Maxwell, Madison Malloy, Ava Breeze & Edwards., Sarry Katz

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New York iHeartRadio. I'm your host, Zen. Sam's up in just a
few minutes. In our Trailblazers segmentbrought to us by bach Kuchina. Today
we're joined by my dear friend Madisonmalloy, author, speaker, and podcast

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host. Now from minimizing financial riskson Wall Street to crafting risk aide jokes
for crowds in New York City's mostprominent comedy clubs, Madison's Journey through adulthood
has been one for the books tosay the least, well, at least
one book, specifically, Time toLighten the f Up. It's a self
help guide with a side of humor. Today we're chatting about the pros and

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cons of living and moving to NewYork City. Now, of course,
we all know that there's no adequateway to describe the way living in New
York City feels. In fact,the Big Apple casts both shadows and spells,
and your experience will truly depend entirelyon pretty much you. There's no
denying that living in the Big Appleis an extraordinary feat any way you slice

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it. Now, the city temptspeople in hordes, and millions of residents
are willing to overlook the inevitable consof life in New York City because the
pros are too hard to resist.New York City is home to sixty five
Fortune five hundred companies, the secondhighest concentration of Fortune five hundred companies in
the world. That's outside of Tokyo. Welcoming now to the show to chop

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it up and chat New York City, and of course, summer in the
city is the studying Madison malloy isso nice to have you in studio,
my beautiful friend. I'm so excitedto be here. This is I love
this topic too, because I wassomebody who left the city and now I'm
back, and now you're back.So okay, let's dive right in.
So where are you from originally andwhat brings you back to New York City.

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So originally from Colorado, came herefrom my first job on Wall Street
in summer of two thousand and fiveand loved it. Never thought I would
leave, and COVID hit and itbecame almost unlivable. So I escaped back.
I put stuff in a storage unitand went back to Colorado where I
grew up. And I've been kindof back and forth, and now I've
come back, but just for fiveand a half months to avoid the taxes.

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Very smart. Only you, mydarling Madison, would figure out that
staying short of that six month mark, which brings us right about till December,
is going to avoid those taxes.Yeah, only you. Now,
let's chat the pros of living inNew York City first, outside of this
six month mark tax benefit, NewYork City is truly the land of opportunity.

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So if you can make it here, as you know, you can
make it anywhere. New York Cityis where dreamers go to make their dreams
come true. What are your thoughtson this? Oh? Absolutely, I
mean the opportunities and the connections areendless, right, There's so many industries
in here where you can thrive andgrow and I think that's why people come
here and live in very dire conditionsto have an opportunity to make it big,

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whether it's Broadway or Wall Street orwhatever they fashion, whatever they choose
to do. So it's it's anamazing place for that, but it does
come with a lot of downsides too. But the upside is the unlimited career
potential. But like anything, it'sall what you make of it, of
course, all what you make ofit. And when you say the dire

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conditions, you're talking about living ina three hundred square foot apartment and where
you're paying oh, I don't know, maybe two thousand dollars a month for
that. It's literally a broom closet. And we've all done it. We've
all done it now. In myexperience, this is true in two ways.
In terms of, you know,the Big Apple allows you to pave
your dreams and really come full circleinto your own now, if you're an

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entrepreneur, there's truly no better placethan New York City to try and make
it, to make it big.Essentially, the opportunities and to your point,
the networking connections you can make livingin the city are really hard to
beat. Career wise. The cityhas the biggest names in tech, in
marketing, in apparel, journalism,sports, you name it. It goes

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on and on. So if youcan't follow your dreams yet, there's definitely
a job for you. But whatI would say in New York City,
I highly suggest having a gig linedup before moving to the city, otherwise
you won't be setting yourself up forsuccess per se. And securing a job
and keeping it is going to requirea lot of effort, more effort than
it does in small cities, whichis why you are often considered workaholics.

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We are workaholics, bringing me tonumber two in New York City is a
safe place to live for workaholics.Now, it may surprise you to learn
that living in New York City isnot actually unsafe. We're gonna get to
it in just a second by youpiping in here. But as most folks
assume, I would say, it'shard to blame anyone for thinking that life

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in New York City could be dangerous. With the eight and a half million
residents, I think the city isthe most populous city in America at this
point, and things are bound tohappen when you have this many people.
What has your experience been so farwhen it comes to safety. When I
was here a long time ago,I thought it was safest big city.
I would never have walked around Denverat night by myself, but I had

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no problem doing it. In NewYork, COVID changed things a little bit,
actually a lot, so my viewis a little bit different. I
won't jump on a subway if it'spast ten o'clock, so I would,
you know, I didn't even thinkabout it. I never carried pepper spray.
Now I do, but I woulddo that. We're regardless of or
am. Yeah. Yeah, SoI think it's you know, just you

