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Putting Readers In The Center Of The Game Changing Cadence From Andra Douglas · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: How's everything going with you?
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  Speaker 2: Everything's good? Thank you?
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  Speaker 1: And you oh fantastic And I love where your tones
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  Speaker 1: are men, You're you're very much upbeat. I like that,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: I try.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you get an author on and it's like, okay, fine,
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  Speaker 1: how's it going. But you're all about leadership. You're all
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  Speaker 1: about being on your game though, I mean or basically
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  Speaker 1: changing cadence. Let's go ahead that with that direction as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know how to play the game.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I yes, I do, Yes, I do.
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  Speaker 1: But that is such a gift. And I was doing
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  Speaker 1: some research for iHeartRadio today about can you teach any
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  Speaker 1: of this to anyone? And my god, the research shocked
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  Speaker 1: me because unless they go through the experience, all you
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  Speaker 1: can do is just be someone who gives them awareness.
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel about that when you're leading people?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, if you give them awareness, that's a
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  Speaker 2: good point. I think the best thing is this sounds
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  Speaker 2: kind of funny, but be kind, yes, because you know,
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  Speaker 2: you never know what that person's going through on any
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  Speaker 2: given day, and I think it's just best to be kind,
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  Speaker 2: be patient, and try to steer them the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: If you have a right direction, you know, sometimes it's
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  Speaker 2: a a loss. But yeah, I think that's the best thing.
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  Speaker 2: Just be kind, be kind. That's good leadership to me.
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  Speaker 1: How was it that you were able to create the
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  Speaker 1: confidence and the courage to take a step to write
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  Speaker 1: a book, because there are there are so many people
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  Speaker 1: sitting in their offices right now or in their car
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  Speaker 1: and they're going, you know, I really should write a book,
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  Speaker 1: and they don't, and it's like, what is the missing
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  Speaker 1: link here? That? Because if we don't share our story,
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  Speaker 1: then the rest of the generations are going to make
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  Speaker 1: it up.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know? It's something inside It's almost like purging.
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  Speaker 2: It's like therapy. It is so therapeutic, and it's so
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  Speaker 2: good to get it out on paper and then it becomes,
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  Speaker 2: you know, telling someone else's story, not yours. In my position,
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  Speaker 2: I was telling so many stories about other people my experience.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, that's the only thing you can write is
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  Speaker 2: from your own experience. But yeah, it was very very cathartic,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what compelled me to put it down on
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  Speaker 2: paper and then finish it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you use a very big word in my personal life.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, it is part of my daily intention, and
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  Speaker 1: that is the word transition. Your book is about friendship,
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  Speaker 1: football and transition. So many people like to push that
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  Speaker 1: away when in fact it is not something that you
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  Speaker 1: should be pushing away.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you can't help, but I mean people at every
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  Speaker 2: age go through transition, whether it's going from you know,
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  Speaker 2: kindergarten to elementary. You know is in part is in
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  Speaker 2: part of the book where my mom was moving into
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  Speaker 2: assisted living. And you know, in all those stages through life,
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  Speaker 2: you're always always transitioning and it's impactful no matter what age,
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  Speaker 2: and you never know when it's going to matter. A
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  Speaker 2: little thing you say or do, you know, just can
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  Speaker 2: really make a huge impact on someone.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know how many people are going to
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  Speaker 1: jump onto Amazon and try to find a Christine jersey
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  Speaker 1: of the New York Sharks and wear that with pride,
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  Speaker 1: because once they experience Christine and everything inside this storyline,
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  Speaker 1: you know this is going to be what we want
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  Speaker 1: to wear as well. I mean, because you've written a
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  Speaker 1: book here that we all can we think we can
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  Speaker 1: relate with it, and then by the end of it,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to go I'm going to learn more about
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  Speaker 1: this so I can even jump more into this game.
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  Speaker 2: I wish there were short jerseys with Christina that would
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  Speaker 2: be that'd be amazing. Yeah, that we can only hope.
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  Speaker 2: We can only hope. I've always wanted to do a
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  Speaker 2: clothing line, so maybe now's my chance.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's there. I mean because I mean, my god,
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  Speaker 1: the more and more you open up the door for
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  Speaker 1: flag football, it's got to be there. It's got to
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  Speaker 1: be a marketing genius idea. Plus on top of that,
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  Speaker 1: what's happening is here is that we are we are
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  Speaker 1: finally seeing a sport that I played when I was
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  Speaker 1: a kid, and now that the girls can get involved,
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  Speaker 1: you're not gonna have parents on the sidelines going, well,
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  Speaker 1: you better be a little bit nicer, because I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 1: the girls play harder than the guys do, oh they do.
