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1:04podcasts. The virtue. Hey Bethany. Hi there guys. Hi how are you today? I'm good. I'm very anxious to get my name cleared. Now I'm curious if your boyfriend, if you told him about this and he is listening right now also. I did. I did. I told him the situation got not a hand. I think I found a way to actually put his mind at ease. Okay, here's what you're listening for right now. This sound effect right here is the software, the voice analyzing software picking up stress. This is what you'll hear. Okay, so in casual conversation, you're just going to hear there'll be nothing behind her voice and only Bert hears that. And this is the lie detector picking up just like, I mean, it's with the stress levels are way high. And this is what the lie detector interprets as a lie. Okay. It's subtle. So keep in mind, we're having a conversation and I'm hearing all this stuff go on in my head. So from time to time, I'll hear this. I'd be so distracted because if that happened, I'd start laughing or something.

2:05I'd yell out. Whoa! Why? That's like, what? Nothing. Don't worry about it. It sounds almost like it should be sending a shock through the phone and sapping the person. Okay. Here you go. My brother and I are extremely close and my boyfriend met him and everything, but what my boyfriend didn't know and what I shared with him before we were stepbrother and sister, he was actually my first French kiss shortly after that, I mean, here and a half person. Okay. Can I call it some of those? Okay. Let me pause it. Okay. If it says it's picking up stress or elevated heart rate, okay, I'm talking about my best friend in the world coming to visit me. Okay. I would think that like you get excited about anyone. Like if it was like, you know, your best friend or, you know, if you had a good relationship

3:07with your parents and they're like, or, you know, if you're excited for someone, isn't that normal to have an elevated heart be? I don't, I don't think that is translating to stress. I can say one or the other, you know, why it's picking up the stress, but what you're saying makes sense to me, but it's not like the lie detector can tell me exactly what what the truth is. What kind of stress is that? Because to me, the whole situation and that there's a point in contention between your stepbrother and your boyfriend is stressful and that's the whole reason you called us. So to me, these heartbeats aren't really that weird. Yeah. We got plenty of work to go here. We're over analyzing the stress that comes from, like, I mean, she, that what if this is the last, what if this is the last heartbeat or even, what if we don't hear a buzzer during the entire call? Right. And I don't think this is a big deal because she's obviously nervous at the beginning as we start to approach the topic. Yeah. There are more important things in this call that you're going to want to avoid. That's what I, yeah. That's what we do. We wait for some or some situations and you were going through a lot of, so basically that's what happened. But now it's just gotten totally blown out of proportion. So that's, that's what's going on.

4:09On the air, you told us that there are times where you go and, I mean, he's your stepbrother. So you'll go to New York and you'll meet up with them and you guys will hang out for a weekend. Tell me a little bit about those weekends. I guess it's, I mean, they're fun. I have a good time. I mean, of course, it was a model like, hey, he has tons of beautiful friends. But, you know, like, they like to party a lot. So we'll, you know, we'll go out to bars or they have like private events after shows or else we'll go back to his, like, loft apartment and more drinks there. So it's basically just like hanging out, usually night time is like with a bunch of people and then during the day, like, you know, we'll go and get brunch or maybe we'll go walk around and we'll see him or go to the park, you know. So during the day, it's usually just us and at night, we're always hanging around a bunch of people. So like, at night, we're not really alone together. It's just like during the day. And you've been at his loft, has anything outside of simple simply being a step brother

5:11and step sister, has it ever been escalated to anything other than that? No. I mean, no. I mean, like, you know, like, if you see your brother or your sister mother, like, you're going to kiss on the cheek or like, you know, if, you know, before I go to bed, like, you know, give him a little kiss on his forehead or something. But it's not like, it's not like sexual or anything. It's completely normal. Other sister. Okay. Can we stop? Yes, we can. Okay. I have no idea why that would say that to lie. It is absolutely not. All we do, like I said, like before bed, it'll be a hug. It cuts on the cheek. Nothing else happens with that. And I mean, the only thing I can think of why that would say it was a lie is because, I don't know, maybe nervous or, you know, I mean, I'm definitely nervous. Now, my boyfriend's listening to this and this is just not true.