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just know the area is to kindof avoid. But you can't live your
life in fear. So you gotto just step into faith and don't manifest
it. Really wise words of anentrepreneur. You can't live your life in
fear. You have to manifest it. And again, if you're going to
a big city, I don't careif it's New York City, Chicago,
California, anywhere. You carry pepperspray. You equip yourself. If you

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know that you're going to be outlate at night, you're gonna make sure
that you you know mitigate the dangersaround you by preparing yourself. Now,
relative to its size, New YorkCity is considered one of the top five
safest largest cities in America actually instatistically, which is mind boggling to me.
But oh yeah, But after livingin New York City for almost sixteen

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years at this point, I canhonestly say that I've never felt unsafe in
the city for the most part,and that's mostly because I've never really been
alone on the streets. I mean, you can go into time squad at
any point in time, and there'salways security around and somewhat around. So
for the most part, New YorkCity is safe. But to your point,
I cut it off after ten eleveno'clock at night. I like anywhere,

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I wouldn't ride the subway alone asa woman. Now. New York
City is home to a whopping eightythree museums, including the fifth largest museum
in the world, which is theMetropolitan Museum of Art otherwise otherwise known as
the MET. And it's also hometo one of the most gorgeous libraries in
the world, the New York PublicLibrary, which is also the third largest

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library in the world. Madison,why are cultural experiences and a very accessible
art scene important to you. Well, I think it's important to you know,
embrace like cultures and learn about culturesand learn about history and appreciate the
arts and what they are. Idon't attend many art museums. I gotta
be honest with you. I feelafter you just dropped that statistic, I

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need to get my but to moreof them. I think I've walked into
the moment to use the bathroom.Somehow I got in and oh my god,
I love you. Stop it rightnow. You need to get your
butt to the MoMA for the actualart. I know, I know,
and you know I appreciate art.It's great. I was a big fan
of Thomas Kincaid. I know he'snot super famous, but I felt like

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I could get lost in his paintingsand I will look at his paintings to
be like, that's a type ofhouse I want to build one day.
Well listen, okay, fine,so you're not the museum girl, question
out the door, what his streetmuseum? Okay, not our museum.
Let's go to networking and social scene. So in fact, I'm in a
punt one that you already are atthe forefront. New York City is home

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to more billionaires than anywhere else inthe world. Speaks your language, So
before being surpassed by Beijing not longago, we are in fact home to
more billionaires than anywhere else. Andsince everyone is hustling hard to get their
piece of the pie, you willmake some serious connections while living New York
City. Without a doubt. Howimportant is networking and socializing for you and

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for your business, Well, theyalways say your network is your net worth,
and it is so important. Whoyou surround yourself with is the type
of life you're going to have.So you want to surround yourself with people
that are doing amazing things if that'swhat you aim to do. So,
I didn't know there were so manybillionaires here, though, I feel like
we need to go out more sowe can find me one of them.

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You are so funny, we willgo. I will take you. You
know what. In fact, cheKuchina has a lot of billionaires that hang
out there, do they Well,Peter has failed to introduce me to any
of them. So that's because hewants to keep you close to the ecosystem.
If he gives you away too soon, then you're you're not going to
go back. This is true.Maybe maybe we'll see. We'll have to

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ask them. We'll have to askit. Well, since the segment is
sponsored by b Chi Kuccina, we'retalking about networking and socializing, and we
know that Peter is quite the celebrityhimself. The food in New York City
is incredible. We can't talk aboutthe pro of moving to New York City
without mentioning the food. Madison,So, oh my goodness. If there's
one thing I love most about livingin this city, it's the incredible food

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scene. I'm such a foodie.I'm Greek by nature, so you know
I eat with my with my eyes. Bachi Cucina top favored Italian restaurant.
What do you say to this?Absolutely, their octopus is unbelievable. But
you were talking about cuisines in NewYork. It's most unbelievable food. Beach
is my favorite Italian restaurant for sure. But what I also love about having

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a city with unlimited, amazing cuisineis that everybody's walking everywhere, so you
don't put on the pounds as fast. That's so true. You leave a
meal and instead of like having theuber meet you out the door. You're
like, Eh, let's just walkthirty minutes because I don't feel good to
get in a car, right,And you do, you walk, and
then thirty turns into an hour,and then you've walked that meal off.
And that's the beauty of living inNew York City. That's why everybody in

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the city is kind of like lookinggood these days. Everyone like a really
hot body broom and they're all likedoing their makeup and men are taking care
of themselves and the sea New YorkCity is like next to none. Like
we're like, it's like even Dubai. Dubai is like hot right now.
But like, these are the citiesthat make it happen. There's a lot
of wealth here, and there's alot of richness here. At the same

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time, there's a lot of cultureand people are proud regardless of how much
money they have in their pocket.Now, let's talk about the cons Okay,
we have three minutes left. Iwent down to the wire here,
so honestly, the rent is damnhigh. Let's be honest. Living in
New York City is not realistic fora lot of people because of the astronomical
cost of housing and New York Cityis not even in the same time zone.

