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the four steps to reinventing your life
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we tackle this question and more on the
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first episode of season two of the
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little white lie welcome to the little
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white lie everyone this is the lifestyle
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show for super boomers and beyond that
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will enhance your lifestyle health
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empowerment and more so make sure to
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stick around to the end of the show for
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a chance to win two tickets to touch the
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sky at Carnegie Hall hello everyone this
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is karen Glasser and i am so excited we
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are at season two can you imagine we
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finished all of season one and here we
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are at season two this is the boomer
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lifestyle show we tackle all sorts of
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amazing subjects and today is no no you
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know we're not gonna we're not gonna not
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have an amazing subject today because my
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very special guest is Joan Ryan she is
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awesome awesome awesome she's making
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return visit I just absolutely adore her
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I mean absolutely adore her should I say
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that again I absolutely adore her so you
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may know Joan from television might have
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seen her on Young and the Restless you
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might have seen her on her role on Saved
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I know that's dating us right it's way
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way back but you know Saved by the Bell
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and she's also a star and you might have
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seen her in theater and Lane is and
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Little Shop of Horrors and Footloose
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just to name a few and I'm really
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excited because now she's adding the
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little white lie to that resume as she
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joins us today on the little white lie
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here we go are you doing Tony hi I'm so
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happy to be here yay yay yay so Tony as
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you know first thing that I like to ask
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everyone when they come on is what is
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your a little white lie so Joanie what
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is your little white lie well I suppose
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my most immediate little wit line is
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that the bottom of this outfit that I'm
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wearing is my pajamas okay you totally
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you just totally crack me up I guess
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that's just you know that's just the
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least important but it is my little life
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but I guess my real little white lie
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besides the pajamas of course is that um
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one thing you know about me is that I
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love to put myself out there and take
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risks and and that they may look easy
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but they're always really scary and
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there is always a moment of doubt right
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around the time that I go to do whatever
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I do and then it seems to work out but
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for sure they're not always as easy as
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they love and and isn't that the case
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everyone I'm sure you relate to that we
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we tend to want to jump into things
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because we've great opportunities and
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then we get scared and then we think
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we're not gonna be able to do it and
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guess what we do it right cuz we're
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women we do it so I want to ask all of
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our viewers out there what's your little
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white light go ahead and post it in the
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comments because we're gonna put a B
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grade put them up on the screen let us
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know what your little white lie is and
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if you're here on replay let us know
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you're here and replay if you're here
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live we'd love to hear from you as well
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make sure you put your put your comments
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in the girl before hello
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alrighty so are you ready I'm so ready
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okay so today's question is what or
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actually the statements what are the
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four steps to reinventing our lives so I
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know that you have four very specific
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things that you're gonna share with us
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today what is step number one well I
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think when you are reinventing anything
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the first thing to do is look inside and
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figure out what your passion is you know
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it's that it's that pilot light that has
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not gone out from the time you were a
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little child and it's what you really
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really wanted from that time things
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change but for me this is what I've
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wanted my whole life and then we go on
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different paths and they're there cuts
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are supposed to be on but there is
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always that one burning thing that we've
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had since we were little
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so that's number one is number one okay
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what's number two well depending on what
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that is right then you start figuring
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out what actions to take to go there
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right right scary or not you need to
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figure out what actions need to be taken
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thanks to it and then number three for
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me is to look around and get your
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support system in place even if you
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you don't have one then you figure out
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how to create one because what I'm doing
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especially now with with living here in
