July 13, 2025 • 36 mins
Welcome to another exciting episode of the Platinum Experience Podcast with your host, Platinum J. In this episode, Platinum J is joined by the talented Renee Nicole for a lively discussion that spans a variety of topics, from coffee preferences to favorite comedy movies and more.
Renee Nicole shares her experiences in Los Angeles and Atlanta, discussing how these vibrant cities have influenced her creative journey. She dives into her process of blending comedy with inspirational content and the importance of consistency in content creation. Renee also opens up about her YouTube channel and its role in motivating and inspiring her audience.
Platinum J and Renee explore the significance of podcasts and web series in today's digital storytelling landscape, emphasizing the power of collaboration and the necessity of having a supportive network. They also touch on the challenges faced in the content creation industry and offer valuable advice for aspiring creators.
Tune in for an engaging conversation filled with insights, humor, and practical tips that will inspire you to take chances on yourself and your creative dreams.
Don't miss out—listen now and get your exclusive backstage pass to the world of dance, music, basketball, entertainment, and everything else in between!
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Music.
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What up? It's your boy, Platinum J, and you're now listening to the Platinum
Experience Podcast, your exclusive backstage pass, dance, music,
basketball, entertainment, and everything else in between.
Music.
I mean, if you like it, I love it.
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What's up, y'all? This is the Platinum Experience Podcast with Platinum J.
J, I am Renee Nicole, and we are about to hop into these rapid questions.
Coffee or tea to kickstart your creativity?
Ooh, so I'm trying to wean myself off of coffee.
However, coffee don't kickstart my creativity all day. What word to describe
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your time in Los Angeles?
Memorable. One to never forget. Oh, you said one word. Memorable.
Favorite comedy movie of all time? Can I give you my top five?
I'll take it Okay Coming to America Brown sugar Brown sugar is my favorite Of
all time The wood Guilty pleasure The wedding planner And Did I say coming to America?
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You did I said coming to America Top four Top four You okay with that?
Oh God Moving on Alright Early bird Or night owl We're working on a project
Early bird Early bird gets the worm They say They do The funniest thing that
Happened and behind the scenes of any show you've ever worked with.
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The most fun thing that's ever happened? Ooh.
Okay, so I wrote a script for a web series, and we did a boxing scene.
And just seeing how that all, like we were in our actual boxing ring,
and seeing how that all set up and all played out, it was pretty crazy,
a little scary, because, you know, trying to make a boxing scene work in a web
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series takes a lot more than you would think. But yeah, that was a cool experience.
Quick, name a better duo than Peanut Butter and Joplin.
I can name a lot of better duos because I don't eat peanut butter and jelly.
I would say anything to see, food, and obey. I'm from Maryland.
Tea and honey, coffee and almond milk. There's a lot of better duos.
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All right. The most unusual inspiration for your coffee? Teas. Yeah.
One podcast you always listen to, no matter how big?
I have a podcast that I love. Can I give you a few? Okay, I'm going to do Good
Ass with Keval, Kadeem Ellis.
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I love Here's the Thing with Kevin R. Stace and That Chip Angel.
And I love Market Monday with Rashad and man, I'm strong as a Troy. Rashad and Troy. Yes.
If you could have any guests to star in your podcast, what would it be? Or who would it be?
Who? You know who I love? Like, I love Jasmine Guy. I love Whitley.
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I think she killed that role and watching her on interviews now,
she's hilarious. I would love to sit down and talk to her.
The weirdest fan interaction? I've been the fan, and I've had weird interactions.
And because of that, I don't approach celebrities anymore.
You know, I was a crazy AI fan. Like, I was obsessed with Al Nye.
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I love him. I love basketball, but I was more in love with him.
And this is an embarrassing story.
When I lived in Atlanta, you know, AUC, they had these big homecoming events.
And he was there just walking in the crowd.
Maybe I had a little bit too many to drink. and long story short,
security had to back up. Yeah, I was the crazy one.
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Okay. So with that being said, though, the follow-up question, what's your favorite?
I don't watch anymore. I don't watch NBA. I don't watch basketball like that.
I would say I just watched the Giannis documentary and I have a whole new respect for him.
So I would say him. I would say Milwaukee. Milwaukee Bucks.
I couldn't even tell you their record. I don't even know who else is on the team.
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Welcome to the Platinum Experience Podcast. Let me turn it over.
I'm sorry. I was going... My bad.
Alright, I'm ready. Welcome to the... Welcome to the Platinum Experience... I'm sorry.
These are the bloopers. I know. Welcome to the Platinum Experience Podcast,
your exclusive backstage pass.
I'm your host, Platinum J. Jay and today I have a very very special guest Miss
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Renee Nicole Gibson Wow Gibson Okay.
I have a special guest today. Her name is Renee Nicole.
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Napping. What's up, Renee Nicole? What's up?
What's going on? How are you? I'm blessed. I'm so blessed. God is good all the
time. All the time? Mm-hmm. All the time. And all the time?
God is good. Okay, you better not. I just saw it on a breakfast call.
I was like, yeah, yeah. Kate is okay.
Kate is always a little iffy. It was bad. Yeah.
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Well, first and foremost, I
just want to say I appreciate you taking the time out to finally be here.