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Is affordable. None of your tipshere to get affordable. Well,
I was just having this conversation withsomebody last night. I said, in
order to really live a good,healthy life in New York City, you
gotta make at least five million dollarsa year. So yeah, the costs
are absolutely crazy, but you justhave to make sure it's worth it.
What are you making Make sure you'reyou're not spending all your income just on

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living because you need to save tobe able to escape the rat race,
the matrix, whatever the heck we'reliving in. But yeah, the cons
are that is absolutely expensive. Imean people spend what like thirty plus thousand
dollars to send their kid to kindergarten. Oh, just called me out.
Alexa went to American preschools, toIPS International Preschools on eighty sixth Street.

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Dude, this this thing costs melike twenty thousand a year. I was
like, what am I doing?And then I moved to Jersey. I
was like, I'm an idiot.Yeah, public schools free, it's I
would to Bubble school. It's great, But I can't believe that people are
spending that but you know, goodfor them. But I also did hear
that most people would determine where theirchild is going to go to school in
New York City based on other childrenthat are there, because they use it

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to network. Actually, that's sotrue too. Let me tell you about
the PTA at some of these schools. Okay, back to different conversation.
Now. Of course, you know, if you look at the overall view
in New York City is the seventhmost expensive city in the world. And
when you go one step further,you would have to admit that your New
Yorkers are blunt. They don't theydon't sugarcoat anything. We're very direct because

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we don't waste time. You know. You can tell. You can tell
this by how fast we walk everywhere. Right, New Yorkers weren't raised by
Southern mothers. Forget manners, enterbrevity. This. I mean, they
have places to be and they havepeople to see, so they are very
fast paced. Now, if youlive in New York City, prepared to

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be labeled as a workaholic. There'sno way around this. New York City
is a hard working city. Fortyhour workweeks. Huh. That sounds like
a distant dream. What kind ofhours do you work? I know I
hover at at least eighty Yeah,I don't. I don't even know that
number. I just feel like Iactually am on a path where I love
what I do, and so Ifeel like I'm kind of always working always,

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but it doesn't feel like work becauseI love what you do. Yeah,
I'm not going into a corporate officeclocking my hours anymore. Those days
are done. So I just feellike I'm always somehow working with all my
different stuff going around. But yeah, it is a place where people are
consistently working because they have to becauseit's so expensive. Let me tell you,
if you break it down, you'reprobably hovering upwards of eighty hours between

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posts, between social media, betweenresearch, between reaching out their brands and
whatnot. So sure you work it. It's not like you put it down
and you're like, Okay, fiveo'clock, time's up. No more work.
That's never gonna happen. Now,when can we expect your next book
to be released? It'll be eitherlate this summer or early fall, and
I'm very excited. It's a fictionalbook series. I can't say too too

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much about it right now, butI will be back hopefully if Zen will
have me, I will have totalk about the book and the movement behind
the book, the fictional series.So the first two books are coming out
at that point, so I'm veryexcited, and then I'm going to be
doing another personal development book as wellin the future, so look out for
that. But the meantime, purchasetime to light the U up. Amazing.

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Okay, and Madison, that wasincredible, Thank you so much for
coming on. That's the end.Thank you. It has been a pleasure
chatting with you, and you areso full of insight and you're funny.
Oh thanks, I'll try. Thatwas Madison malloy, author, producer,
and podcast host, public speaker.You can check her out at Real Madison
molloy or you can head directly toMadison molloy dot com. You're listening to

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I'm your host, Zen. Sam'sup next in our Entertainment and Pop
Cultures segment, brought to you byogpay dot com, We're featuring my awesome
friend, Iheart's very own radio DJMaxwell. Now you can catch Maxwell on
our famous Z one hundred in NewYork weekdays from two to six pm,
hosting the Maxwell and Crystal Show.Maxwell is also a member of the iHeartRadio

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national platform digital content team as acontributing host, conducting interviews with stars like
Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, HarryStyles, Bts. That's just to name
a few. He's a hybrid radiopersonality and pop culture correspondent, and of
course, Maxwell has the unique abilityto extract personal truths from the most celebrated
artists in the music and entertainment industry. Now, we all know that radio