6:11I'm telling you. Okay. I'm just telling you what is the stress and what is picking up and where the lie detector is saying that there's not 100% truth coming out of you. Let's go on with it. You're talking. I can hear the lie detector. It indicates to me with sound effects if you're stressed out or not. And immediately when you said that you guys had been hanging out at the loft, it registered some stress. And then it's also indicating when you're talking about just hanging out and nothing sexual going on that it's registering stress and it's also registering some lies. So is there anything that you can think of that's happened in that loft that's been even a little bit outside of a brother and sister relationship? I'm telling you, I don't know why it would register. Maybe it's registering stress because I'm so, like, nothing is happening. I think what stresses me out is that I know nothing has happened that is inappropriate.

7:16As an adult, do you have any kind of attraction or sexual feelings towards your brother-in-law at all? You mean my step-brother? Yeah, your step-brother, I'm sorry. No. No, and that's like... Ah! The point is that... I mean, I love... Okay, can we stop it there? I think that's a good idea. I think that's a good idea. God, that's what that vibe is. It's like... It's a bucket of water. It's hard to avoid. Yeah. So I mean, it's consistently showing stress and it consistently showing lies in that one area. Yeah, I think it is because that's the point that I get most upset about is because this is the whole issue that people are just pushing this, like, you know, I'm making out with him, like things are going on, and I'm so adamantly not, and maybe that's why it's coming up. There's still about a minute and a half left of the call, so let's just continue on and then we can debate afterwards.

8:17Okay. They're just like totally different. You know, I love my stepmother. I care for him. You know, I want the best for him. He's basically, like, my best friend. Ah! You know, I love him. But, you know, I'm related to him. You know, I don't want to... You know, I would never, like, pursue any romantic relationship with him at all. So, if you're going to summarize, and you're going to, like, speak right to your boyfriend, and you're going to tell him and try to alleviate his fears about you and your step-brother, what exactly do you want him to know? I guess I would say, honey, I'd say honey, there's nothing, nothing to worry about. My stepmother is someone who's very important to me.

9:18We grew up during some of the hardest times in our lives, and I love him. I care about him, but I also love him here deeply about you. I would never hurt you. I wouldn't cheat on you. I would never do anything to jeopardize our relationship. It just so happens, I have a very, very close friendship, and kinship, and bond with my step-brother. But I'm not going to break that, though, and I don't want to have to apologize to that. I just want you to understand that I am faithful. Yes, that's what I want to say. So, bottom line is your boyfriend has zero to worry about, and it's a ridiculous. Absolutely. That's, yes, a hundred percent, yes. Before we take the calls and before you feel like you need to defend yourself, especially because your boyfriend is still listening. Jeff, why don't you tell her the accuracy rate that the software picked up on?

10:18It's not so much where the percentage of lying, I think it's where the lying was, because those buzzers went off in some dangerous places. But it said you're 63 percent honest, which means you're 37 percent less than honest, which means that about one third of the time during that phone call you showed enough stress that the computer thought you were not truthful. I think, just like you said, it showed stress, which set off a buzzer. All I got to say is it was just stress. It's a stressful situation to constantly have to, you know, try to convince people that you're not lying when absolutely in your heart, you know, you're telling the truth. Look, I'm not saying one way or the other that that's not true, but I think when you set up polygraphs or with this software, the computer knows that. So, that's why we had that two-minute conversation in the very beginning. So, it could pick up on those stress levels, your normal stress levels.

11:21So, that's not a really great argument. I guess, I mean, for me, because some of the, and I know that in this conversation you were defending him and defending your relationship with him, your brother, your best friend. But I feel like if you're doing that all the time with your boyfriend, it just so comes across that, you know, you're defending him more. That he means so much more to you than your boyfriend does. So, that's why I think your boyfriend probably from the beginning started being like, well, dude, I mean, I wish you talked to me. Talk about me this, I'm going to talk about him. And I'm not saying that's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it's just your language about your stepbrother. I mean, it's cool that you're that close, but I mean, if you have a boyfriend, I think because he's a guy, I think your boyfriend's threatened by that. But still, it's family. I would choose my family over a jealous boyfriend energy. Yeah, I mean, I said this Friday too. Like, if this is the case and he's that jealous, I just think that there's something there where it's just not normal for a guy to be jealous of another. It doesn't even matter if he's a stepbrother anyway, let's say even if this guy was just a friend, it happened 11 years ago or more than that.