Yes, I'm happy to finally be here. I'm proud of you for what you're doing.
I know I have a podcast, so I know this is no easy feat. The fact that you're
doing is the biggest thing. So congrats.
I appreciate it. Thank you. And we're definitely going to dive into yours as
well, because the name of Better Duo is dope.
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I love that name. I think it's very, very creative.
And you are a creative person. So, we're going to dive into all of that.
But let's take the crowd back a little bit. So, how long have I known you?
Oh, sheesh. So, me and your oldest, younger sister have been best friends since sixth grade.
So, that was a couple years ago. Yeah, a couple years ago. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. It's been a minute. Come on.
Nah, nah. Yeah, yeah. We were young. Young as that.
Well, you've always been good people to me, my sister, the family in general.
Them so i was you know appreciate you yeah james
your cousin you know that's my man that's my boy set out james poopers
you know what i'm saying but man just just overall
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as me knowing you for as long as i've known you to
watch your growth but my
my thing that i that i really appreciate about you is that you took chances
on yourself but what i mean by that is like you know high school you know you
graduated you was like man i'm moving here man i'm gonna try here because Because
not a lot of people have that courage to just get up and move unless it was
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in the military or something like that.
You know, I feel like, you know, you then kind of knew what path you wanted
to go on, but you went to these places to verify that.
You know what I mean? So just seeing you doing what you do and where you did
it at is very, very impressive.
So I just want to say, you know, just looking at you and your journey and how
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you just took a chance on yourself is very important.
I think a lot of people, a lot of women, you know, don't do that,
you know, and you, you just probably, if I'm being honest, man,
you might be one of the first woman that I know.
Has done that in a sense of going for what they really want to do and doing something about it.
And you going to, and moving, not like you're not staying for a couple of months,
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you're staying for a couple of years and then you're going on to the next.
Figure out what your experiences and what you want to do for yourself.
So I think that's pretty good.
Thank you. I appreciate that. And I will say, like, you know,
I've always known that I wanted to explore.
I've always known that I wanted to get outside of my environment,
go beyond what was considered home, merely. Yeah.
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Atlanta was somewhere I always wanted to go. So that was the first place I went
when I graduated college. And for whatever reason, God put in my spirit at Los Angeles.
That became my new home. But I'm not going to say that I didn't come without sacrifice. Oh, sure.
You know, and there are certain things that I had to, you know,
sacrifice in order to live this different lifestyle.
But, yeah, it definitely came with rewards.
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Do you feel like, let's talk about Atlanta for a second. With Atlanta,
what was your first impression of Atlanta?
It's funny because I've always felt like a Southern girl at heart.
We both have roots in Fayetteville. My dad's family is from Fayetteville. I'm North Carolina.
And so I've just always loved the South. And for whatever reason, Atlanta. Yeah.
Seemed like the place to go you know and so i did and i felt like i lived in
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atlanta three and a half years i lived in la five and a half and atlanta still
feels like my second home like,
it's just it's us you know everywhere i went
everywhere i worked it was young successful black people
and it was a beautiful thing to witness i ain't gonna lie you
know when we went out there for for the tv show the rap game my first
experience just seeing the people the
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food the energy i was like man
and we i think i counted one time in a
year we was there 17 times after we lived there for a couple months just for
just to shoot it and just going back and forth i was like atlanta is like my
second home because at this point i know where everything's at i'm gonna go
here we're gonna go to peace street we're gonna do this so atlanta is definitely
a vibe it's a definitely as they call it black hollywood and it's definitely
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black hollywood yeah it's definitely.
And what was your first impression of LA when you got there?
It was just like a breath of fresh air. I remember I had shipped my car.
So I rented a car and I was on probably the 101 highway because I lived in the valley at the time.
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And I remember just seeing the mountain. And it looks like you could touch it. It looks like artwork.
Like God's canvas in real life. So it just was a breath of fresh air.
It was February. I moved, I think, February 4th, and it was 85 degrees outside.
So it was definitely just like a vibe. I could never stand a bad move there
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because the sun was always shining.
I mean, it rained, unlike Tony, Tony, Tony said.
It does rain in Southern California. It definitely does. But not like here. No, LA is amazing.
My first experience out there was incredible. I got a chance to view different
places, the beaches, and just the scenery. It's definitely different,
you know, obviously between the two, L.A. and Atlanta.
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But L.A. also just gives you a different vibe. It definitely gives you a different vibe.
Everybody is something out there, right? You know, you can, hey,
it's a clerk. Oh, but I'm an actress or I'm a model. I'm a working model. I'm a dancer.
It's so funny because Los Angeles is so expensive. Yeah. But no one has a real
job in L.A. Like everyone is hustling.
And we just make it work. Honestly, I feel like it's one of those places where
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if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
Because you have to figure out a grind you have
to figure out like you'll do so many different jobs and you
make it work and for me i feel like atlanta and
los angeles were perfect for me because you get the city vibe but at a slower
pace than like a new york i've always said i never feel like i could live in
new york it's just you know you're walking everywhere you're hopping in trains
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and it's just so fast paced but los angeles everyone's chill everyone's relaxed
everyone's drinking smoothies and, you know, like,
honestly, I got on my health kit living in LA. Well, I think LA gives you.