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  Speaker 2: They get so competitive. You know. It's also something that
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  Speaker 2: you know, the little girls today don't understand it. But
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  Speaker 2: when I first when I first bought the team, women
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  Speaker 2: came out simply because they've never had the opportunity, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden it was yes instead of no,
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  Speaker 2: you can't ear girl. But yes, they're very competitive, always
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  Speaker 2: had been. They just needed an outlet to express that.
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  Speaker 1: The name of the book is changing. Cadence one of
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  Speaker 1: the things that you put in here, and my god,
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  Speaker 1: I want to learn from this so desperately. And that
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  Speaker 1: is is that negotiating the final season? How do you
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  Speaker 1: step into something like that knowing that that word final
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  Speaker 1: and I know that you've got to make a big, great,
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  Speaker 1: fantastic something that's memorable, But you still have to sit
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  Speaker 1: there and carry that weight forward.
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  Speaker 2: It was that whole season was magical. It was Disney.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't I couldn't have made it up if I
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  Speaker 2: tried everything. It was final and everyone knew it, and
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  Speaker 2: somehow the stars fell into place. People came back to
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  Speaker 2: the team that hadn't played in years because they, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they wanted to experience that final. You know, the season
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  Speaker 2: and everything just fell into into the most part storybook
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  Speaker 2: ending ever and it was just pure magic. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: the words final held a lot of a lot of
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  Speaker 2: importance and it just turned out to be perfect.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Andrew Douglas coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. The name of the book is Changing Cadence.
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  Speaker 1: We are back with author Andrew Douglas. When I write,
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  Speaker 1: I get emotionally involved. And there have been times and
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  Speaker 1: I've sweat what about you when you're putting a story
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  Speaker 1: like this together, because you've got to feel the same
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  Speaker 1: emotion Because when I jump into your paragraphs, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: you affect my emotions.
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  Speaker 2: That's good. I'm glad to hear that it does mine
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  Speaker 2: as well. I sit there, I laugh out loud, cry
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  Speaker 2: like a baby. I get so excited sometimes I markt
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  Speaker 2: about the games or anything. And then when you know,
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  Speaker 2: when I reread it and it sounds right, it's it's again.
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  Speaker 2: It's that that catharsis that really manifest? It's wonderful And.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't it odd that your imagination and your heart will
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  Speaker 1: bring up a game at the drop of a hat.
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  Speaker 1: And it's like other people say, oh man, you're losing
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  Speaker 1: your memory. I don't think so. I just think there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things in line before what you're talking
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  Speaker 1: about gets up here.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm not losing my memory, that's for sure. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's well, there's just so much. But yes, at the
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  Speaker 2: drop of a hat, I can. I could sit here
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  Speaker 2: all day and regale you with stories because they're endless, endless.
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  Speaker 1: I think I know a lot of Dorothy's in the world.
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  Speaker 1: And the reason why I say that is because during
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  Speaker 1: the lockdown, I took on a job at a grocery
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  Speaker 1: store because I love people so much. I just wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be with people, and I found out, My god,
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  Speaker 1: I love people, and I get to be with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of Dorothy's in the world that sit inside their
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  Speaker 1: assisted living homes and they have books to read, they
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  Speaker 1: get to watch TV, they know what's going on in
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  Speaker 1: the world, and my god, I mean, ever since I
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  Speaker 1: found out about your book, yes, I've been talking to
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  Speaker 1: about it. Yes, they are very much interested. Yes you
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  Speaker 1: are speaking their language because in reality, there's a huge
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  Speaker 1: part of this book that's about their people. And I
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  Speaker 1: mean that as a positive because I mean, because can
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  Speaker 1: you imagine without the celebration of people behind the support
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  Speaker 1: of this.
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  Speaker 2: Team No no, and the people yes, all the Dorothy's
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  Speaker 2: in the world, they too are transitioning into yes really
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  Speaker 2: and talk about memories. You know, they sit there and
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  Speaker 2: live on memories, so many of them. So I just
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  Speaker 2: wanted to celebrate that transition as well and write about
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  Speaker 2: these people as best I can. So, you know, it
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  Speaker 2: was important to me.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody's got to be approaching you to turn this into
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  Speaker 1: a movie, and I would look at him and say,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to put Jane Vanna And if there's
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  Speaker 1: enough real Dorothy's out there in the world that could
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  Speaker 1: make this movie.