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New York and being part time in LA in
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part 10 min New York what I have is an
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amazing support system that I'm very
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grateful for so I loved it I love this
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Joe Joanie we just got a comment here
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from Nancy Ferrari right that's what you
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shared she feels has similar feelings
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when ready to step into something big
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and she's learned five four three two
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one and I just listened to that audible
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book that's an amazing book I think it
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called the five-second rule
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amazing oh the five-second rule works on
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a lot of things like you know whose it
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falls on the floor - there you go so so
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what is step number four I think Joanie
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I'm here alrighty so what waiting for
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Joanie to come back and we're gonna have
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we re bring herself back in and and when
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she comes back in we will continue to
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talk but while we're waiting for her
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these are really important things so
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let's talk about the four things again
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that Joan mentioned she said to remember
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your passion tell me in the comments
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below what passions you remember that
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you are going to take action on okay
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that you're gonna take action on I'm
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bringing her back into the show and then
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finally tell me how you're gonna support
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and there she is and she's back I love
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this it was right excited live
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television it's always a lot of fun so
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we're gonna move into the fourth one for
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me and it may be different for other
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people but for me um I I needed to do
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whatever I'm gonna do for something
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bigger than myself and that can be
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anything that can be a cause you believe
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in or a charity we believe in or person
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you believe in for me it's about doing
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something that's that's bigger than me
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that's more than just for me it could be
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for my family for charity it's exactly
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and you know that's kind of that's
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really like a super boomer moment for me
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quite frankly cuz when I when I hear you
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say that and when I hear you talk about
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things that are bigger than you and that
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and I think as we get older would you
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agree as we get older we start looking
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in a much a bigger sense and it's not
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just all about us right so I'm really am
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affected by what you say but how
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difficult is that to step into something
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that is so much bigger than you because
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we're gonna talk about that right yes of
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course well it depends it um this one
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for me was pretty easy because it's for
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my friends and we'll talk about what it
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is but it is all my friends that I went
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to with an idea and they made it even
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bigger than I ever expected so for me
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this time it varies every time but for
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me I knew that what I wanted to do
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especially with this Carnegie Hall
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evening was make it for a charity and
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the charity is chains inspiration and
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that's yeah and it bigger than me
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so before we bring in our second special
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guest to talk about chains inspiration
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and to talk about Carnegie Hall and talk
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about everything that we're doing and
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that you're doing let's talk about your
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why I mean I know that we've talked
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about how you've said I'm not done yet
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right now you could have done a lot of
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other things you could have and and I
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don't and take this in the spirit that
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it's intended you could have said my
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kids are out of the house now that we're
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I'm an empty nester and I'm going to
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stay home and I'm going to just
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celebrate life with my husband and
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that's what I'm gonna do you didn't you
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chose to to say I'm not done yet
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and how powerful is that well you know
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with the incredible support of my
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husband and my family I am here in New
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York and I remember I even had as
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recently is about two weeks ago before I
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was coming back to New York I said to my
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husband you know Lenny maybe I should
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just maybe it's my turn we should just
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remodel the house and I'll travel all
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over the world with you as my husband
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travels to I'll travel with you and this
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is our time and my husband said you know
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you've been waiting a lifetime to do
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this and it's your turn and he said
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there actually was very cute he said
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there's not a person in this house
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including the dogs that thinks that's
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the best thing for you right now so if
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that's what I'm talking about with the
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support system all right including the
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dogs so we're gonna like move into the
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next act here and I want to talk a
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little bit about Carnegie Hall so first
