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[34] I like it like Billy does right there put the bottle on the table let everybody know we're ready to have some fun You know what's more fun than anything though what's that finding out who won the suey's last week was cool but I wouldn't know who won I have to make a confession what's that I already know who won two of the categories because I found out I came in second yeah twice this year I saw that too because Cynthia sent me like our winners and she sent me like who was second and third and I was just like oh jess so close yet so far I think I've ever won.

[35] Silver medalist.

[36] Really?

[37] Yeah, I don't think I've won.

[38] I would dispute that.

[39] I think you've won.

[40] I don't remember what you won for.

[41] I'm going to do research on that.

[42] Well, I think I have.

[43] This year, obviously, or you would have said you've been good now.

[44] I have a limited fake suey, and then I think I have biggest mistake.

[45] I have one of each of those.

[46] Well, let's find out who won this year's Suey Awards.

[47] We've made it to the grand finale, and now the winners of the 2024.

[48] Tui Awards, best back in my day.

[49] Adultery!

[50] Oh, wow!

[51] Yeah!

[52] Wait a minute.

[53] By accident what just happened, I think that's the record.

[54] Roy, for years, has been counting the amount of time that he pregnant pauses there.

[55] That was the record because he was looking for his paper.

[56] Because he was surprised that he has a back in my day.

[57] I got a lot of papers here.

[58] I'm a busy man. Adultery!

[59] Okay, let's be honest about something inherently dishonest.

[60] adultery, infidelity, cheating.

[61] Whatever you want to call it was so much easier back before technology came along and ruined everything.

[62] Or rather, so I'd imagine, the clandestine Casanovas would lament.

[63] Cheating was easy once.

[64] You just had to make sure you weren't doing it around friends, neighbors, or coworkers.

[65] So if you lived in Mayberry, the two of you drove up to Mount Pilot, got a corner booth at the bar, then a room at the no -tel motel, and called it a night.

[66] You were blessedly incommunicata.

[67] There were no cell phones allowing any busybody's snoop to record or photograph you.

[68] You were completely out of touch until you dropped a dime and a payphone.

[69] Now, every text message and voicemail exchange is retrievable.

[70] You think delete search history actually does that?

[71] Ha ha, your naivete is so cute.

[72] Back in my day, you wrote a fake name in the motel guest book.

[73] The board clerk said you're in room nine, Dr. McGillicuddy, and you went on your merry way.

[74] Now there'd be an unblinking ring camera above the door ratting on you.

[75] Modern -day debauchers and Lotharios have only two choices.

[76] You either give up your cheating ways or you hopelessly moan technology and understand that today a smartphone would be pinging your exact location in that dark corner booth as you swig your third Manhattan.

[77] I'm Greg Cody, and that's how it was back in my day.

[78] Best story.

[79] David Sampson clogged a stranger's toilet during a marathon.

[80] What's the oddest place you?

[81] poop while running a marathon it was right before the new york marathon and where you are staged is a army base and i actually went into someone's house wait it was in the army it was a veteran oh my no no an active army like what are you doing thank you for your service thank you for your service lucy you're mortified and it ended up clogging and it flooded and i ran i didn't leave a note and i think about it to this day, that poor person coming back after volunteering for the New York Marathon and what I left that person with.

[82] He comes home.

[83] Who's shit in my toilet?

[84] He's right.

[85] Who's shit in my toilet?

[86] What communist who shit my toilet?

[87] There's a little nugget, Dan.

[88] I chose the master bathroom.

[89] Oh, my God.

[90] Because it's comfortable.

[91] It was nicer.

[92] What do you mean?

[93] Why?

[94] You were scoping out the bathroom to the general's house?

[95] This is an uncommon in horror.

[96] Best Limited Fake.

[97] Mike Ryan's limited fake Pierce Brosnan in the film Dante's Peak.

[98] Put the town on alert.

[99] Best revelation.

[100] David Samson reveals he cries after sex.

[101] Look at him.

[102] He's radiant.

[103] He's post -coital.

[104] Look at him.

[105] It's unbelievable.

[106] What are you doing?

[107] He's coyote like cry.

[108] You're what?

[109] I can apologize.

[110] Every time.

[111] Sorry.

[112] So bad and short.

[113] I'm old.

[114] Best laugh.

[115] Katie Nolan.