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has come such a long way sinceits inception, evolving alongside technological advancements and
societal changes. From the early daysof AM broadcasts to the emergence of digital
platforms and podcasts. The medium hascontinually adapted to meet the demands of an
ever changing audience, and as technologiesprogressed, radio underwent a significant transformation with

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the advent of FM, what wecall frequency modulation broadcasting. Now, FM
radio offered improved sound quality and awider range of frequencies, allowing for this
clear reception and much better coverage.The shift gave raise to specifically and specialized
music formats and genre specific stations cateringto specific interests in targeting what we called

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niche audiences, and FM radio becamea powerful medium for showcasing music and launching
careers, shaping popular culture. Today, we're chatting the volution of radio from
AM to podcasts, Maxwell's fascinating careerand how he balances it all. Welcoming
now to the show is the awesomeMaxwell. Welcome, superstar, and thank

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you. You can. You canthank chat GPT for that little bio right
there exactly exactly. UM, youknow this this incredible story of when you
talk about we're still here on radioafter all these years, when you look
at these digital formats, it's it'sto me, it's fascinating how hosts like
yourself, How how hosts like myselfhave been able to make it sexy again.

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I would like to start from thebeginning. How did you get started
in the radio industry? Can youtell us more about your journey to becoming
a famous DG on I hearts onehundred Oh, I can totally do that.
Um. I started out. Ihad started in college. UM.
I played college sports, which wasreally kind of interesting. I didn't really
have those full aspirations of being aradio guy when I was in high school

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or college until I started to realizedwhen I was playing college football that a
lot of the guys on my teamwere a lot bigger than I was,
and that the NFL wasn't going tocome looking for like a short little guy
like me anytime soon. So Ialways have felt comfortable in front of crowds.
My mom and dad always told meI was that kid that was,
you know, performing at family gettogethers and all that good stuff, and

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I kind of, you know,thought, let me lean in on this
my senior year of college and Igraduated with communications degree, so it kind
of felt natural, you know,just kind of doing that type of a
thing. But also I loved seeingthat my words and what I could do
as a DJ behind turntables or evenjust as an MC a host for a

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party. I love to see howpeople moved and how I could affect a
mood of a room. And Isaid, yeah, this is this is
gonna be my thing. So startedin radio in central California, and I
made my way from Central California toNew or Lens for a little bit.
I lived in Lafayette, Louisiana fora while, then shot up to work

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at w NCI and Columbus, Ohio, one of our heritage top forty radio
stations within iHeart. I worked inPhiladelphia at Q and O two in Philly,
and that was just where I startedto smell New York, the good
and the bad smells of it.Yeah literally literally, but I knew that

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that was where I wanted to be. Z one hundred had always been that
iconic family that iconic, iconic logothat you know from the top of the
Empire State build and I knew Iwanted to be a part of that team,
and I was blessed enough to makemy way to ZE one hundred and
here you are today, Here weare, and now tell us what sets

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your show apart from others? Imean on the airwaves that there's a lot
of great shows that I Heeart hasand maybe we have eight hundred and fifty
really powerful radio stations across the country, if not more. But how do
you maintain your unique style and keeplisteners so engaged? I think, really
what it is it's the balance betweenmyself and my co host Crystal Rosas we
are ourselves, and I think thatthere's something to be said about being truly

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authentic from our van chance point.Um. Listeners can they can? They
can smell if you're lying to them, Um, And it's it's way too
difficult to keep up a lie thanto just be who you are authentic.
Yeah, you know, so theCrystal Ross is amazing. We had drinks
at beach Uccina last week or maybetwo weeks ago. I was with La

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La and Lulu as well. Youmissed a great party by the way.
Dang all right, Yeah, we'rejust we're just doing it up big before
the air. But the authenticity,right is like, she's amazing, amazing.
So that's what's special about our showis we get to do that.
We get to be the companions betweenthe listeners favorite songs that we play on
Z one hundred. I mean,we're playing the biggest records on the planet,
so that's special. And then whenwe get the opportunity to talk to

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artists, we're able to you know, just truly have fun enticing and engaging
conversations with some of the biggest nameson a planet. I mean, I'll
just full transparency. I was alittle tardy to come in here today because
we had Amita, who is justone of the biggest global superstars on Huge
Earth, sitting there sharing so manyjust special fun stories. I don't want

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to give away too much of ourinterview, but it's just because people feel
comfortable because we're just being ourselves,and I think that that's something that sets
us apart. And you have thatit factor, you walk into a room
and you're just charismatic. Now let'sshift a little bit. In recent years,
the really the integration of radio withsocial media and these digital platforms has
really brought about this like new eraof interaction and engagement, right Like radio