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  Speaker 2: Work, oh for sure. For sure. Although Jane Fonda wouldn't hurt,
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't she.
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  Speaker 1: Plays the ultimate role, because what I don't want to say.
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  Speaker 1: I want, oh, is Tom Brady gonna show up to you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm going, oh, she's tied cast. No, we got to
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  Speaker 1: do something unique and different with changing cadence.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that would that would be great. Well, it
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  Speaker 2: is such a unique story because it intertwines all these
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  Speaker 2: these young athletes with these elderly people, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: you know, like I think I put it that when
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  Speaker 2: the Old South meets New York City and yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's a very unique story. I hope someone does pick
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  Speaker 2: it up for a movie, because it would I think
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  Speaker 2: it would relate to a lot of people.
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  Speaker 1: So was this a moment like what Julia Cameron calls
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  Speaker 1: when you write you clean out your closet? Was this
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  Speaker 1: a cleaning out the closet kind of an episode in
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  Speaker 1: the way of understanding you? But I need to share
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  Speaker 1: a story so that other people can look at their
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  Speaker 1: own lives.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah, absolutely clean, Yeah, cleaned out the closet in
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  Speaker 2: a celebratory Yes it was well, yes, yes, yes, and yes.
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  Speaker 1: Are we going to jump onto any other sports stories
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  Speaker 1: from this point forward? Because once you're a writer, you're
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  Speaker 1: always a writer. You can't put down that instrument.
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  Speaker 2: I think you're right. I don't think it'll be sports
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  Speaker 2: stories though.
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  Speaker 1: Really.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, my love is football, and I've written two
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  Speaker 2: books which are about football now, and I'm thinking of
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  Speaker 2: one maybe about travel. I really love to travel. You
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  Speaker 2: meant so many people, so many interesting and hilarious things
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  Speaker 2: that happen, So I'm kind of tossing that around. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: that's book number three.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's so inspiring because I'm blessed with
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk to a lot of these people
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  Speaker 1: from the Travel channel, and it's what they share is
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  Speaker 1: just so magical because it takes the imagination to a place.
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  Speaker 1: Just like football. Football isn't about what's going on now,
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  Speaker 1: It takes you everywhere. One second can be about a memory.
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  Speaker 1: The next minute you're thinking about what we do if
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  Speaker 1: we win. Now we're planning the playoffs. I mean, and
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  Speaker 1: that's what I love about travel. And you're writing is
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  Speaker 1: that you allow me, you give me permission to travel.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you, And it is it's a journey. You know,
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  Speaker 2: everything is a journey, whether it's a football game or
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  Speaker 2: you know, traveling to Europe. Everything is a journey and
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  Speaker 2: just need to sit back and enjoy it and be present.
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  Speaker 1: Listeners need to understand that Billy Jean King says this
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  Speaker 1: is a love letter, and boy, once I read that,
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  Speaker 1: that gave me a whole new feel. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that's the reason why it got into my body and
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  Speaker 1: it really has stayed with my body. These aren't just words.
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  Speaker 2: No, And I so appreciate Billy Jing King for saying
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  Speaker 2: that and allowing me to use that on the cover
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  Speaker 2: because she has just done so much and she understands
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  Speaker 2: far better than anyone. You know, the world of no. No,
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  Speaker 2: your girl, no, you can't. And I think she was
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  Speaker 2: kind of happy to see the world of yes is
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  Speaker 2: opening up slowly but surely, and she's been a huge instrument.
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  Speaker 2: She's fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about you?
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  Speaker 1: Fall in love with your other books and start giving
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  Speaker 1: you some love so we can get that traveling book
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  Speaker 1: onto our plates.
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  Speaker 2: You're the best. You can check out Andre Douglas art
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  Speaker 2: dot com. That's where you can learn more about me
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  Speaker 2: and my artwork and the books, et cetera. You can
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  Speaker 2: buy either of the books on Amazon and that's yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's probably the best place. Amazon and Andre Douglas art
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  Speaker 2: dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Well, please come back to this show anytime in the future.
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  Speaker 1: The door is always going to be open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. You've been wonderful. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: having me.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, are you too?