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Lakai Exit Interview From September 4th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: This is one of our favorite times of the show,
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  Speaker 1: the progress of the show. The first is that when
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  Speaker 1: we greet new interns, it's nice to have them around.
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  Speaker 1: And then it's also really great to say goodbye to
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  Speaker 1: them because they've outlived their usefulness to us. So, Lakai,
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  Speaker 1: how long have you been with us?
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  Speaker 2: Like five, almost six-ish months, I think. That long?
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  Speaker 1: That long. I hardly ever see you and I usually,
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  Speaker 1: you're always in the bathroom and I hardly ever even
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  Speaker 1: talk to you because I'm making my way to the
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  Speaker 1: bathroom as quickly as I can so I can get
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  Speaker 1: back on. And so I just go, hi, good morning.
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  Speaker 1: That's about it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, so I've heard you guys say on the radio
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  Speaker 2: that you're trying to get to your desk and not
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  Speaker 2: talk to anyone. And I respect that.
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  Speaker 1: So how did you come to be with us? Why?
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  Speaker 1: How and why?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I listen to the radio all the time. My
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  Speaker 2: parents do, too. And I just heard that you guys
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  Speaker 2: were looking for a new intern. I went to a
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  Speaker 2: film school.
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  Speaker 1: I like media.
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  Speaker 2: I want to pursue media in a couple of ways.
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  Speaker 1: And so I thought that'd be.
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  Speaker 2: Nice to have office experience and experience in actual media
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  Speaker 2: production and not just amateur productions because I've done a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of student films.
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  Speaker 1: Were you one of the misfits at East Hollywood High? Yes.
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  Speaker 1: My son was a graduate of East Hollywood High. The
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  Speaker 1: Man Bears. So what do you want to do with
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  Speaker 1: the rest of your life? Do you want to continue
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  Speaker 1: with this kind of thing? It's a little up in
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  Speaker 1: the air.
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  Speaker 2: I really care a lot about politics and journalism. And
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  Speaker 2: I also care a lot about media production. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I've considered stuff like going into news. Working on this
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  Speaker 2: radio station has, like, been the best job ever, considering
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  Speaker 2: those interests.
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  Speaker 1: I also am.
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  Speaker 2: Really interested in environmental science. And so that's the one
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  Speaker 2: other thing that's, like, I'm either going to do this
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  Speaker 2: or I'm going to do environmental science.
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  Speaker 1: So you're going to pursue higher education in some way. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I intend to, at least. Did things you learned here
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  Speaker 1: you think will help you in your future endeavors?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think also mainly just, like, You know, having
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  Speaker 2: people who can vouch for, like, they did a good
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  Speaker 2: job when they were working here. That's really important in
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  Speaker 2: an industry where you're trying to get more into media.
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  Speaker 2: Because so much of, like, film and radio and stuff
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  Speaker 2: is just like, who do you know?
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  Speaker 1: And who likes you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that has.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I haven't heard you talk this much in
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  Speaker 1: five months. And you have a very good, a very
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  Speaker 1: nice voice for radio.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you sound good on the radio.
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  Speaker 2: I try to sound good, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you sound, I think you probably just sound like yourself.
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  Speaker 1: But it just happens to be a voice that's, you know,
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  Speaker 1: suited to doing it.
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  Speaker 2: I went.
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  Speaker 1: Were we nice to you?
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  Speaker 2: I think so, yes. You did say good morning when
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  Speaker 2: you saw me. You gave me a milkshake one time.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I did, didn't I?
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  Speaker 2: That was great. Yeah, I think you're all awesome.
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  Speaker 1: One of those cartoned milkshake things, you know, protein drink thing.
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  Speaker 1: She took it down to the bank and made a
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  Speaker 1: car payment with it. Yeah. Was that what I gave you,
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  Speaker 1: one of those protein drinks?
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  Speaker 2: The Donut Critic gave you a strawberry milkshake.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't want to finish it. Yeah, I took two
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  Speaker 1: sips of it and I couldn't finish it.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: And you ended up with a milkshake. And so I'm
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  Speaker 1: glad we were nice to you. I'm glad you got
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  Speaker 1: a milkshake out of it. You got some knowledge. And
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  Speaker 1: by the way, are you having any definite plans to
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  Speaker 1: go to school now?
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  Speaker 2: It's a little up in the air still because money
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  Speaker 2: is a huge problem for me. But I'm probably going
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  Speaker 2: next spring.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I've been signing up for and planning to do.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, we wish you well.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And then the last thing that we– do you have
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  Speaker 1: any other questions, Gary? Well, I just– I know that
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  Speaker 1: Katie speaks very highly of you. Oh, awesome. You've been
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  Speaker 1: super helpful. She gave me a triceratops. That's all it takes.
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  Speaker 1: You could be a talentless lout. But if you gave
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  Speaker 1: Katie a dinosaur.
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  Speaker 2: I have an army of dinosaurs in my studio, and
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  Speaker 2: it's growing.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I love it. And I'm sure Katie would
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  Speaker 1: be happy to write you a recommendation. Easily.
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  Speaker 2: That would be the best thing in the world.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we wish you well. And then the last thing
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  Speaker 1: we say to all of our interns as they leave
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  Speaker 1: us is, you see that door right there? Don't let
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  Speaker 1: it hit you in the ass, okay? Okay, I won't.
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  Speaker 1: All right, all right. See you later.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. Thank you, Lakai. And you're always welcome.
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  Speaker 2: All right.