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DJs and and personalities now connect withtheir audiences beyond the airwaves, leveraging social
media platforms to really foster the senseof what I like to call a community
and provide the additional content like communityin right there, that's right, they're
like, we're here. Listeners canparticipate in live chats now, they could

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request song and engage in discussions,creating this more immersive and interactive radio experience.
How do you specifically like to connectwith your listeners outside the radio?
Do you engage with them through socialmedia or other platforms outside of your show?
Yeah, I mean all of those. It started for me when I
was in Columbus, Ohio, whenI worked It was right around two thousand

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and six, two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight when I started
to really see the evolution of socialmedia. That was when Twitter was first
happening. That was the early stagesof YouTube. And I remember being at
that radio station thinking to myself andcreating content that wasn't just for the radio.
I remember having a conversation my programdirector at that moment in time,
saying, you know, I wantto be google Able, and it was

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like, well, yeah, youhave to be, and yeah, exactly
the conversation, He's like, whatare you talking about, dude, And
I said, well, you know, these are moments where when artists start
to come into the studio, Iwant to not just sit, you know,
with a microphone, and they havea conversation with Katie Perry. At
the time, Dance Dance Revolution washot in the video games, so I
was like, what if we setup a video camera and I'm playing Dance

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Dance Revolution with Katie Perry the verybeginning stages of her career, and we
put that on YouTube and he waslike, dude, yeah, let's try
at things. So it was amatter of just utilizing all these resources to
be really elevant in all the differentspaces. And you know what I didn't
realize at the time. I donow, you know, move in some

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fourteen fifteen years later or whatever itis, is that I was formulating those
early stages of what radio is now. It is exact digitalization of radio.
Right, similar story. When Igot to our about three years ago,
they were like radio dig digitalizing RAIDO, what are you talking about? How
you do that? And I said, well, because all your listeners are

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not just driving, Yes, they'reon their phone, they're holding the device
in their hand, and they couldlisten to you from anywhere in the world.
And it was the hardest concept forsome of the older, you know,
marketers even in general when you're speakingto station managers or programmers to get
their head around it. But they'vedone a great job here at WR.
Everyone gets it now because we pushsocial media so much now, the digital

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revolution, to your point, reallybrought about this other pivotal moment in radio's
evolution, right, the emergence ifyou're going to go back on the timeline
of Internet radio and streaming services reallyoffered this unprecedented accessibility and customization very much
similar to how right now it's basicallyoffering, you know, on social media

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platform a gateway for the younger GenZ and Gen Alpha, like this is
where they used to be with theInternet radio. Right, Yes, yeah,
you're you're you're speaking my line.Okay, So here we go.
Listeners, Now we've taken you backin time. We're now able to tune
into their favorite stations from anywhere inthe world, opening up a world of

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diverse programming options, right, similarto what the social media is doing for
our generation. And then furthermore,the rise of podcasting introduced an entirely new
wave of consuming audio content right,and podcasts allow people to explore the vast
range of topics from true crime tocomedy on demand at their convenience. Which

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then when you take this show,it turns into a podcast, a digital
podcast that you could download, andwe trend number one in edge attainment for
a reason. Now I'm going somewherewith this. So radio has evolved significantly
with the rise of streaming platforms andpodcasts. How have you adapted to these
changes and how do you see thefuture of radio broadcasting and specifically podcasting.

(29:30):
It's that it's allowing a freeform conversationwith talent and personalities. It's it's allowing
for more in depth conversations. That'swhere I see, you know, the
evolution going, especially for those consumerswhat I create on the airways to see
one hundred our little sound bites.You know, we're not talking for very
long on our show. But whatI'm hoping to do is build that connection

(29:53):
that will then allow me to ona podcast platform, dive into a little
bit more of my personality into whateverit is, what the conversation is,
and to bring those listeners who arelistening to Chrystal and I on Z one
hundred to more of who I amthan I'm not able to really fully divulge
in between the newest Lady Gaga andTaylor Swift record. You know. Uh,

(30:15):
and I think that that's exactly whatpodcasting does. It allows for people
to you know, dive deeper intotheir true passions and it allows those fans
on whatever other platform those artists areas we see a lot of people podcasting
actors, their entertainers, their athletesthat you know, an NFL star doesn't
get the opportunity or an NBA stardoesn't get the opportunity while they're on the
court to talk about their love forPokemon cards, but that's who they are,

(30:38):
and through the podcasting platform, youknow, it allows them to really
you know explore that, um youknow that that's that part of their personality
and it shows, um, youknow, how their fans are really coming
to them for that compelling content,that authenticity. Again, like we just
said minutes ago, of that particularentertainer that is that's connecting and it's just

