange fairy lights and black branches sometimes and kind
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: of Tim Burton esque type stuff. Uh, some are small
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: and tabletop size. Others are basically Christmas trees that just
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: have Halloween decorations on them. I know there are people
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: who try to keep a tree up year round now,
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: and that would certainly fall into this category. But if
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: people are specifically buying, uh, trees for Halloween, um, And
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: I'll be honest with you, the first time I saw one,
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: it was black and I thought that looks dumb. But
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: some of these that actually have green trees and greenery
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: on them, they don't look stupid. It's weird. Doesn't look stupid.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: But it's interesting. So if you've, you know, decided that this,
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: you're not sure you're on the fence, just know you
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: could be really trendy right now if you jumped in there,
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: you know. Ah, well, forget pumpkin spice. The hottest Halloween
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: accessory may be grocery bags. Trader Joe's has released a
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: new line of Halloween-themed mini canvas tote bags. Fans lining
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: up to get them. Shoppers were spotted waiting outside stores
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: before opening, hoping to get their hands on the limited
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: edition totes, which come in black, green, purple, and orange.
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  Speaker 2: Perfect to hang on your Christmas tree. The bags sell
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  Speaker 2: for just $ 2. 99 and are being marketed as perfect for
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: trick-or-treating or, of course, carrying a few groceries. Trader Joe's
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  Speaker 2: mini totes first went viral a few years ago and
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: have since developed a bit of a cult following. If
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: you want one, you might want to move fast because
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: the spooky totes will disappear fast. Many of them have
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: already disappeared fast. A couple weekends ago, we stopped at
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Trader Joe's while we were in Atlanta. We don't have
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: one here. So we can't get one of those bags
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: without sending someone in to take care of business for us.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Jumping over to Christmas from Halloween, speaking of trees, one
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: of the great traditions of Christmas has become those ugly
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Christmas sweaters and ugly Christmas sweater contests. And if you're
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: looking for the hottest one this year, well, you may
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: be too late. Home Depot released its first ever holiday sweater.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Comes with a built-in tool belt packed with actual tools
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: for hanging lights and decorating the house. The limited edition sweater,
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: selling for just $ 29. 99, includes more than $ 150 worth of goodies, though,
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: including a screwdriver, tape measure, pliers, headlamp, light clips, mechanical pencil,
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: even a $ 50 gift card. Not surprisingly, the first batch
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: sold out almost immediately after it went on sale. I mean,
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: if you can pay $ 30 and get a $ 50 gift card,
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: that's a win, right? But don't panic. Home Depot says
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: there will be another round release on October 15th, giving
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: DIY-loving holiday fans a second shot at snagging the season's
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: most practical Christmas sweater. It's orange and green, and it's
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: got candy canes, and yeah, it's got all these places
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: to hang stuff. So, you know, good. Good on you.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: Back to Halloween. You know, the folks at Cup Noodles,
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: the big ramen people, they're getting in the Halloween spirit
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: with a limited edition flavor called Vampire Noodles. Hot garlic
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: chicken ramen with a spooky twist. When you add hot water,
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: the broth turns blood red. But don't worry, it's like
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: naked Doritos. It's actually turned red by beet-based colorings. I
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: don't know that that's what they do with Doritos. Do
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: those Doritos just look plain? They don't really look. They
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: look like the corn chip version of Doritos in Australia.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: They have just corn chip Doritos that are just plain.
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: That's what the ones look like, the naked ones. But anyway,
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: this is beet-based coloring. I don't know what they use
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: for the new Doritos. The noodles are selling exclusively at
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: Walmart for about $ 1. 18 while supplies last. Fans looking to
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: take things to Extreme Cup Noodles have partnered with a
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: casket company to create $ 3, 999 vampire noodle-themed coffins complete with
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: a velvet-lined interior that is flavored by beets. No. With
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: a slogan, it's to die for. Can be purchased at titancasket.com.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: You can enter for a chance to win one, though,
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: through Cup Noodle's Instagram and TikTok accounts. Now, is it
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: tacky to be buried in this thing? Or do you
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: have to be a big fan of Cup Noodles? I
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: don't know. That'll do it for this Thursday edition of
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: the show. Thanks to our sponsors and patrons. Thank you
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: for listening. I'll catch you back here tomorrow morning.
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