To me, I feel like L.A. is like, it's a movie. Like, when you wake up,
it feels like a movie every day.
Because you don't know what you're going to see, you don't know what you're
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going to run into. Or somebody's actually shooting a movie.
Yeah. At any point in time in L.A., it's just, it's an amazing feel.
You know what I'm saying? Traffic is terrible.
I don't know. Who got the worst traffic, L.A. or Atlanta? Ooh,
that is hard. That's definitely hard. And honestly, between those two and D.C.,
because D.C. is terrible as well.
Because I remember commuting my first job out of college before I moved to Atlanta.
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Was outside of dc and that commute was
crazy but atlanta is still the south
and people are still slow i think they take the cake they just
they just take their time if it's raining any type of precipitation
they just yeah they were at all times
no accident yeah but um but man let me let me go ahead i had a couple specific
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questions i wanted to ask you because of your creativity and who you are you
started a lot of different things right so my first question to you is what
inspired you to start renaming Nicole Productions and how did you envision its impact on viewers?
Wow. I think living in LA and being so exposed to the entertainment industry helped me to.
Like really figure out what it is that I wanted and realize that I want to be
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a part of it. I was writing out there.
Like I said, I wrote for a web series and that I did some background acting
and did some small acting roles.
And I just, that bug bit me. Like I knew that I wanted to be in the entertainment
industry, but then I got the inspirations of Issa Rae and the come on stages,
seeing them do it themselves.
Like this is the only way to do it. You know, I'm seeing my friends,
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my, my hungry acting friends, And striving acting friends who are like out here
auditioning and not getting a role. And I'm like, I'm just not cut out for that.
I want to do. And there's stories that I want to tell that I don't necessarily
think that they're going to write for me. So why not do it myself?
And I was going to say, I think that's where, you know, when you try different
things, you figure out what's for you, what's not for you.
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And then there's plenty of actors and actresses who created their own first.
Yes. And then they put themselves in there. Tyler Perry, for example,
he's a perfect example of, hey, I want to produce this.
Get the money, do it yourself. And then you hire your friends.
You hire yourself to bring your ideas and everything to life yourself,
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which I think that's unique in a way where some people realize that,
some people don't. I want to keep trying. And that's fine, too.
But I think in today's age, we have the capability of creating our own platform.
Them and that way you're never waiting for the next
job there's so many people that are actors and
that even writers and directors are just waiting for the next job
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whereas if you have your own you hire yourself yeah
the way to do listen that's the best way to do it i mean you make your own money
troll you control the narrative you have control and that's the word of control
control your control your own dreams your life and how you want things to be
to you know proceed you You know what I mean? So, you know.
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How do you approach blending comedy with their inspirational content without
diluting the message you want to convey?
I feel like any story can be told through a comedic way.
I feel like comedians in general have like the best, they're the best observers.
They have to be, you know, because they're making fun of things all day,
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even the most terrible circumstances, they're able to make fun of it.
I think that by, you know, for me, like I say, I really love intertwining comedy
with inspiration because that way people can receive it a little bit better.
You know, people are always kind of skeptical when you say like you are inspirational
or when you say you're Christian or whatever.
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So when you bring it in a comedic way, I feel like people are able to receive
it better. You think you're funny?
I feel like I can be. I don't know Kevin Hart. I'm no Eddie Murphy.
You know what I mean? I like to look at things through a point of view.
No, I think you're actually pretty funny.
I think even when me and you are joking around and we come up with some funny
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ideas, like, man, we should have recorded that.
We should have, you know, so our personalities are definitely very similar.
I have a very dry sense of humor. Yeah. So sometimes I cannot,
people think I'm being sarcastic. Yeah. I'm joking. Yeah.
No, no, no. Your humor is great. It's great. can you
walk us through the creative process of producing an
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episode for a name a better girl which
is your podcast so so i have
name a better do a podcast which started out as an instagram
live show that i started in the heart of the
pandemic 2020 yeah it was just an idea the
title came to me an idea like i'm just gonna talk to my
friends about whatever they're working on and
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just inspiration things like that yeah and so i
you know was doing that for a year and then finally it's like
okay i'm ready to turn into a podcast and with me
like i always think about a few people i want to talk to
oftentimes i think of people who have similarities so i i might do like a theme
for that theory or like you know that season yeah so like there was a time where
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i did like a healing series where we talked about trauma we talked about grief
we talked about just all all different types of things like that.
And then I'll come up with questions that pertains to that, that you have to
remember I'm talking to you, but lately what I've really been inspired to do
is just intertwine my faith with business and with,
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you know, entrepreneurs and those who are doing something like we just talked
about on their own ownership to kind of bring that to the forefront and show
how important both of those are and how one kind of, you know,
needs the other in order to order.
Yeah, yeah. No, no. That's definitely good stuff because everybody's process
is different, you know, at the end of the day.
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But I think regardless of how your process is, at the end of the day,
it's consistency, right? That's it.
Consistency is the key, to me at least, to anything, right?
Yeah. If you want to start a business, you've got to have consistency to make
sure that you're on the right path.