12:27I have one, he was 11 years old. I think this has got to mean something, right, that, you know, I did call in, I did want to make the effort to prove to my boyfriend that I wasn't lying. I mean, there's no reason that, you know, why would I call up and then be like, hey, you know, I'm telling the truth, just to have my boyfriend listen to purposely tell lies. Do you think your stepbrother will go on the lie detector with Bert? No. Why not? Would you be willing to ask him? Because if his comes across crystal clear, then we could justify just his nervousness. I mean, I think he would be a little, kind of like, I am like, I don't think, I think he would be kind of amazed. No, I think he would be amazed that anyone would have to ask him because I think he would think it was as absurd as, you know, I do with that. You know, what is he going to justify?

13:27I mean, would you call him today and just ask him if he wants to go on it? Because if you went to get on it, then Bert would call him after the show, same way he did it with you, after the show tomorrow. And then we would play it for you and your boyfriend on Wednesday. Well, I mean, we'll make the offer too. If you want to ask your stepbrother, if he wants to come on later on today, then I'll put him on it also. And if you think that would help, great. If you think it'll hurt your case, then don't do it. But at this point, I don't know how it could hurt. I don't have anything to hide, so yeah, I can give him a call. Okay, I'll call you after the show and we'll see if we can put it together. All right, sounds good. The Bert Show. It is Ryan C. Crest here. There was a recent social media trend which consisted of flying on a plane with no music, no movies, no entertainment. But a better trend would be going to chumbacacino.com. It's like having a mini social casino in your pocket. Chumbacacino has over a hundred online casino style games, all absolutely free.

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15:29Asking where this is all going, they come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and plenty more. So if you want to be smart with your wallet, your career choices, and meetings with your colleagues, and at dinner parties, listen to Big Technology podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Hey Laura, good morning. You're on Q815. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. You need all a favor in Atlanta. You get an expert on to teach people how to drive. I am not kidding. You got that restaurant guy on. Talks about bad restaurants. How about somebody getting on and talking about people who can't drive? People from the left lane should be going faster than the people in the right lane. They can go over the speed limit. There's read out of every 12 cars, somebody's on a device. If you're on a device, you're not driving. You're paying. Oh, I'm so mad you don't know. What are you late to? Work, thank you. But I'm late to work all the time so they know it. Because I drive freaking 12, 20 miles. My job anyway. What is it that we can provide for you just looking for an avenue? Get somebody people who will believe, who will fit there and help people for rules of the road.

16:32Whatever it is because, honestly, Atlanta doesn't know what they are anymore. I get a chain industrial and the left lane is now the slow lane. I go on a chain then. She's talking right to me. I'm totally in. I love this woman. I think I'm in love with this woman. I think I'm in love with this woman. I'm in a woman in the left lane texting with two hands yesterday. Oh no. She jutted into the right lane and then jutted back. I'm like, are you crazy? And women putting on makeup. This is not just a guy thing. I saw a man eating a bowl of cereal. This is not to stop. I want to make signs. I want to shove them in people's face when I drive. I don't know what to do for her. It's like, I know I'm not the only one feeling this way. So please get somebody. Do you feel any better right now? I will when I get to work and I don't get yelled at. You sound like you're a little bit more relieved now. Let me ask you a few questions. Let me ask you a few questions. I just want to ask you a few questions and I don't want you to get mad. What time are you doing the office? In six minutes. What time did you leave your house?