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something that's going to continue to growand grow as people find, uh,
you know, ways to express theirtheir passions and ways to express and tell
their stories. And that's why Ithink that the future of this is is
going is it's it's branching out,you know, it's it's utilizing one platform
to branch out into others and tobe more googleble like I say, it's
leveraging all of these various platforms andallowing people to be to be able to

(31:25):
access your show at any given pointin time that they want, because it's
all about on demand and accessibilities.Ott Ota, YouTube. Social media are
so important for branding and for brand, for brand you know, recognition because
awareness whatever. Somebody finds me firston a on a podcast and they you
know, circle back and they heara funny quip for something that I say

(31:47):
in between a Harry Style song andthey just so happen to love Harry Styles.
That's going to help keep them withtheir radio station. It's all and
now you have a loyal listener.There you go. So how do you
prepare for your radio shows? Becauseyou do come prepared and you know all
the facts about everyone you're interviewing.You remind me of similar to my character,
Like I need to really be ontop of, you know, my
whole process here. Do you havea specific routine to ensure you deliver this

(32:12):
high quality content every time? Youknow? What I really love to do,
especially when it comes to let's say, show prep, is I just
love to to cruise you know,social media and and you know, entertainments
based websites, you know, andreally just kind of be dialed into pop
culture on the various platforms that wethat we have to go out and to
do a search. When it comesto artist interviews, I'm not going to

(32:35):
try to give away too many ofmy secrets because you know what I mean,
some of these gems know what I'msaying. But then the vault.
Yeah, but no. But whatit really comes down to is I don't
ask too many questions more than itis just listening. You know, if
I'm if I'm with whatever artist itis, you know, I might take
a couple of little bullet points towhat they're either promoting at the time,

(32:59):
or they have done recently, orsomething that really means something special to them,
and I'll maybe ask one or twoquestions and then it's all about from
my vantage point at least is listeningthe floodgates. The floodgates open. And
if I'm just listening and I'm followingthe conversation, like we're just having a
conversation here, then it's like theDJ hack. Yeah, three floodgates.

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Sit back and relax. It makesmy job that much easier. It makes
that person who is the global superstaracross from me feel that much more comfortable
because they're not being bombarded with abarrage of bullet point questions that they're running
through the promotion because they've been doingthis for you know, literally eight hours
during that day more. Now,are there any artists or bands that you

(33:44):
haven't had the chance to interview orfeature on your show yet but would love
to? Jay z bro if you'rewatching jay z oh, holl at me,
man, you know what I mean? Um No, but all jokes
aside, Um, yeah, Iwould love to have a conversation with with
you know, so of these icons. Um. I've been blessed enough to
especially within the top world, thetop forty world, to talk to some

(34:05):
of the biggest of the big.Yeah, you know the god guys,
Like I said, the Edge,Sharon's, the BTS is the Taylor Swift.
Oh you're up there. Yeah,so you know I'm not trying you.
You've got a VIP list, Like, no one's competing with Maxwell.
You know, Maxwell's got his ownhouse. Because Maxwell's got his own house,
just wipe your feet before you stepin. Yes, yes, yes,
yeah, And it's not it's likeyou know, it's like the different

(34:25):
houses. It's the one that madeout of wood. No notes, that's
not the one that Maxwell's and notthe one made out of it's stone.
Your house is made out of stone. Maxwell. Um, now are there?
Well what's your favorite part of beinga radio DJ. You know,
I really love the connection, That'swhat I really whether it's with an artist
or it's with a listener, Ilove that I get to connect with the

(34:47):
folks, with the people who arelistening on the other side of the speaker.
Um, it could be someone callingin to share some good news with
us on the radio. The factthat they're choosing, um, you know,
my show to do that and tobroadcast that to the world. Um,
it's it's all about that. It'sall about creating that instant bond,
that that shout out that if youhear me say hi to you on the

(35:08):
radio, that still gives you littleGooseyes, you know you're you're telling me
the butterfly's flutter, because I stillget that same feeling when I reach out
to friends and and I hear somebodyjust shout me out on the radio.
It's it's that connection. It's atone on one um. And that's why
I think that's really special still aboutabout radio is that that's something that we
can provide. That's a that's athing that I can provide that no other

(35:29):
streaming platform truly can. Is thatone on one camaraderie, that connection that
um, you know, I'm I'myour buddy, between your favorite songs.
Like I said before, Oh you'reyou're everybody's buddy. Well, thank you
so much for coming on. Ohthank you. This is so awesome.
All Right, guys, you definitelyhave to check out the awesome Maxwell.
That was our entertainment and pop culturesegment brought to you by ogpa dot com.