You're going to make mistakes along the way, but being consistent in learning
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from the mistakes or what works for you.
Because everything you do may not work for me, but what I do may not work for you.
But it's a process, right? And you have to figure out what works for yourself and others, right?
Yeah, I think consistency is the key to everything, especially in a creative
space. I think that I don't like
to say I'm a creative because I believe everybody is designed to create.
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I feel like whether it be a podcast or whether it be a good meal,
like you are a creator, you know what I mean?
But I think that when you're in these entertainment spaces, it can get a little
challenging and frustrating because we have so many ideas.
We have so many things that we want to do and we want them all to come out.
We want them all to be successful. And I think that part, you know,
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part of finding that success is being consistent in one or a couple of things
and seeing it grow and seeing it birth and then moving on and adding something else to it.
I think that with us, we get so as creatives or as people who like entertain
or do things of that sort, we can try to do so many different things at once.
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And stuff always gets put on the back burner. And again, as far as pressure,
we're not reinventing the wheel.
We're just, some people have ideas and they don't do anything with it.
That's it. I'm like, oh man, I had that idea.
You didn't do it. You didn't do it. Okay. You know, you didn't follow my paper.
You didn't do it. So there's all kinds of stuff, but I totally agree with you. Definitely.
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With having experienced both coasts, how do you think your time in Los Angeles
versus the East Coast has influenced your content and your creative approach? Hmm.
I think that that consistency came from Los Angeles.
I think that my grind came from Los Angeles because, like you said,
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everybody there is trying to get it.
And sometimes I crave that again, just being around so many people who are in
the same mindset, like you always want to be around like-minded people.
And I feel like I was around a sea of like-minded people in Los Angeles.
So being there really sparked my creativity.
But I feel like I brought that back with me to the e-host because there are
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people like yourself, people like, you know, the owners of the studio who are
doing the work, you know, like you say, is actually doing it.
You know like putting those ideas to paper and then actually doing
it so i think bringing that that spark of
energy that la brings is important here no
i i definitely agree you know i mean just like i
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said my time out there as well i think it's it's also i would
say friendly competition you know what i mean and it says most
stuff you know especially with your friends and things like that
is building a network building you know people that you can vibe with that can
help you on your new you know to because everybody can't do everything by themselves
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regardless of how what they see fit but also just having the right people around
you to help build your dream while in the process of even helping there because it's it's all.
There's room for everybody. Yeah. There's room for everybody.
But I do feel like Los Angeles is definitely a place where you got to be on your grind.
Because if you sleep on it, somebody else is going to beat you to it.
You ain't going to have nowhere to sleep. You ain't going to have nowhere.
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Listen, the homeless out there is crazy. You said the word. You said it. Come on.
Your role is not. It's a real thing. And it's very sad.
I've never seen homeless rates like I saw there in Los Angeles.
But what you said about the collaboration. We said consistency is key.
Collaboration is key, too. You don't get all these C's today. day okay collaboration
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is key because no one can no one
has all the skills in the world there's somebody that's good
at what you're not good at yeah i think that that's for me something
that i definitely had to learn because i am
like i just do it myself if i want it done right i'm doing it's not
going to get done it's not going to get done effectively or at
the best of its potential whereas if you collaborate with someone
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find someone who can you can help them and i can help
you that's when we talk about isa ray that's what she did
she pulled together a team of people you know she's
always about like the lateral moves like finding
the people next to her that can rise with
her and elevate with her and those same people are working with her today at
the top and again and that just shows you you having
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the right people around you anything is possible you know
no matter how small you know or even
how big i mean you have the right people behind you
to do the extraordinary yeah to
me that's why you know i believe things are possible just having the
right people with positive mindset around you and just making
it happen give it a shot you never know we live in a world today where technology
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is right here in the palm of my hand so why not try it at least try it yeah
see what happens yeah we don't have excuses anymore you don't know excuses but
yourself and being consistent there's the c's again there's the c's again we're
gonna write a book we're gonna write a book the c book a heat book All right.
So what challenges have you faced in the content creation industry and how have you overcome them?
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With consistency, even, you don't always see results. You don't always see the
numbers. You don't always see money.
That's the main thing. I've always said, because I always would maintain a full-time
job in the midst of doing my passion on the side.
And it's like, you know, because I would feel like if I'm not making money,
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it's just a hobby, you know?
And so with the consistency, even with the hours of putting in,
because even before Name a Better Duo, of before renee nicole
productions i had a blog disclosed native.com that i bring and
i did i was just i just found that
facebook page and i was like man i was consistent for like
a good four years but i didn't make no money over that window check coming in
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you know so that's when you find out what you really love and what you're really
passionate about like they always say would you do it if you weren't making
any money you know and but at a certain point you feel like a professional and
you want to make money you want to have something you want You want to see your worst.
Exactly. You want to be able to turn your passion into profit.
Yeah. So I think that the biggest challenge for me has been remaining consistent
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when you're not seeing the dollar sign and realizing why you're doing it,
what you're working towards, and continuing to build even despite those hard times.
Yeah, I definitely agree. I mean, there's definitely challenges for myself as
well. Just kind of just a lot going on.
Yeah. But time management to me. Yeah. Time management is everything, right?