[116] Very good.

[117] Wee.

[118] Worse mistake.

[119] Roy Bellamy sounds drunk after the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup.

[120] All right.

[121] We have made it from Amerin Pagan Arena.

[122] Oh, wow.

[123] Jesus, Roy!

[124] I've made it from Ammer and Packer Arena to the end field, which is a couple blocks down.

[125] Celebrate!

[126] We are going to celebrate a Stanley Cup championship.

[127] Greg Cody calls Mike Ryan a giant infant.

[128] No, I'm not going to apologize.

[129] I wouldn't expect you to apologize.

[130] You're a giant infant.

[131] Okay.

[132] You have no control over your emotions.

[133] When you're calling someone you know an idiot, I don't deserve it.

[134] Okay.

[135] And you're a fool for saying it.

[136] Okay.

[137] You're a fool.

[138] I was kind of following it.

[139] Oh, you're locking in right now?

[140] You're locking in on eyes?

[141] Yeah, right.

[142] Let's drop the gloves, pal.

[143] Let's drop the...

[144] You should be thanking me. For what?

[145] Every day.

[146] For what?

[147] For what?

[148] For what I've done around this character.

[149] And the second should...

[150] gets real for you, you want to come at me and call me a fool?

[151] Huh?

[152] Yeah, no, no, no. Seriously, pal.

[153] I've added 10 years to your career.

[154] You want to call me a fool?

[155] Wait a minute.

[156] You'd be toiling away.

[157] You've been Michael Yormark.

[158] You owe me everything.

[159] You owe me everything.

[160] You have added 10 years to my career.

[161] Yes, I have.

[162] This man has.

[163] You haven't.

[164] That man!

[165] Who the hell are you?

[166] Bullshit.

[167] You're a rude young man. You're a fool.

[168] You're a fool.

[169] I already called you a fool.

[170] You can't call me. You're an idiot again.

[171] It's a fool off.

[172] You're an idiot twice.

[173] You're an idiot for dismissing how much I've helped you.

[174] You are a fool.

[175] You're nobody.

[176] You are an infant.

[177] You have nobody to me. Best dismissal.

[178] Stugats dismisses the Kansas City Chiefs.

[179] Dan, this time of year, everyone talks about teams they don't want to see come playoff time.

[180] I want to talk about a team that I actually want to see come playoff time.

[181] I want to see the Chiefs.

[182] I want Patrick Mahomes strolling into my stadium with max confidence.

[183] I want Travis Kelsey.

[184] I want Taylor Swift.

[185] I want the team that lost to Jordan Love.

[186] I want the team that lost to Aidan O 'Connell.

[187] I want the team that trailed 17 to nothing to Jake Browning.

[188] That is the team that I would like to face in the playoffs.

[189] That's the team indeed that I would want to face in the playoffs because that team is not very good.

[190] Best musical performance.

[191] Greg Cody, Yeti Blanc, and Mike Ryan, Buka Nakua.

[192] His name is Cooper.

[193] Good at running curls.

[194] But when his hammy got a tear, he saw Puka standing there.

[195] His blade diminished hustle take over.

[196] Nakua hopped into the car.

[197] McVeigh has maybe found a star, and then that Stafford threw him 25 in two.

[198] Oh, there's a brand new kid in town What a year.

[199] It was supposed to be a trumpet.

[200] Yeah.

[201] For the viewing audience.

[202] That's awkward.

[203] Yeah, it looked like something else.

[204] Oh, what a year.

[205] Dude, you know what's funny?

[206] Every time I hear, I hear different things I didn't hear the first time.

[207] So, for instance, was Stugas dismissed the chiefs?

[208] I heard in the background, was Jeremy in Forns?

[209] No, I think that's Dan.

[210] He does that move when he spins around when Dan, like, he was, I think he was like, oh.

[211] Yep.

[212] He's trying to be a hype man for Sto Gads.

[213] And in the Mike Ryan Grin Cody argument, yeah.

[214] He dismisses Peter Yormart.

[215] You'd be Peter Yormark.

[216] And I just felt like, yeah, that poor guy.

[217] Unnecessary.

[218] He's like, hey, let me listen to a Leverton.

[219] Have it listened to him in a while.

[220] So you're saying I didn't win musical performance?

[221] You did not.