17:3240 minutes prior to that. So 20 after. Okay. And is that what time you leave every morning? People were going five miles under the speed limit. I do. I do. I do. You leave at that time every morning but then you say that you're late all the time. Well, I'm just asking. I'm just asking. I'm just asking some explorers. No, I'm not late every single day now. Okay. And on a good day, it's great. It's actually a 16 minute commute. No traffic all green. It's a 30 minute commute when everybody drives like a normal human being. And then it just drags on. And not just that. I get on the highway. And then you get everybody who can't drive on the highway. I think this is the kind of call Jeff stop. I think this is the kind of call that you just need to allow them to speak. They don't need to be debated or challenged. She is looking. She is looking for us for some relief. Well, I don't want to work 12 hour a day. So I don't, you know, I don't want to spend an hour getting to work and be there half hour early. Just want everything is right. Just unload, darling. Go ahead. No, I just honestly get an expert. You need to call out to your listeners or get somebody that you can think of or anybody who knows how to drive.

18:35That we need to be educated. I'm sorry. When you get a license in Atlanta, you need an education than this. When you go for your little driving classes and stuff like that, it's bad enough to get the kids on the road. You know, I want everybody to know how the basic rules. But when it comes to drive for commute, people need to understand the courtesy of basic rules of the road. Laura, let me start a support group for you because here's Gary. Good morning, Gary. Thank you. How are y'all doing today? All right. Will you speak to Laura? Please tell her you feel her pain. Yeah. Laura, I feel your pain. I am a local truck driver. Thank you. I know you guys understand. I don't know what people are thinking when they're on the road, they're texting, they're eating, they're doing their makeup. They're coming. Just stupid. We're having a break. I mean, it's like, hello, no signals. Oh, it's like. And I think even if you're going the speed limit, you need to get out of the left lane. Oh, yes. That's for people who want to speed. Passing lane. Yeah. Passing lane is the passing lane. Because that will be probably one of the number of reasons caused a deadler wreck. Because people who know how to drive, they are content driving.

19:37We'll try to get around to you by passing a left and a right. And even if you have that attitude, let's say you're cruising along. It's 75 or 80 miles an hour, okay? And that's fine. Let's say you are. And there's somebody behind you that wants to go 90. I move out of the way. I still think you've got to get out of the way. I do. But I see some people with an attitude. I'm already going 75. I can't use that on. And there's always going to be somebody who can drive better or more quickly and more confidently than I can. So I will move out of the way. And I understand that. And I put two hands on the wheel. And I focus forward or look at my review mirror. I'm not so distracted, but I end up in the other lane and don't even know it. And I have to get honked out to move that go. I feel better. You feel a little bit better now? A little bit. I have another, I got technically another eight minutes before I can actually get to work. I know exactly where I'm at. And I will be calm by then. Okay. So long as we could help a little bit. Oh, but get somebody on. I'm not kidding. Here's a guy going 90. Cool. The Bert Show. On Friday, we asked you guys if you were going into the weekend. And it was potentially a life changing weekend.

20:38And we took two pretty intriguing calls. One was from a Bert Show listener that was auditioning for a like a major red type thing. Dance. Dance. Thing. Major at dance thing. I don't know what that means. Major at dance thing. Okay. I think that's what she said. It was some kind of audition musical dance audition. And she said going into the weekend, if she didn't get this one, she was going to go on a completely different career path. It was just time for her to make. Like this was her breaking point here. A lot of pressure. And there was another Bert Show listener we have to talk to who has been married but has been lying about it to her parents this entire time. And she was going to tell her parents this weekend that, yeah, I'm already married. Because they were all planning the wedding together and stuff. They had a load and the wedding was coming up. And for some reason, I mean, she was saying that her family was deeply religious. And that's one of the reasons they would have a problem with it. But I guess that she and her husband didn't want to, you know, have to not live as a husband or wife. You know, they had to be very conservative and act like they could sleep together

21:40and they could, you know, whatever. So I don't know what it was this weekend. But for some reason, they were going to crack and go ahead and tell them. And she was afraid that that would ruin the wedding plans by doing it. I was going to do that in a couple of minutes. But actually, Mary's on the phone right now to talk to us about it. And this one is the line about marriage call that we took. Hey, Mary, how are you? I'm doing okay. How are y'all? Trying to interpret exactly what might have happened this weekend based on just you saying. Well, I mean, his family is, his family is good. Like they're, they're, they're okay with it. Actually, they're, they're pretty excited. Mine, not so much. I mean, they're, they're okay to, you know, of the man that I'm married, obviously, because we're going to get married anyway. However, they have decided not to pay for the wedding at all and put that money towards, I don't know, whatever they've got going on right now. And this was not, because I didn't have my parents. This was a, a big deal. And so, oh well.