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If you can do that, I feel like you can manage a little bit of everything, right?
You know, try to, you can't please everybody, but you can try to do things that
are important to you and understand that, hey, I need to be here,
I need to do this, I need to do this.
But, you know, again, you want to make sure what you're doing eventually pays
off in a way where it says, like, this is my result.
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You know, money is not going to make, especially if you love something.
Thing, you know, you can't necessarily respect everything you've done overnight.
A lot of stuff takes time. Now, patience is a virtue, right?
So you've got to be patient. You've got to take your time and you'll get the results you want.
And you're going to wake up one morning and be like, man, like,
I remember when this was the way I'm ready for that.
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I remember when, but I feel like as an owner, as a creator, as an entrepreneur, that's the sacrifices.
That is true. It's like you're not going to see the result right away.
And that's what separates those who are successful from those who are not.
Those who stuck with it even in those times where they don't see the result.
That is very, very true. You got to stick with it, man. You got to stick with it.
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So you also have a YouTube channel as well. Your YouTube channel focuses on
sensationalizing life experiences for inspiration and motivation.
Can you share one of your experiences that deeply impact your audience?
Yeah, I started doing these. And this started actually with my blog.
I started doing these midweek inspirations and, you know, I had a,
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the, the blog I was doing was more of an entertainment blog at the time.
And I found that I got the most feedback from these midweek inspirations,
not the, you know, who is so-and-so marrying, you know, all that stuff.
It was actually me just getting on there and typing what I'm going through and
hoping that it inspired somebody else.
So what I found for me that what people.
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You know, relate the most to is your transparency and
your your honesty and your authenticity so
being able to share your story there's a reason
why we go through the things that we do yeah it's not just for
us but it's to inspire somebody else and yeah my
man week inspiration is i'm actually i recorded one this
morning oh yeah what was that we're actually about to get
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back into it yeah what were you thinking on my chair you don't
have to click the link okay all right no
no it's very important because you know
people need the motivation to keep going like you said there's hard
times there's low times there's peaks and valleys so people
need to see someone else going through what they've been through
and overcoming so i'm glad
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you said that because it actually kind of maybe answered the
next question i have for you what role do you think podcasts and
web series play in today's digital storytelling landscape so
i feel like what you were saying is right around that but i'm
sure you can go a little bit more in depth into it because yeah you know with
the the access of technology and what we have you know we
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don't know what everybody's going through in the world that's the crazy thing
click a button where those are the people and then somebody might just
come across your platform like you know what what she
just said yeah really helped me inspire me you had no idea yeah absolutely i
feel like podcasts and web series all those things especially podcasts right
now are so important because anything you're looking for like you said We're
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so blessed to have these resources anything you're looking for.
There's a pocket Yeah, you could be looking for you know something about business
that that's how I've got it got an educated on stock It could be anything.
Yeah, you could be pregnant and I don't know.
There's a podcast about We are so blessed and fortunate to,
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have that information because a lot of time my commute to work is
me getting that free education yeah from
podcast so yeah i just think that everything
right now where we have so much content we have
so much so many resources it's a it's a good
thing i like where it's going yeah i totally agree i just
think you know because of i mean
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that's why some people probably hesitant to even go to college or even
go or further education like for what they have you you'll
end up with this bill or if you go to free.9 i
wish i would all the information i need i wish i
would have learned this a couple years ago a thousand dollars ago that's
right this is crazy i'm sitting here like man
i'm still paying those loans back yeah all of
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them listen yeah bye listen i
i filled some paperwork out the other day um yeah
i know go ahead yeah it's levels
it's levels levels yeah and
like i said man i think it's it's so great it's a
gift and a curse where we're at today with with having you know social
media having access and podcasts everywhere you go with the palm of your hand
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your cell phone you listen to it in your car you know hey i gotta go to this
breakthrough party yeah we'll listen to this podcast because you're you're especially
if you're motivated and you're just listening to listening to web series or
you You listen to podcasts as a guide.
Yeah. You know what I mean? Without really, whatever you're paying for your
phone service plus $5.99 for the podcast, that's cheap compared to spending
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X amount of dollars to go to college and such.
Again, not very clear.
Colleges is for everybody, but the access that we have today is also very important.
I mean, also one-on-one, person-to-person. Yeah. It just really depends.
I see the value in college. Like for me, I went to college right after high
school. It was a great transition for me into adulthood.
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I respect it. I had a great time. I learned so much. I was very involved.
So it was a great experience for me. Teach me leadership and teach me discipline,
getting up on time and like just doing things on your own.
But at the same time, I'm studying all these different things that I'm not using
today. Whereas if I'm just educating myself. Right.
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You know, podcast, video, research. I can learn the stuff that I need.
Yeah. And take that and run with it. Yeah. And make money rather than being dead.
Yeah. That's all I'm saying. I agree. I want you.
How do you see Renee, Nicole Productions, evolving in the next five years?
Yeah, I have so many visions. I was writing that this morning as well.
I'm a big journaler. Yeah.
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So I just see it expanding.
There's so many things that I want to do. And that's, again,
where I have to hone in and, like, focus on one thing.