[222] David Sampson, two sueyes this year.

[223] Who time winner?

[224] Impressive.

[225] Joe Fisher should have won limited fake.

[226] Bridesmaid.

[227] Renee Montgomery next.

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[258] I don't think I ever got that many roses in my whole life.

[259] Stugats.

[260] Certainly not from your lovely grandfather, God, may a soul rest in peace.

[261] This is the Dan Lebatar show with the Stugats.

[262] Finally, a genuine conqueror in the building.

[263] We've got finally some strength and some wisdom and some happiness and some power.

[264] We got management in the building.

[265] Ownership over here.

[266] Everyone sit up straight.

[267] Let's go.

[268] Get it together.

[269] Oh, they really did.

[270] What's so good people?

[271] I'm here for a good time.

[272] Not a long time.

[273] Yes, she's got a photo shoot.

[274] She's got to go to.

[275] She's always between photo shoots.

[276] She's a two -time NBA champions.

[277] Co -owner of the Atlanta Dream and a vice president, right?

[278] Co -owner MVP.

[279] And she is also a metal art contributor, Renee Montgomery.

[280] I am always happy when I see you.

[281] I imagine this is an affliction that that a lot of people have, right?

[282] They immediately get happy when they see you because you're perpetually pouring sunshine all over the place?

[283] I mean, I wake up happy, definitely, but I was hyped to see Mr. Grump.

[284] I haven't seen Roy at a minute, so I was so like to see, bro.

[285] Mr. Grump?

[286] Is that what she just called you?

[287] That's her nickname.

[288] Yes, because he tries to act like he's grumpy, but he's really happy on the inside.

[289] I'm sure you guys already know that by now.

[290] No, they don't.

[291] I feel like if I had that nickname for Roy, it wouldn't go over so well.

[292] Yeah, yeah, that would be, an HR issue.

[293] But we don't have HR.

[294] See, but Renee sees you more clearly.

[295] We do now.

[296] We do now.

[297] What?

[298] Yes, we've had HR.

[299] Yes, that was fun.

[300] I'm going to like to report, Chris, right now.

[301] We do have HR, yes.

[302] You didn't know we had HR, Billy.

[303] I did not.

[304] Why is it news to everyone?

[305] We have some catching up to do.

[306] J .K. It shouldn't be news that we have HR, but it is nice to see you.

[307] It's always nice to see you, Renee.

[308] I have a ton of questions about things, and I know you're here for a good time and a fun time, but you did meet Kamala Harris recently, and I don't know whether that was a fun time and a good time.

[309] I don't know what that was all about.

[310] How did you enjoy that?

[311] That was fire.

[312] I mean, she invited us to her residence, and it was called T with the VP.

[313] So I was, I was with it.

[314] At that time, we didn't know she was going to be running to be the president.

[315] I asked her.

[316] Doesn't matter.

[317] I told him to play it.

[318] Her residence, I mean, come on, Dan.

[319] I mean, it was fire.

[320] And so I usually like kind of stay the whole vote, vote, vote.

[321] and kind of keep it, but it's like, this is about to be fire if we got a woman there.

[322] I mean, you guys have been, guys have been doing it the whole time.

[323] It's not been going amazing.

[324] You got that so right.

[325] I would say not well, too.

[326] Okay, yes.

[327] I mean, I'm trying to put it nicely because there is the male ego that we always have to be careful with.

[328] You got that right.

[329] Renee, what's the moment where you're like, what has my life become?

[330] Oh, you know, I think I have those moments almost every week now.

[331] Like even my son, I have to start telling him, like, this is not normal.

[332] Some of the stuff, like people that he's friends with and people that he knows that calls him like little homie, it's like I have to let him know our life is getting beautiful.

[333] I mean, it's crazy that once I was an athlete for 11 years, WMBA, but then once I retired and became owner, like my life then changed.

[334] We know WMBA's catching up now.

[335] So when I was a player, it wasn't as flashy.

[336] But, man, it's just crazy because the people that are at our games court side now, It's just, what a time.

[337] Is that Atlanta that's happening?

[338] Is that ownership?

[339] No, I'm not saying that it's not happening for you everywhere, but when you say to, you know, when you say to your family, this isn't a normal thing, I would have assumed that that would have happened more as a player than in ownership.

[340] No, I mean, WMBA right now is different than it's ever been.