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My awesome friend, I heart Sperioand Maxwell. Definitely check him out
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veteran journalist, creates a genuine exchangethat both informs and entertains audiences everywhere.
Crystal Rosas is amazing. Do checkthem out on Z one hundred every single
day you can catch them, checkthem out on the gram, on in

(36:10):
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minutes, we have our Influencer segment, brought to you by Navy Travel,
and we're featuring Ava Breeze, ayoung artist with a clear drive. She's
a sixteen year old singer, actressand influencer. Now y'all know my disability
awareness advocacy efforts. While Ava isalso an advocate herself for children with special
needs. Her campaign, Ava's AdvocacyArmy, is an honor of her sister,

(38:06):
whose undiagnosed disease closely aligns with whatthey call Angelman's Syndrome. Now,
Angelman's syndrome is a genetic disorder causingdelayed developmental problems with speech and balance,
intellectual disability, and sometimes seizures.People with Angelman's syndrome often smile and laugh
frequently and have overly happy, excitablepersonalities. Today she joins me in studio

(38:29):
to chat career and disability awareness.Welcome to the show, Superstar. Thank
you so much for having me.It's an absolute delight to be here.
Absolutely, you are so special andright here from the Dry State area.
You are one of our featured gueststhat we actually feature last year. Very
ambitious. Now, before we chatmusic, I know that you are a

(38:53):
huge advocate for anti bullying. Whatis the mission behind Ava's Advocacy Army.
So my little sister got bullied whenI was little, And how are you
going to bully someone that can't standup for themselves at all? So my
sister, she can't walk, shecan't talk, she can't eat, by
herself. We have to do allof that for her, and just hearing

(39:13):
the ignorance in all of those namecallings and just not knowing any better.
My mission is to teach people,teach people that, oh, just because
someone's different, you could still playwith them on the playground. Like there's
there's so much more to be saidfor people who can't do things for themselves,
because there's they still have a personality, Like I communicate with my sister

(39:34):
every single day for what she wantsto watch for TV, what she wants
to eat, Like, there's waysthat I can connect with someone, and
so many people don't give others achance. So Ava's Advocacy Army was really
meant to give a chance for everyoneand educate people on disabilities and rare disease.
And I hope I'm really accomplishing mymission. I'm sharing sixteen years old,

(39:55):
you have accomplished so much. I'mso proud of you. Clearly,
it all starts from a good family. So you got to thank mom and
dad for a great upbringing. Nowplease tell us a little bit more about
yourself. So I make my ownoriginal music. I came out with a
bunch of singles this year, andI've even made a remake of a hit
eighties song. So I've really beenrolling with music and I really love this

(40:20):
path of songwriting and really connecting withlyrics and putting it with beats and tracks
and making something that I'm truly proudof. You are incredible. Okay,
So you're joined right now in studioby a special guest singer, songwriter and
producer Edwards Edwards without the A.Now, you were born Jake E Lee

(40:42):
Man Edwards without the A. Wasyou were raised? Of course? You
give the name given to you,and I want to get to how the
name came to be in just abit, but you were raised in the
suburbs of New York City, specificallyLong Island. You got into music through
yours as a competitive dancer, oftenfreestyling with friends backstage. Interestingly enough,
back in twenty and seventeen you tookon the Monica Edwards without DA without DA.

(41:05):
Now, how did you meet Avaand what brings you in studio today?
Yeah? So, actually we havelike this big group chat and we
noticed that we were all from NewYork and like the Try State area,
so we wanted to make a little, you know, group chat and from
there, you know, it's justbeen helping each other out. Well,
I'm glad you're here to support Ava. Ava. Tell me about your new
song who Are You that's currently nowstreaming. So who Are You is a

(41:30):
remake of my own original, nota remake, but a remix. So
what I did when I made theoriginal song, I thought it would translate
really really well in the trans space. So what I did is I partnered
with mixer Dark Intensity, and wedid that collab to make this remix of
who Are You and just the beatsand how it flows and the message of

(41:54):
the song really asking that question whoare you? Who are you at the
end of the day. In thatspace, it comes across really cool,
really melodic. The beats mix andmesh with each other, and I'm really
happy with how it turned out.You know, the first thought that came
to my mind when I heard itwas Evanescence. You have this this ethereal

(42:16):
sound to your voice. It's great. Now, how did you get started
in the entertainment in music industry?So I started when I was really,
really really little. I remember Ilooked up at the TV one day and
I was just like, I wantto be one of them, and my
mom was just like, oh no, your talent's going to be very expensive.
So I ended up I ended upgetting a manager, and I started