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of all I couldn't I could not not do
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this so I'm just gonna go ahead and put
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the scroll up here and say how do you
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to be home practice practice practice
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so I'm just so excited for you Carnegie
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Hall is is something that we all strive
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for right as actors and actresses and
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singers and as as entertainers Carnegie
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Hall is the pinnacle is it not so tell
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us a little bit about how you decided to
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do Carnegie Hall and then we're gonna
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bring our special guests in well it's a
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story that I actually that I love and
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and this is where the magic comes in
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when you choose to make something not
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about you when I knew that I wanted to
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do something for shades inspiration I
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called my friends the founders Katherine
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curry Williams and Scott Williams
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and the other founder of this incredible
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organization is Tiffany whom we will
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meet in a moment and I said I'd like to
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do a little benefit at a little show I
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want to go to New York and kind of get
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myself known in New York and and and we
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had a meeting with Brad and Tiffany um
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Brad's development and they said well
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sounds great to me I were partnering
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with Carnegie Hall how does that sound
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so like oh yeah I like it and exciting
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so that's what I'm talking about when
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you do something that isn't just about
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you miracles come in from everywhere and
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and it's been great to be able to do
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this and step into a producing role as
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well so so without further ado I would
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like to introduce you to our our next
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special guest she is one of the founders
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of Shane's inspiration welcome to the
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show Tiffany how are you today I'm good
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i Tiffany we're so excited that you're
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here but before we go we have to let you
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tell us your little white life before we
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jump into the conversation so Tiffany
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Harris what is a little white lie well I
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guess as I was listening to I think the
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little white lie is that there's there's
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not enough time to to open all of the
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chapters that you're passionate about as
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you get older it feels like you're
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running out of time and I think that
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that is that is a lie and I think that
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there is all the time in the world that
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you that you need but I have to keep
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reminding myself of that yeah and that's
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a good one that's a tough one our
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viewers how many people think that
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there's not enough time and and and that
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we're always running around trying to
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get more time we all have the same
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minutes the same seconds in the same
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hours in the day how come some people
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can get more done than others that's a
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question that I would love to get
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answered maybe one of you know the
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answer to that but let's talk about
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Carnegie Hall and let's talk about
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Shane's inspiration and what I'm gonna
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do right now is I want to actually put
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up an image here I'm gonna change this
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orientation to look like this so let's
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talk a little bit about touch the sky
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and what is touch the sky what's the
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concert gonna be about what's the show
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gonna be about and then let's talk about
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how it lends its of the funds and the
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donations and how people can get
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involved to support Shane's inspiration
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and find out what Shane's inspiration is
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all about so as I as I scroll through
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here I'm putting a playground up here
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and I'm gonna put a solo up here so that
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people can see the playground
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first of all Tiffany talked a little bit
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about chains inspiration what does
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Shane's inspiration do I have a photo up
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here but let's talk a little bit about
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what it does sure so we're a non-profit
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we were founded 20 years ago in memory
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of Scott and Catherine Williams
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beautiful son Shane they realized that
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had he lived he would have spent his
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entire life never playing in a
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playground because they weren't designed
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for him they weren't designed for
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children with special needs so 20 years
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ago we thought let's build one
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playground where all children of all
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abilities have a chance to not just play
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together but have a chat ohö them to
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make beautiful friendships just like any
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other child and so we opened Shane's
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inspiration in Los Angeles in Griffith
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Park in 2000 and since that time we've
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now been all over the world this mission
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just keeps taking us to the most amazing
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places and we're opening Russia and
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Ecuador and Israel and Mexico and Canada