So you said five years five years five for five years i
see it growing into creating content
for more than just myself helping others produce
the content that they want to see and then also creating web series creating
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sitcoms like i love comedy yeah so i i love tv so sitcoms is something that
i really really want to i've already written a few scripts that's rewriting
so from there expanding into film.
That's something, future films that I definitely want to write as well.
But right now, conflict creation is my focus. So within the five years,
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I see it growing phenomenally.
No, you keep going the way you're going. Definitely, it could be sooner.
It could definitely be sooner.
From your lips to God's ears. Yeah, man, listen, listen.
I think, especially you, you know, I don't know how to write a script.
You know what I'm saying? I know how to write an idea.
You know what I'm saying? But then breaking it down, that does take a lot of
time and discipline to even and create that, you know what I mean?
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And then be able to push it out there and say, hey, this is your part,
this is your part, we got to remember this, we're going to do this.
So I think writing scripts is pretty dope, you know what I mean?
And I think that's definitely a talent.
Now, with that being said though, I got one final question, all right?
So what advice would you give someone wanting to start this journey that we're both in,
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but mainly content creation and
podcasting like what advice would you give you know
anyone else male or female to do what
what we're doing yeah i would say find your
niche or niche however you want to say it like find your your your skill your
thing that you want to hone in on um because it's so easy to get sidetracked
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and just have way too much going on yeah i think that people who are are looking
for podcasts are looking for a specific thing.
And they'll know that you are the provider of that specific thing.
So like I said, whether it be on motherhood or fatherhood or whether it be on
being a young black millennial in entertainment, like there's.
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Specific things that people know to come to you for. Yeah. I think that's the first part.
And then once you do that, make a plan, okay, for podcast.
You know, like you had the rapid question, like create segments,
create something that they can expect every time they come to the podcast.
So they're looking forward to that. There's like, there's so much power in consistency
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and in just like a format.
People want to see that you've actually put something and thought into it.
Yeah so create those things and then
the the rest of it to me like the the admin
part of it is pretty simple like getting your name
creating your name you know getting it linked
to all the different yeah you know distribution services like the apple podcast
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and iheart radio wherever you want to put it um so do your research but it's
that part's not hard at all it's just you know making sure you have a solid
foundation that people are going to be interested in there's an audience for everything.
Find your thing that you are passionate about. Like, what do you do?
What is something that is you?
And I think first is finding out who you are, like knowing your identity.
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Like for me, I had to first establish what is my foundation?
You know, what are the things that are important to me? And I realized it was,
you know, faith and finances and family.
Those are things that are important to me. So that's the foundation of everything that I do.
And people know that about me. You know, I feel like my audience knows who I
am. They know what I identify with.
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So I think that is the key when it comes to content creation, podcast, anything.
It's knowing who you are and establishing that early. Hey, that.
Oh, that was. Wow.
No, I couldn't, I couldn't have said it better myself.
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Like everything you said, Renee, Nicole is on point.
And you know, my, my little two cents is, is believing in self.
Ultimately at the end of the day, just believe what you can do and having a
support system behind you, you know, and, and, and even when you have your bad
days, which you are, you know what I'm saying?
You're going to feel less motivated at times, but you have a
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support system in and you believe in yourself you know good things will happen
and your dream will happen you know but you got to be patient but as i said
before patience is a virtue it definitely is well i mean i i think that's it high five good job,
this is the platinum experience podcast oh well thank you for having me yeah
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probably what you're going keep doing what you're doing hey thank you for being
here and i'm gonna keep doing it keep doing it so this is the platinum experience
podcast i'm your boy by the j see you on the next one,
thanks for listening to this episode of the platinum experience podcast make
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Music.
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What up? It's your boy, Platinum J, and you're now listening to the Platinum
Experience Podcast, your exclusive backstage pass, dance, music,
basketball, entertainment, and everything else in between.
Music.
I mean, if you like it, I love it.
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What's up, y'all? This is the Platinum Experience Podcast with Platinum J.
J, I am Renee Nicole, and we are about to hop into these rapid questions.
Coffee or tea to kickstart your creativity?
Ooh, so I'm trying to wean myself off of coffee.
However, coffee don't kickstart my creativity all day. What word to describe
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your time in Los Angeles?
Memorable. One to never forget. Oh, you said one word. Memorable.
Favorite comedy movie of all time? Can I give you my top five?
I'll take it Okay Coming to America Brown sugar Brown sugar is my favorite Of
all time The wood Guilty pleasure The wedding planner And Did I say coming to America?
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You did I said coming to America Top four Top four You okay with that?
Oh God Moving on Alright Early bird Or night owl We're working on a project
Early bird Early bird gets the worm They say They do The funniest thing that
Happened and behind the scenes of any show you've ever worked with.
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The most fun thing that's ever happened? Ooh.
Okay, so I wrote a script for a web series, and we did a boxing scene.
And just seeing how that all, like we were in our actual boxing ring,
and seeing how that all set up and all played out, it was pretty crazy,
a little scary, because, you know, trying to make a boxing scene work in a web
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series takes a lot more than you would think. But yeah, that was a cool experience.
Quick, name a better duo than Peanut Butter and Joplin.
I can name a lot of better duos because I don't eat peanut butter and jelly.
I would say anything to see, food, and obey. I'm from Maryland.