22:41But my family and I were, well, husband, I guess is what you could go now. And we're going to have to pay for ourselves. And obviously, we're, we're young. And I'm not really sure how this is going to work because we did not have the money for a wedding. It wasn't going to be that expensive to begin with, but still a couple thousand dollars. And we just don't have it. All right, we have to reset this year real quick, because there's some details that I'm unclear on. So you guys, you went, you alloped, you got married. And then you were planning this sort of second wedding and your parents were going to pay for this. And you were going to try to keep up the whole roof that you guys weren't married. So when you told them this weekend, was it like in your living room and you're sitting down, and do you say, look, I've got some big news I need to tell you about, because they're thinking you're pregnant. And they were, they were thinking, because I told them that it wasn't necessarily really bad, but it wasn't really good either. And so, you know, because we are young, we're trying to set a lot of careers right now and everything.

23:42And so that's the thing we're thinking. And I was pregnant. But, I mean, they were both shocked. They were just into it. They're okay. It's just, things are still, they're not going to pay for our traditional wedding. And we still want that. You know, we want that celebration with everybody and our friends and family there. We still want that. But I don't really know what you at this point, because we're not going to be able to afford to really do much of anything. I'm curious in a case like this, do your parents actually get more, or angry at your husband than they do you, because you're the little girl. That's not a little girl, but he should know better than that. Well, I've always kind of been, I've never been, I've always been, a little girl that would have done what she should do, and all of the mundo outside for me. I make sure I didn't scold, and all the good, you know, as far as I don't drink her or drugs, or anything like that. But I am rebellious. I'm really really, really independent. I moved out when I was 16, and I was living miles in Finn,

24:44so they don't really look at me as they're, you know, little girl, they have it in a long time because I didn't move out a long time ago. So they, um, they're as equally as, you know, I guess, uh, disappointed, they, they just took it as, um, they took it as, uh, as it was against them that we did this and kept it as secret. And everybody else is, it's actually pretty excited about it. So they took it more personally than anybody else did they did, yeah. I can understand that. I mean, I guess because I'm confused on if you've already got a wedding planned, I'll go a little, but I mean, I could see from their point of view, they wanted to experience it for the first time and you just see, I don't know. I don't know. I could see where they're coming from. You're the youngest child, aren't you? Oh, no. I'm not all this. Here's a basic question. I don't think we ever asked. Hey, Sarah. Good morning. Hey, um, I just wanted to know why she eloped anyway, because there's still one to plan the whole wedding. Yeah. Why'd you elope first? What's the point of that? We just didn't want to wait to be married. We, um, we actually got married very, very, very soon after we got engaged, like, we

25:45were going to have her two weeks. It was just kind of like a random, um, what was really spontaneous, we didn't want to wait for five months or six months for our wedding to be, you know, complete. And, um, we didn't even know if we were going to be able to plan it. We had planned it for a certain day, but then things kept getting pushed out. They kept it getting pushed off. We both worked, you know, 50 to 60 hours a week. We were just like, you know, we don't even know if we're going to be able to pull this thing off. And that was when we had the money. Okay. My parents were going to give us. And so we're just like, you know what? We just, we want that. We want to be married. We want to be able to, um, just have that bond. And we couldn't wait. Do you mind my asking how old you guys are? I'm 21. He's 22. Okay. Why does that make it better? Well, I, well, because I wondered if, because love is urgent when you're 21 and 22. And then I wondered, wait, six months. Exactly. And then I wondered if, you know, you wanted to go ahead and have the physical life together. And you felt more comfortable doing that, going ahead and getting married. That as well. That, um, that was a, that played a part in it, obviously, because our, our families did