[341] I mean, like, and I came in at 2009 to the league.

[342] So from 2009 to 2024, everything's different.

[343] I mean, even the shoe companies, when I came in, I signed to Nike.

[344] I think like 80 % of the league would be signed to Nike or Adidas.

[345] Now you've got new balance.

[346] There's just so many different now sponsors coming in.

[347] And with sponsors his eyes, I mean, Ted Lasso's at every, I was talking to him on the phone last week.

[348] Hit the, where's the shoot -off?

[349] It's coming.

[350] Sedacas?

[351] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[352] Now, Dan, I got to explain something to Dan.

[353] Dan, black people don't know people's names.

[354] It's like the main character you've seen them somewhere.

[355] So my buddy, Jared Ferrar, I'll go ahead and hit it.

[356] Everyone just calls him Turtle from Montrarch or Proctor from Power.

[357] Turtle doesn't deserve the look at me, Louie.

[358] That's not a big of us.

[359] Everyone's friends with that guy.

[360] Wow.

[361] Have this ever happened where you asked for the look at me, Louis?

[362] And I've been rebuffed?

[363] No, that's a first.

[364] You know, witness history over here.

[365] Yikes.

[366] But yeah, so you're talking to Ted Lassow.

[367] No, I mean, and that was just like, that's just the thing.

[368] Ted Lassos at so many WMBA games.

[369] He's a WMBA fan.

[370] I don't know how many A -list celebrities These are superstands when I came in at 2009.

[371] They weren't necessarily at the gaze.

[372] Maybe Little Wayne was super standing Skylar Diggins in college and Drake in college for Schuyler Diggins.

[373] But I can just name them in one hand.

[374] You have such an interesting perspective because you've seen so much of this growth to be in power in this position now where you're seeing all of it explode, but you've been in the middle of it throughout.

[375] And a whole lot of male ego is coming to criticize.

[376] analyze and opine on things that we don't necessarily know about to be a part of the conversation.

[377] So let's play Charles Barkley on the Bill Simmons podcast talking about some of what it is that surrounds Caitlin Clark.

[378] Oh, no, not Chuck.

[379] What's he going to do?

[380] These ladies, and I'm a WMBA fan, they cannot have this Caitlin Clark thing up any worse if they try.

[381] People believe what we say on television.

[382] Just because people don't like you or your personality, they can't get on TV and slander you.

[383] It's just total bullshit.

[384] This girl is incredible.

[385] The number of attention, eyeballs, she's bought the cause and the pros, and for these women to have this petty jealousness, you say to yourself, damn, what is going on here?

[386] And the thing I love about her, she never says a word.

[387] But these ladies, who I love and respect their games, they couldn't have this thing up any worse there's been so much negativity and a lot of it is just petty jealousness Oh my God What's going on with those glasses Chuck's wearing?

[388] It looks like a grandma I got some negativity towards Chuck's glasses Oh no This is Who are the women that he's talking about WMBA players?

[389] Who are these ladies?

[390] It is a good question I'm just curious Just ladies Just petty women Okay.

[391] So there's a lot to unpack.

[392] Wow, there's a lot to unpack there.

[393] And that's, you know, that's my guy.

[394] I mean, Turner, you know, it's crazy because I think that there are two different entities.

[395] I think that there's Caitlin Clark and then I think there's Caitlin Clark fans.

[396] I think that the human basketball player, Caitlin Clark, she's obviously amazing, rookie of the year.

[397] You know what I mean?

[398] Like, this is that simple.

[399] Like, she's doing things that we see great rookies do.

[400] You know, I played in an era of the Maya Mara.

[401] Moore's and the Candace Parker's.

[402] So I know what good and great players look like.

[403] That's Caitlin Clark.

[404] Then you have the Caitlin Clark fans.

[405] I don't know what that is.

[406] It's sometimes I think that there's an agenda happening with these fans where I sent on a tweet and it went viral.

[407] I had no idea it was going to go viral.

[408] I put out, Asia Wilson is the only one competing with Asia Wilson for MVP.

[409] She had just gotten 41 points in a standing ovation from the opposing team.

[410] They're opposing arena.

[411] I'm like, that's new.

[412] Like, I never seen that.

[413] I tweeted that out.

[414] It went viral in the worst way possible.