Tea and honey, coffee and almond milk. There's a lot of better duos.
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All right. The most unusual inspiration for your coffee? Teas. Yeah.
One podcast you always listen to, no matter how big?
I have a podcast that I love. Can I give you a few? Okay, I'm going to do Good
Ass with Keval, Kadeem Ellis.
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I love Here's the Thing with Kevin R. Stace and That Chip Angel.
And I love Market Monday with Rashad and man, I'm strong as a Troy. Rashad and Troy. Yes.
If you could have any guests to star in your podcast, what would it be? Or who would it be?
Who? You know who I love? Like, I love Jasmine Guy. I love Whitley.
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I think she killed that role and watching her on interviews now,
she's hilarious. I would love to sit down and talk to her.
The weirdest fan interaction? I've been the fan, and I've had weird interactions.
And because of that, I don't approach celebrities anymore.
You know, I was a crazy AI fan. Like, I was obsessed with Al Nye.
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I love him. I love basketball, but I was more in love with him.
And this is an embarrassing story.
When I lived in Atlanta, you know, AUC, they had these big homecoming events.
And he was there just walking in the crowd.
Maybe I had a little bit too many to drink. and long story short,
security had to back up. Yeah, I was the crazy one.
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Okay. So with that being said, though, the follow-up question, what's your favorite?
I don't watch anymore. I don't watch NBA. I don't watch basketball like that.
I would say I just watched the Giannis documentary and I have a whole new respect for him.
So I would say him. I would say Milwaukee. Milwaukee Bucks.
I couldn't even tell you their record. I don't even know who else is on the team.
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Welcome to the Platinum Experience Podcast. Let me turn it over.
I'm sorry. I was going... My bad.
Alright, I'm ready. Welcome to the... Welcome to the Platinum Experience... I'm sorry.
These are the bloopers. I know. Welcome to the Platinum Experience Podcast,
your exclusive backstage pass.
I'm your host, Platinum J. Jay and today I have a very very special guest Miss
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Renee Nicole Gibson Wow Gibson Okay.
I have a special guest today. Her name is Renee Nicole.
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Napping. What's up, Renee Nicole? What's up?
What's going on? How are you? I'm blessed. I'm so blessed. God is good all the
time. All the time? Mm-hmm. All the time. And all the time?
God is good. Okay, you better not. I just saw it on a breakfast call.
I was like, yeah, yeah. Kate is okay.
Kate is always a little iffy. It was bad. Yeah.
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Well, first and foremost, I
just want to say I appreciate you taking the time out to finally be here.
Yes, I'm happy to finally be here. I'm proud of you for what you're doing.
I know I have a podcast, so I know this is no easy feat. The fact that you're
doing is the biggest thing. So congrats.
I appreciate it. Thank you. And we're definitely going to dive into yours as
well, because the name of Better Duo is dope.
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I love that name. I think it's very, very creative.
And you are a creative person. So, we're going to dive into all of that.
But let's take the crowd back a little bit. So, how long have I known you?
Oh, sheesh. So, me and your oldest, younger sister have been best friends since sixth grade.
So, that was a couple years ago. Yeah, a couple years ago. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. It's been a minute. Come on.
Nah, nah. Yeah, yeah. We were young. Young as that.
Well, you've always been good people to me, my sister, the family in general.
Them so i was you know appreciate you yeah james
your cousin you know that's my man that's my boy set out james poopers
you know what i'm saying but man just just overall
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as me knowing you for as long as i've known you to
watch your growth but my
my thing that i that i really appreciate about you is that you took chances
on yourself but what i mean by that is like you know high school you know you
graduated you was like man i'm moving here man i'm gonna try here because Because
not a lot of people have that courage to just get up and move unless it was
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in the military or something like that.
You know, I feel like, you know, you then kind of knew what path you wanted
to go on, but you went to these places to verify that.
You know what I mean? So just seeing you doing what you do and where you did
it at is very, very impressive.
So I just want to say, you know, just looking at you and your journey and how
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you just took a chance on yourself is very important.
I think a lot of people, a lot of women, you know, don't do that,
you know, and you, you just probably, if I'm being honest, man,
you might be one of the first woman that I know.
Has done that in a sense of going for what they really want to do and doing something about it.
And you going to, and moving, not like you're not staying for a couple of months,
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you're staying for a couple of years and then you're going on to the next.
Figure out what your experiences and what you want to do for yourself.
So I think that's pretty good.
Thank you. I appreciate that. And I will say, like, you know,
I've always known that I wanted to explore.
I've always known that I wanted to get outside of my environment,
go beyond what was considered home, merely. Yeah.
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Atlanta was somewhere I always wanted to go. So that was the first place I went
when I graduated college. And for whatever reason, God put in my spirit at Los Angeles.
That became my new home. But I'm not going to say that I didn't come without sacrifice. Oh, sure.
You know, and there are certain things that I had to, you know,
sacrifice in order to live this different lifestyle.
But, yeah, it definitely came with rewards.
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Do you feel like, let's talk about Atlanta for a second. With Atlanta,
what was your first impression of Atlanta?
It's funny because I've always felt like a Southern girl at heart.