26:48raise us in a religious background, a religious manner. And we both, you know, we, we do our devotionals together. We raise them all together. We actually, um, have this, not necessarily a marriage counselor, but this woman who is, um, pretty close to his family. And she's, it's incredible. Um, she's amazing. And so we talk to her every now and then too, just about what's going on with our lives and this whole situation that we've been going through. And, um, she's just awesome. So we do have that, um, we didn't, we wanted to stay away from each other physically until we got married. And, um, that's really difficult. 2021-22, especially since we've known each other for so long. It was just, it was difficult. Hey, K, go ahead. You're part of the virtue. Hey. I'm not trying to whine. I'm not trying to be mean about it, but they made the decision to alope. She doesn't get to whine about not having the money. And that's just kind of all there is to it. You made an adult decision, so you got to kind of go through it with all the consequences. I understand where her parents are coming from. Yeah, you only had to wait six months. I think that's why I was starting to see that tied start to change here a little bit.

27:48And that's why I sold you was because I grew up with Jen. Everything has to be done now. You know, why it's more urgent. Yeah. Yeah. So I know we should get married to their 28. Mary, I appreciate you sharing your story with us. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, no problem, guys. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Yeah, good luck. And bye-bye. All right, and this was Katie from... No, this is Ashley from Friday Show. My mom and I are driving down to Valdosta, and I'm auditioning for a dance major. So this kind of determining what I'm going to do for the rest of my life, so I'm pretty nervous. Now, why is it the rest of your life? I mean, why is it this one audition holds so much? If I don't get in, I'm sure hopefully I will. But if I don't, then I'm going to be an educator major. So it just kind of determines which one I'm going to do. She's putting a lot of pressure on herself right there. This is it. Why not it's in and out? Yeah. Hey, Ashley. Hey, how are you guys?

28:48I'm doing good. How are you today? I am wonderful, actually. It turned out to be probably the best audition I've ever done. Really? Yeah. It was great. So did you get the part that you wanted, or are you still waiting to find out? Well, that's the part I'm not looking forward to. I have to wait two weeks. Okay. I find out. So a long wait, but it went really well, and I had to do a solo. And I wish Jeff was there because I wanted to tell him I was going to do an interpretive dance. But I didn't have time to set one. So I just thought that was funny with the ribbons and everything. Well, it's actually mine and Jeff stands. Okay. Don't get it wrong. Don't drop her of that opportunity. Don't drop me of my ribbon on the stick. That's right. Well, here's what I like about this whole story here, even if you don't get the part, what you just told us was it was the best audition that you ever had. So as far as you're concerned, you hit it out of the park. And if you didn't get the part, at least you can say, you know what?

29:51It's a sure, clear sign that that's not what I meant to do. Exactly. And I have a regret summit, which is really good. You know what? I have no regrets. And I'm usually really picky on myself, you know, really critical and everything. So I was, I was proud of myself actually. Right. I did. Couldn't you also say, though, if she felt like she had the best audition of her life, that this is the past she should take regardless of whether she gets this part or not? Well, there's a history here, too, right, where that has led you up to finally saying, look, it's either this way or that way. I don't know. It's been a long road of a lot of different stuff for me with dance. And you know, there's been plenty of times where I've wanted to just give it up completely. But this is really my last shot to, you know, study it fully through college and everything. You gave your best, but now you have clarity that some of the best in the industry just told me it's not going to happen. So I guess you can either use that for motivation or you can use it as a sign like I'm just spinning my wheels here. Yeah, I just think that some of the most successful people in the world have been told they couldn't do it for a really, really long time.

30:56You know, you'll hear that from actors and actresses. It's good point, but I think there is something that line is different with everybody. But I think at one point, you have to take a look and just go, that's just not me. It's what I want me to be, but I just don't. Well, I think that the person has to ask themselves the hard question about what they're really passionate about. Because if somebody that wants to do it because you get fame and fortune from it, I don't think that you're passionate. I can tell from you that dancing is your passion. Because if you were able to do the rest of your life, make a living, but still just be able to do that and pay your bills, then that's your passion. Well, for me, actually, after the audition, one of the directors came up to me and she talked to me for about an hour trying to convince me to come to the stage. So I think there's a chance that I got it. I'm pretty confident in how it is. That's great. That's awesome. I really think that's great. That is so cool. Mimi, you're part of the birch show, huh? Hey, guys. I just want to say that, you know, even if she doesn't make it, she should still have hope because she's still young, I think.