[415] The Caitlin Clark fans were very upset.

[416] I'm assuming they thought it was a slight to them, but I would have thought if anything, Nefisha, call your fans should have been the ones mad.

[417] She's probably the next closest one and she's not close.

[418] Dan, I'm going to give you the greatest comp to Caitlin Clark because what you just said, I felt the same way about this guy rest in peace.

[419] Kobe Bryant.

[420] Love Kobe Bryant.

[421] Kobe Bryant fans called them Kobistanis.

[422] I said it came from the great nation of Kobestan and they always support their supreme leader.

[423] And so I would say things like that had nothing to do with nothing.

[424] Like wow, what a great gay, you know, how great is Step Karate player?

[425] He's not as great as Kobe.

[426] I'm like, what are y 'all talking about?

[427] We even brought up his name.

[428] And so that's what we're dealing with.

[429] Also, want to point out, Charles Broccoli looks like Medea does a podcast.

[430] Wow.

[431] Wow.

[432] The glasses.

[433] Chuck's my guy.

[434] I love you, Chuck.

[435] You can't say I love you to somebody and then call them Medea.

[436] Yes, you can.

[437] The glasses.

[438] Are you listen to the show?

[439] Oh, I get, you know, I should listen more.

[440] I'm just saying, but I don't know.

[441] I just think it's been, it's been an interesting growth.

[442] Like, for me, I love it.

[443] Like, if you have to have thick skin to be an athlete anyway, so they're all in my mentions right now calling me everything.

[444] And it's like, oh, that's what's up.

[445] Well, you should love it as an owner now because this is this part.

[446] is fascinating to me, right?

[447] The Atlanta Dream and the WNBA in general were at the front of the culture wars in a way that helped make Renee who she is today.

[448] And so for you now to see that everybody wants to talk about just the culture war between Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, that is magic and Larry for the modern day.

[449] Like you need it to have a bunch of garbage in it where people care unreasonably about some dumb stuff instead of just the basketball.

[450] Absolutely.

[451] I mean, because you got to, what's going on over here?

[452] Oh, you just saw it, huh?

[453] There it is.

[454] Tyler Perry's Medea does a podcast.

[455] Wow, you guys are fast, and there is that.

[456] But to your point, I have no comments on this.

[457] I love you.

[458] No comments.

[459] But I do think that it's like there's some people that watch sports because of sneakers.

[460] Like there's some people that watch sports because they think the players look good.

[461] So, of course, there's going to be people that watch sports for other reasons.

[462] That's a fine in sports, by the way.

[463] Your phone ringing.

[464] We had a meeting right now.

[465] It's a fine here.

[466] It's $10.

[467] To demand it.

[468] Renee, demand it from him.

[469] It's normally a sound that gets it off here.

[470] Well, Jess gets it.

[471] I feel like I do owe you money.

[472] Rame me some money.

[473] Ramee, oh, wait.

[474] Rame my money.

[475] Yes, so, as I was saying, checks in the mail.

[476] Yeah, no, for real.

[477] I just think that, yes, there's the Angel Reese.

[478] There's the Caitlin Clark situation.

[479] I don't have a dog in a fight.

[480] I mean, like, Kainlin Clark fans should know.

[481] I'm all things Atlanta dream anyway, so I don't really care, but I love to see it.

[482] Like, I love to see that Angel Reese's games are selling out.

[483] I love to see the Shy Barbie.

[484] I love to see what she's doing.

[485] She has her own shoe line, Engine A, she's with Reebok.

[486] This didn't happen normally to two rookies.

[487] So I don't really care.

[488] Yes, it's a race where I know a lot of the WMBA fans, the women's basketball historians, like myself, they hate it.

[489] I mean, they want those fans gone, but it's just like stats.

[490] They're a stat to the WMBA now.

[491] So players often when they think they know everything and then they make the transition usually to coaching or just front office, then they learn, oh, wow.

[492] There's this whole other side that I did not realize and I did not appreciate as a player or did not fear enough as a player.

[493] For you now, you're not only front office, you're also ownership.

[494] What are some things you're like, oh, I had no idea it was like this?

[495] Man, I don't even have enough time for that.

[496] I thought I was going to come in and us and me, Larry Suzanne, we thought we was about to shake some stuff up.

[497] We're like, all right, we want to do this, this, this, this.