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and developing in South Africa and so
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it's been amazing journey Wow Wow
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people you know make sure you stay tuned
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because we're giving away two tickets to
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this concert we're also going to get
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new way to make a donation to Shane's
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inspiration and also a way to buy
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tickets if you're in the New York area
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or you're so inclined you want to fly in
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which I think you should wait it looks
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like I think I mean well you know we
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didn't even talk about how beautiful
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your voice is joint Joan I mean Joan and
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I let's talk a bit let's put Joan and I
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used to sing together when we're gonna
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do it again but Joan has got the most
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amazing magnificent voice but you're
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doing something she does you really do
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but there's no buts here but you're not
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just singing you're you are you're
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involved is it as the at the producer
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this executive producer of this it are
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you not or the producer of it
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yes and I'm loving it but I have an
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amazing team in place there's another
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producer Scott and Brad Thornton and
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Tiffany Abbie we're all a tremendous
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team doing this together so there's lots
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and lots of texts and phone calls that
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go back but it is an incredible
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opportunity for me and one that I
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actually love being able to step into
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this role so how did you get involved
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with Shane's inspiration and how did you
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decide that this is the organization you
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wanted to do this fundraiser for and
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then let's talk about some of the guests
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that we might see at the concert okay
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well many years ago my daughter is 21 I
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was pregnant my husband Howard and I are
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friends with Scott and Kathryn and we
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were both Kathryn I were pregnant at the
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same time so I was pretty much through
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the the loss of shame
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Kathryn I've been friends ever since and
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Scott and I've just seen it grow from
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the beginning with Tiffany and Kathryn
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and Scott just building it and all the
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playgrounds and I just always feel very
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connected to not only because they're my
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friends but because of these children
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and their families that get to play in
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these parks and it really touched me
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when I heard um I think it was you
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Tiffany when you were talking about the
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the kids that sit on the sidelines
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because they can't play they can't even
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go on a swing and they have to sit and
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watch the able buy the kids be able to
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play and and not only for the kids but
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it's for their families and how well
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what it was like for me and for you and
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to take your your kids to a park right
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what's the phenomena so that's a
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long-winded answer to say that I'm so
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grateful to be able in light and my
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little way to some kind of a
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contribution tissue well this is my
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contribution yes I would say it's not a
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little contribution this is a no it's
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not let's talk about what's gonna happen
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at Carnegie Hall I know you can't share
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everything but you can share some of the
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things and some of the people and some
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of the what we might expect when we go
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to see well we've got incredible
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performers we have a few performers
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we're not allowed to talk about yet that
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are really big um and we well they're
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all being but I'm saying that's
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somewhere not a let up yeah about yet
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well because they just got signed
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yesterday so soon in the next couple
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days but we have Broadway stores and we
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have cabaret stars and we have comedians
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and this shows it's in tribute who's who
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is it in tribute to thank you for my yes
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where we are we're honored to Rivera who
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oh it was wrong okay she was gonna get
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the inclusion of the Shane's inspiration
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inclusion award and she will be a very
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strong part of our evening we have Ali
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stroker who was the first Tony nominated
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actor actress in a wheelchair for Spring
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Awakening when Liz Holloway and Billie
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stretched and the list just yeah the
16:57
least rich and Giarrusso and the listen
16:58
Seth Rudetsky is our host and he is
17:01
hysterical if we don't know Seth he's on
17:04
Sirius radio but he plays for everyone
17:08
and this musical directing everyone and
17:10
didn't every Broadway show Pitt and is
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hysterical and Bruce Vilanch is writing
17:16
and Andrew McBain who who has
17:20
co-directed everything Trevor Nunn has
17:22
ever done on Broadway so we have a
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phenomenal phenomenal team Scott Morrow
17:27
is producing with me and um I'm so
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excited about the show and I wish I
17:33
could tell you every little detail but
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if you stay tuned Karen and I will be
17:37
posting it so we will definitely be
17:39
posting some some hints and some sneak
17:42
like that but I'm sure you're wondering
17:43
right now how does one enter to win two
17:47
tickets to the show and how do you make
17:50
a donation because even if you can't be
17:52
there every little donation helps does
17:54
it not Shalini everyone there is no
17:57