32:02She's probably about to start college or going to college. And Michael Jordan was cut from his 80s. That's probably him in high school. I mean, what if he would have just let that be the end of his road? Yeah, there are a million stories like that. You have one, too. Yeah, I mean, a general manager at one point told me that, look, this is not for you. You are never going to be the host of a show. This is just not where your talent lies. Oh, really? You're never going to be good at this, which I actually agree with. Because I have a show. It doesn't mean I'm good at it. But you know, how do you listen to that? Yeah, let that knock you down. You wouldn't have the show today. You can either let it motivate you or you sort of crumble from it. Look, Colonel Sanders, I think, went around the country and he got turned down like 1200 times. Before somebody gave him some money, I think Abraham Lincoln, like lost election after local election. And then he lost in the Senate also time and time again. And he kept going and he's looked upon now in history as one of the best presidents ever. And Ken and I've had this discussion, too, about, you know, we judge people who ended up being successful as being this courageous person. And then if we looked at somebody that tried and tried and always failed and never succeeded,

33:03then we'd look at them as foolish. So I don't know what it was. I mean, who knows, but the thing is, I think you do have to ask yourself the question, is it really your passion? Or are you just doing it to impress other people? Hey, Ashley, will you call us back in a couple of weeks when you know for sure if you got the part or not? Absolutely. I definitely will. That'd be great. Good luck. Thank you so much. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. The rush of racing? Nothing beats it. Chamba Casino comes close. Chamba's got fast spins, fun games, daily bonuses, and all the action you can handle. Now that's a ride. Ready to hit the throttle? Get in the driver's seat and head to chambacasino.com. Let's chamba. Sponsored by Chamba Casino. No purchase necessary, VGW Group Voidware prohibited by law, 21 plus turns and conditions apply. Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz. I'm the host of Big Technology podcast, a longtime reporter and an on-air contributor to CNBC.

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36:07And it's not a situation where you kind of jimmyed at least in hopes of getting something a little newer and more trendy. No, not at all. At that point, you're just, you're jogging and it pops out? We want for a 13 mile run. Okay. I hope you're going to have to do that again. Maybe that's a lesson to be learned from this. But we went for a 13 mile run. And had it happened anywhere in the middle of run, we would have at least known the vicinity that it was in. But it wasn't until the very end of the run and we were stretching that Chris noticed that it went on. What happens when you notice that, like? It's like looking at your wife and her front tooth fell out. So who notices at Chris, you notice that? Yeah, as we were stretching, I looked down and it was like holy cow. That is not good. And it was like, Julie, you're ring.

37:08And then at that point, it's like, okay, now where do we start looking? I mean, the good part about it is even though it was 13 miles, it was an out and back. And we did do a couple loops along the column's drive area. I sent just the actual map to the area that we covered. But still, you know, it's a diamond literally in the rough, you know? Now, you said that, I mean, there's sentimental value at this thing also. So are you on here saying, look, go ahead and take the ring. I mean, if you find it, it's yours. Are you saying we'll give you $17,000 if you find it for us? I personally, I would love to have that diamond back. So you would buy the ring back, you would buy the stone back from somebody who found it? I think I would like to do that. Yeah. Because like I said, this is from the 1800s, that it's been in Chris's family. And I just don't know if he can really put any value on that. Sounds like we're not on the same page yet.