[498] And then we started to see exactly why that stuff isn't done.

[499] It's like there's rules to how much you can gift players on your team.

[500] And we're like, these are professional athletes.

[501] This amount is extremely low.

[502] I don't even know what the amount is.

[503] It's something below 500.

[504] It's like a gift card.

[505] Like, you know what I'm saying?

[506] Something I get my son's birthday.

[507] And so we started to realize that like, okay, there's systematic problems that we can't just do, right, unless we want to break the rules.

[508] So then there's two different worlds.

[509] You got ownership groups that they might not care to kind of push it to the edge and play along with the rules, but it's tough if you want to follow the rules and you want to spoil your players.

[510] That's kind of where we're at.

[511] So there were so many things where we would love to do.

[512] It's getting there now.

[513] I mean, we have private flights now, which is new.

[514] I didn't think that was going to happen during this CBA, but the WMBA is growing along with everything.

[515] You know, we're 20, what, seven years old.

[516] There's a lot of growth.

[517] Like, we have room for improvement.

[518] How do you think that the new three -on -three unrivaled league might shake up some of the stuff with WMBA contracts in off -season play?

[519] Well, it won't shake up WMBA contracts because there's the prioritization clause that this is technical now, but WMBA players now have to prioritize the WMBA if you're not in your rookie contract.

[520] You have to report to the first day of training camp or you could get suspended.

[521] So really what unrivaled does is it allows people to get a check in the off -season.

[522] think it's going to be huge.

[523] They already, the names that they already have, I think they have 18 of the, how many ever people.

[524] And them names are unreal.

[525] Paige Beckers has already signed on my Yukon pup.

[526] Her and herself, it's like they're doing it here in Miami.

[527] I just realized we're here in Miami.

[528] I only say that because, like, if they was doing it in Idaho, or I don't know how many players might be like, yeah, sign me up for my all season, you know what I mean?

[529] But they pulled up, sexy Miami.

[530] I think it's going to be dope.

[531] Like, I'm going to pull up definitely one time.

[532] Are y 'all going to activate around?

[533] Are y 'all doing something?

[534] We have to.

[535] I mean, if I don't get, like, floor seats from John Skipper, I don't know what we're doing.

[536] The Angel Reese commentary that Stugat's had before you got here, I think, is something that you need to hear.

[537] What was you saying?

[538] Well, I was asking Renee if it's really a single -season rebounding record, if what you're rebounding is your own shot.

[539] Oh, gosh.

[540] Is he a Caitlin Clark fan?

[541] No. So here we go.

[542] Sounds like it.

[543] This is a stat that's been out there.

[544] that if you take away Angel Reese's offensive rebounds of her own shots, she will still leave the WMBA in offensive rebounds.

[545] How dare you come back at me with facts?

[546] I'm sorry.

[547] I know that we're supposed to be just out here saying anything, but it's like Angel Reese is doing some crazy stuff.

[548] And if people think that it's crazy that she just rebounded her own thoughts, why doesn't the other team stop her?

[549] I'm mad that she got like 19 boards on us in the Atlanta Dream.

[550] I'm like, what's going on?

[551] You know that's what she's going to do.

[552] That's how you know a player's great.

[553] And Moses Malone did it all the time, and we all thought it was amazing.

[554] Like that's the funny thing is...

[555] Fo, fo, fo, fo.

[556] It's kind of like the same thing that Chuck was talking about right there.

[557] He's complaining, all that I'm like, Chuck, like, this is what happens in the NBA all the time.

[558] You got a rookie who comes in with a little bit of pizzazz or whatever.

[559] And Charles Barkley complains about NBA all the time too, so I don't take no offense to it.

[560] Have you watched the show?

[561] I mean, that's what they do is they complain.

[562] And so he's complaining about WMBA.

[563] It's almost like a right of passage.

[564] Renee, it's not only that he made up, he said a lie, he made up his own stat and said that she, rebounds 90 % of her rebounds 95.

[565] Who said that?

[566] Stoogos?

[567] Yeah, yeah.

[568] Who's the researcher here that gives him his retail?

[569] Taylor.

[570] Taylor.

[571] In HR.

[572] The researchers with HR.

[573] Nice seeing you, Renee.

[574] Always nice seeing.

[575] Love you guys.

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