donation too small and not too big -
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we're gonna give you a way right now to
18:05
actually get on the list to be entered
18:09
to win the two tickets also a way to
18:11
find out more about the show where to
18:13
get tickets yourself if you're in the
18:14
area where to make a donation and how to
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find out more about Shane's inspiration
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and Joan Ryan and so this is where
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you're gonna go you're gonna go to
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boomer bot live because this is the
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super boomer lifestyle show right so
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limit we have a Boomer bot and all you
18:32
have to do is go there follow the
18:34
prompts and it's going to take you into
18:35
the list and it's gonna have you opt in
18:37
what does that mean in digital terms
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that means we're gonna ask you are you
18:40
really sure that you want to be entered
18:41
you really want to get information from
18:43
us say yes we're not gonna spam you and
18:46
then you're gonna be able to go and get
18:47
your ticket enter to win and then we
18:50
will make the announcement on September
18:52
24th 2018 the winners of the tickets and
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we will notify you as well as making it
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out loud and we will send you the
19:00
tickets this is so exciting I am just
19:02
beyond excited so that's where you want
19:04
to go for that alrighty so Joan I want
19:08
to make sure that people know how to get
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in touch with you okay they can check
19:12
your your fan page by going to Joan Ryan
19:14
fan page on Facebook they can also
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follow you on Instagram at Joan I don't
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hey Ryan no is that you know what there
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is a different one and I'm sorry you
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have one for less than it's the official
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Joan Ryan on Instagram well then let's
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just do that right now hold on I can do
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every challenge official Joe Ryan there
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that's where you're gonna go yeah that
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I should have been a receptionist I
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could have - okay any last-minute
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thoughts first of all I want to thank
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you both I know you're both first of all
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Joan I know you are so crazed right now
19:55
work producing the show getting ready
19:58
for rehearsals next week doing all the
20:00
things that producers do and oh my god
20:02
I'm talking with my hands again I'm
20:03
gonna put my hands down I'm doing all
20:05
that and typically you are getting ready
20:08
to make sure that all the I's are dotted
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and the t's across or the one people
20:12
start donating and buying tickets and
20:13
all these funds coming through these
20:16
playgrounds are gonna get billed any
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last-minute thoughts Tiffany that you
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want to share with our audience oh I
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first of all want to thank the two of
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you I can't thank you enough for having
20:25
us on the show Karen and can't thank you
20:27
enough Joan for really all of your
20:28
passion and for giving birth to this
20:30
amazing event it's going to be
20:32
extraordinary and with every passing day
20:34
there's just new sir coming in and I
20:38
also just want to say that the project
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that this supports is going to be our
20:42
first in New York City in partnership
20:45
with Donaghy Hall and it's called
20:47
harmony for all its musically themed
20:49
playground and it's also in partnership
20:52
with too small to fail and it integrates
20:55
early childhood literacy components so
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there's a whole lot going using that
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playground but most of all it's a place
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where all children of all abilities can
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play so everyone in New York will be a
21:05
children regardless of their abilities
21:08
and come together in one community so
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thank you both for supporting this very
21:12
exciting work of course when Joan came
21:15
to me with this I was like I was in even
21:18
before I was in it was I think of course
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why would I not do that children are our
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future and children are we learn from
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our children so this is an amazing
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amazing thing that you're doing I want
21:28
to thank you Joe in any last-minute
21:30
thoughts about the show you know one
21:32
thing I want to just add to what Tiffany
21:34
said one of the things that that they do
21:36
with trans inspiration that my own
21:37
children have done in the past is they
21:41
have a oh they have a buddy and you
21:47
would explain the Buddy day where
21:48
able-bodied kids play with somebody from
21:50
chance inspiration and kids in that
21:53
moment when they're playing with these
21:54
children they just learned that children
21:55
are children and I think in such a
21:58
profound way that will it affect all of
22:00
our all of our futures and especially of
22:03
all the kids you know all the kids that
22:06
I'm sure when the playground opens we
22:09
have an education program and it works
22:11
in tandem with the playground so we go
22:13
to the local schools and we we bus in
22:16
children of all abilities and we buddy
22:19
them in the playground for a day of play
22:20
and they have a chance to just realize
22:23
that they're really just kids and we're
22:24
all different but at the heart of it
22:27
we're far more similar than we are
22:28
different and that that program is
22:31
called together we are able and truly
22:33
together we are able so we're excited
22:35
about bringing that into New York that
22:38
that's awesome I'm going to bring this
22:40
all back up here now as I bring that
22:41
graphic down I want to thank you both
22:43
for taking the time to be here and I'm
22:46
gonna drop you down into the green room
22:47
as we do a final say goodbye to everyone
22:50
but thank you again thank you say oh hi
22:54
oh oh you're very well I'm sure we'll be
22:56
talking yeah and I want to thank all of
23:00
you because we know that you have a
23:02
choice as to where to spend your time
23:04
and one of the things that's really
23:05
important to me is my super boomer
23:08
moments so I'm gonna actually talk about
23:10
something that really touched me in this
23:12
conversation when we were as everyone
23:14
was talking and I'm gonna go ahead and
23:16
just put this card up this is a super
23:17
boomer moment you know one of the things
23:20
that I think that as as we get older we
23:23
we put limitations on ourselves and and
23:26
that's you know you're just not ever too
23:29
old to do anything and that's one of the
23:32
things that I've learned on my journey
23:33
on this little white lie journey is that
23:35
you're just never too old and and that
23:37
age does not matter and anyone who tells
23:40
you that age matters that's their
23:42
mindset that's their scarcity thinking
23:44
we as women and men of a certain age or
23:48
a young age or an old age age does not
23:51
matter and it's important for us to step
23:54
into our power that's her super Bomont
23:56
boomer moment for today and I want to
23:59
thank everyone because we know that you
24:01
have a choice you chose to spend it with
24:02
us today we have I'm just going to put a
24:04
comment up from Tara Lippmann I'm so
24:07
excited to come see the show Joni you
24:08
are amazing and Karen Shane's
24:10
inspiration and the playgrounds that
24:11
have been built are such a gift to so
24:13
many children thank you for your
24:15
wonderful work I thank you for them as
24:17
well you guys are awesome
24:19
go out and tell a friend about this new
24:22
super boomer show as part a little white
24:25
lie and make sure that you go out and go
24:28
to boomer bot live I'm going to put that
24:29
up one more time so that you can make
24:31
sure that you can enter to win two
24:33
tickets make sure that you can make a
24:35
donation and I would be forever grateful
24:37
if you will do that however small or
24:40
large you choose to do that go and make
24:41
a donation or if you're in the New York
24:43
area buy a couple of tickets and say hi
24:45
to Joan and to Tiffany and tell them
24:47
that you heard all about it on the
24:50
little white lie so going out everyone
24:52
and give someone an awesome day and
24:54
we'll see you next time on the little