Happy Fourth of July

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.
Chris Harrison Lauren Zima coming to you from the home
office in Austin, Texas to wish you a happy Fourth
of July, wishing everybody the best, hope you're around those
that you love as we celebrate this great country of ours.
No it's not perfect, but my god, it's a great

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country and we love it so much. So Happy Fourth
of July, l Z. Was that a big holiday for
you guys up in Chicago, your family, Yes.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Because Chicago summertime is Chicago's the best, like May to October,
and Chicago's summers are wonderful and we would always do
just a family barbecue, have everybody over. And you know,
I'm so grateful for those times because as you as
you age make myself sound old, but you remember kind

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of the strong moments in your life, right, Like you
don't necessarily remember the the every day, but you remember
like those family holidays and what you did and family
vacations and just getting together as family. I was so
important to me growing up and I continue to see
is so important. And those holidays are those market points

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when we can do that. So I always think for
the July is like a simple one, right, what do
you do? You probably just grill burgers.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
And hot dogs, hot dogs and you hang out to
firework somewhere. My mom, dad, my brother, and I when
we were younger, we would go down to the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas, Texas, down at the fairgrounds, and the
Cotton Bowl would have a massive kind of all day
thing and then a huge fireworks display. We were too
poor to go inside, so we would sit in the
parking lot. My dad would drive us down there. We'd

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sit in the bed of the truck outside the cotton Bowl,
and you would miss some stuff. You could see, you know,
lights and things going on inside. But eventually the fireworks
show would be above the cotton Bowl and we'd watch it.
And we did that for years, and I just loved it.
It was you know, you just you remember those things
because you look around in your mind's eye now and
you see your mom, your dad, your brother and just

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being together. And or we'd go up later, we'd go
up to Flagpole Hill there in Dallas, Texas, was right
by my house, and you could kind of a high
point in Dallas. You could see all around and see
a bunch of firework shows. But I always remember being
with family, homemade ice cream, you know, someone cranking the
ice cream machine and making some good vanilla ice cream
and hot dogs, hamburgers, just being with family, and that's

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a good thing.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
And by the way, I am very proud and happy
to be from America. I saw statistic the other day
about how much that pride is going down with younger people,
and I think, especially when you travel the world or
like you look at you know how many people are
trying to come into America and live here. It's a
reminder like there's a reason for that. This is a

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great country to be from. We enjoy so many incredible
freedoms here. Yes, as you said, we're not perfect right now,
but I always believe in hope and hope for the future.
And I think instead of being like angry at our country,
it's like get involved and try to do something to
make it better because it's an amazing place to be from.
And yeah, I'm just very grateful and I don't know

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I'm feeling. I think holidays are also always a good
time to just like reflect, for take a second to
reflect and be like grateful and live in the present.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Moment am into that and just you know, public service.
We're just going to say it. Don't like the fireworks
in your hands. Oh God, don't be the person that
is on the news. Just don't. Just don't be safe.
But to all of you, in all seriousness, have a
great holiday week. I love you all, and I can't
wait to talk to you on the flip side, because

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on the other side that week, we will be in Tahoe.
We'll be in Lake Tahoe celebrating with a bunch of
friends and celebrities at the American Century Golf Classics. So
if you are in the Tahoe area or want to
get away from the heat, come to Lake Tahoe and
come join us. It is my first time to play
in it, but I have had many friends who play

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in it and tell me it is the best week
of the year. It's an absolute blast. So my thanks
to the American Century folks, thanks for inviting me. LS
and I will be there. It's going to be such
a great time. I can't wait to see a bunch
of fans and friends and enjoy. So happy Fourth of July.
Love you and we will talk to you again soon
because we have a lot more to talk about. Thanks

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