38:08Yeah, Chris is family though. Yeah, Chris, where are you with all that? There's a lot of money. I mean, we got the insurance check. And so, my first inclination was like, cubic, they're funny. Let's replace this thing. Let me pocket the $17,000 and then we'll just throw something that looks like a diamond in there. But obviously, we're not going to do that. My brother was like, dude, Chris, pocket some money, pay off your debt. Go on vacation. So if you're the person lucky enough really to win the golden ticket out of the Wonka Bar here. You can do anything, I mean, you could keep the ring for yourself, the diamond for yourself, you can get in touch with Jeff, and then maybe you can have some negotiations going on. But that's a decision that you can make if you find the ring. So really what we got to do is get out what's important here. And that four mile stretch you're talking about. Give us solid details on exactly where that is. It was at the Chattahoochee River Trail off of Interstate North Parkway.

39:12And it's the trail that connects with columns drive. It's a 3.1 mile loop and then it attaches or connects to columns drive, which is about a two mile, two and a half mile stretch. You guys ran 13 miles, so you did that loop a couple times. Yes, so that's the good thing. There's already a lot of athletes along this route. And so they're a pace down today. I was going to say, so I'm curious, when people are driving up and down columns driving, see like three times the amount of athletes and some that probably don't look like they've been athletic a day in their life. I wonder what's going on. You know what would be so ingest about this whole thing? Because if you jog or you drive down that road, it's the most massive homes. If it's the road that I think it is, it's the most massive, beautiful homes that you can see in Atlanta. I call it motivation row. When you drive down there and you see all those houses, wouldn't it be unjust as somebody in one of those houses just happened to be taking a stroll one day and already has all that cash, finds the diamond. How is that shiny thing in the front yard?

40:13All right, so let's be very clear on exactly where this is one more time, you guys. It was the Chattahoo Chi Park right off of Interstate Parkway. There's a park on both sides of the Chattahoo Chi, but it's the one that connects with columns drive. And that's considered Marietta. Yes. All right, and what Jeff has done is he's actually put a map up online right now and it's there for you guys to check out. So if it's unclear to you exactly where it is, just go to q100Atlanta.com and you'll see it right there. He brought up the fact that it has been raining a whole lot too. It may make it easier. It may make it easier. Good morning, Q100. What side of the trail were you guys running on, and on columns drive? We were on both sides because we ran down on one side and it's back on the other. Okay, so that's a very large trail to be kept in both sides to look for. Yeah, it's not going to be easy. Oh, and me. It's not going to be easy. I mean, if it was easy to find, it would've done that already. Yeah. Good morning, Q100.

41:14Hey, how many carrots is the diamond? Just under two carrots. I mean, if you look at the diamond itself, like you're not going to be like, oh my gosh, I think it's huge. The cut is a cushion cut, so it's very short and very fat. We'll have pictures. We have a before and after picture, and I have to tell you. It's so heartbreaking. The after picture, seeing the ring on our hand with the big hole in the middle is a little bit. Here, I'll pull it up. Is it a little... It's a little gum wrenching. It's light. Oh, do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it? Well, I have a little tiny ring on that finger right now, and there are several times during the day that I'm just like, I panic because I'm like, oh my gosh, where's my ring? And then I realize what happened to it, and it's like a cycle that I go through several times a day. Jen's looking at the picture online right now. Oh. Oh, with the ring. It's just a fluid in the middle of it.

42:15It's a fluid that just got knocked out of here. All right. That's actually what she felt. She felt wind on her finger. Yeah. She was like, I'm not supposed to feel that right here. What's going on? The ring is still out there, and we've got a map to sort of its whereabouts. And you could see the ring, the diamond, and the diamondless ring. And if you find it, you've got a couple of things you can do with it. Either you could take the cash yourself, or we can get in touch with Jeff, and Jeff will get in touch with his friends, and maybe you guys can negotiate. They're going to swap it. The people that live in those mansions that are driving out today and see all these people just stopping and looking around and looking down. All right. It's going on. Because you know those people aren't listening to this show. I think what happens is people will call the police on the people that are sitting there just loitering around. The problems drive today. But I mean, it's a classical station right now. Yeah. Seriously, if you, if it's a situation where you take your dog out for a walk every day, head over there. No. What do you have to lose? Take that. If you're going to spend an hour walking a dog, make 17 grand, maybe. Too bad you can have a sniffing dog like sniff that setting.

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