(42:39):
off with acting and it didn't reallyI didn't realize I could switch over to
music, but I ended up doingthat at the beginning of COVID because I
was missing a creative outlet. AndI've always been called the songbird in my
household. I've always loved to sing. I've always loved to make music,
but I never thought to write anythingdown. So that time period gave me

(42:59):
an opportunity to write down the lyricsthat I was just playing over and over
my head, and then I wouldjust like, wait, there's something here,
Like I love listening to music andplaying with music and discovering new artists.
I could do this, like Icould be an artist. So that's
when my first original single, Girlsof Summer was made. And after I

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played around with the process, Isaw what it was like to put lyrics
to a backing track, connect withother mixers and producers. I fell in
love with this part of the industryand I never looked back, and here
I am with almost an album outhere you are now you both write and
that's fantastic story. I mean itwas for barely seventeen years old. You've

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accomplished a ton now, both Evaand Edwards. You write and produce your
own music. Where do you drawyour inspiration for a song and how does
it come together? Edwards, We'llstart with you. Yeah, So for
me, I like to take itfrom all the feelings of life. I
feel like often as people, Idon't want to dive into our darker emotions,
the sadness, the depression of it. But being an advocate for mental

(44:05):
health, I like to remind peoplewithout the darkness, you know, we
would never know how beautiful the happymoments can be. So, you know,
I like to pull a lot fromthere as well as you know,
just the people who've inspired me inmy life, from the artists I look
up to, and my family andfriends and just living. So that ask
me, what about you, Ihave a very similar response. So I

(44:28):
draw my music from everything around me. I am having a sunny day,
I'm going to write something about it. It might not be a full song,
but it'll be a group of lyricsthat I could put into other songs.
If I'm having a really bad day, where I'm really into myself.
I'm going to write about that andI'm going to tell a story about what
it felt like in that moment toshow other people that it's okay. Yeah,

(44:50):
well you're you're living your true self. You're living in the moment and
you're writing about it, which isincredible because that makes you emotionally available and
then you can relate and you cantake your emotions turn them into words,
and then turn the negative into apositive into a positive. So I think
it's incredible. Yeah. I feellike as artists, like we really when
we get to write music, it'sit helps us be more self expression.

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You know, you can communicate betterwith others and yourself and completely healing.
It's that's why even if you goto therapy, they tell you to get
a journal and write your thoughts downin a book. They exactly, So
music is therapy. Now, whatare your goals and where do you hope
to see your career take you?AVA will start with you, So my
goals. Obviously, My favorite partabout being an artist is definitely performing on

(45:38):
stage because I feel like I'm sharingsuch an intimate part of myself with an
audience, Like so the part thatI'm looking forward to the most is definitely
being able to connect with people andshare that vulnerability with an audience. And
I want to learn their stories too, Like I want to learn what my
audience likes about my music so itcan inspire me to make more. Like

(46:01):
I truly want to create a spacewhere everyone is family and everyone just comes
from such a place of love.And if I ever get there, and
if my ultimate dream is to havemy audience sing back with me, I
really want to develop that connection withthem, and if I ever get to
the point where that happens, Iwill be the happiest artist in the world.

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Let me tell you, well,that's great that you long for that
connectivity. Edwards, what about you? What are your goals and where do
you see your career take you?Yeah, um, it's it's been a
big thought of mine. I recentlyturned twenty one, so that was a
very like Oh, that's a bigthat's a big that's a big birthday.
Yeah, exactly. Um. Andwith that, you know, I've been
touring for the last like five sixyears, and I've wanted to experiment,

(46:50):
you know, showing people new songs, new dances since I you know,
I dance, but I've been reallygoal wise looking forward to how do I
give people an Edwards experience? Youknow, like we're finally getting into the
part of my career where we gotthe big stage lights and the smoke,
and I'm now playing guitar and youknow, incorporating live instruments into my set.
So being a one man band,it's like, how do I give

(47:13):
my fans, you know, thecoolest experience they can and the most authentic.
Well, you are doing a greatjob at keeping it together, especially
performing and of course networking, andwe know that that's what it's all about.
Now that concludes our interview. Iwant to thank you so much for
both coming on Ava. You arebreath of fresh air. Edwards, thank
you so much for coming out andsupporting your friend and you guys were incredible.

(47:34):
It was a pleasure. Thank you. It was so much fun.
Thank you so much. Absolutely,guys, definitely checked them out. That
was our influencer segment brought to youby Navy Travel. That was the amazing
Ava Breeze. Definitely check her outon the grad at Ava Breeze Underscore and
definitely do check out the incredible Edwardsat Edwards aspect, but of course edwards
without the A. You're listening toa Moment of Zen right here on seven

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