We both have roots in Fayetteville. My dad's family is from Fayetteville. I'm North Carolina.
And so I've just always loved the South. And for whatever reason, Atlanta. Yeah.
Seemed like the place to go you know and so i did and i felt like i lived in
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atlanta three and a half years i lived in la five and a half and atlanta still
feels like my second home like,
it's just it's us you know everywhere i went
everywhere i worked it was young successful black people
and it was a beautiful thing to witness i ain't gonna lie you
know when we went out there for for the tv show the rap game my first
experience just seeing the people the
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food the energy i was like man
and we i think i counted one time in a
year we was there 17 times after we lived there for a couple months just for
just to shoot it and just going back and forth i was like atlanta is like my
second home because at this point i know where everything's at i'm gonna go
here we're gonna go to peace street we're gonna do this so atlanta is definitely
a vibe it's a definitely as they call it black hollywood and it's definitely
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black hollywood yeah it's definitely.
And what was your first impression of LA when you got there?
It was just like a breath of fresh air. I remember I had shipped my car.
So I rented a car and I was on probably the 101 highway because I lived in the valley at the time.
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And I remember just seeing the mountain. And it looks like you could touch it. It looks like artwork.
Like God's canvas in real life. So it just was a breath of fresh air.
It was February. I moved, I think, February 4th, and it was 85 degrees outside.
So it was definitely just like a vibe. I could never stand a bad move there
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because the sun was always shining.
I mean, it rained, unlike Tony, Tony, Tony said.
It does rain in Southern California. It definitely does. But not like here. No, LA is amazing.
My first experience out there was incredible. I got a chance to view different
places, the beaches, and just the scenery. It's definitely different,
you know, obviously between the two, L.A. and Atlanta.
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But L.A. also just gives you a different vibe. It definitely gives you a different vibe.
Everybody is something out there, right? You know, you can, hey,
it's a clerk. Oh, but I'm an actress or I'm a model. I'm a working model. I'm a dancer.
It's so funny because Los Angeles is so expensive. Yeah. But no one has a real
job in L.A. Like everyone is hustling.
And we just make it work. Honestly, I feel like it's one of those places where
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if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
Because you have to figure out a grind you have
to figure out like you'll do so many different jobs and you
make it work and for me i feel like atlanta and
los angeles were perfect for me because you get the city vibe but at a slower
pace than like a new york i've always said i never feel like i could live in
new york it's just you know you're walking everywhere you're hopping in trains
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and it's just so fast paced but los angeles everyone's chill everyone's relaxed
everyone's drinking smoothies and, you know, like,
honestly, I got on my health kit living in LA. Well, I think LA gives you.
To me, I feel like L.A. is like, it's a movie. Like, when you wake up,
it feels like a movie every day.
Because you don't know what you're going to see, you don't know what you're
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going to run into. Or somebody's actually shooting a movie.
Yeah. At any point in time in L.A., it's just, it's an amazing feel.
You know what I'm saying? Traffic is terrible.
I don't know. Who got the worst traffic, L.A. or Atlanta? Ooh,
that is hard. That's definitely hard. And honestly, between those two and D.C.,
because D.C. is terrible as well.
Because I remember commuting my first job out of college before I moved to Atlanta.
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Was outside of dc and that commute was
crazy but atlanta is still the south
and people are still slow i think they take the cake they just
they just take their time if it's raining any type of precipitation
they just yeah they were at all times
no accident yeah but um but man let me let me go ahead i had a couple specific
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questions i wanted to ask you because of your creativity and who you are you
started a lot of different things right so my first question to you is what
inspired you to start renaming Nicole Productions and how did you envision its impact on viewers?
Wow. I think living in LA and being so exposed to the entertainment industry helped me to.
Like really figure out what it is that I wanted and realize that I want to be
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a part of it. I was writing out there.
Like I said, I wrote for a web series and that I did some background acting
and did some small acting roles.
And I just, that bug bit me. Like I knew that I wanted to be in the entertainment
industry, but then I got the inspirations of Issa Rae and the come on stages,
seeing them do it themselves.
Like this is the only way to do it. You know, I'm seeing my friends,
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my, my hungry acting friends, And striving acting friends who are like out here
auditioning and not getting a role. And I'm like, I'm just not cut out for that.
I want to do. And there's stories that I want to tell that I don't necessarily
think that they're going to write for me. So why not do it myself?
And I was going to say, I think that's where, you know, when you try different
things, you figure out what's for you, what's not for you.
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And then there's plenty of actors and actresses who created their own first.
Yes. And then they put themselves in there. Tyler Perry, for example,
he's a perfect example of, hey, I want to produce this.
Get the money, do it yourself. And then you hire your friends.
You hire yourself to bring your ideas and everything to life yourself,
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which I think that's unique in a way where some people realize that,
some people don't. I want to keep trying. And that's fine, too.
But I think in today's age, we have the capability of creating our own platform.
Them and that way you're never waiting for the next
job there's so many people that are actors and
that even writers and directors are just waiting for the next job
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whereas if you have your own you hire yourself yeah
the way to do listen that's the best way to do it i mean you make your own money
troll you control the narrative you have control and that's the word of control
control your control your own dreams your life and how you want things to be
to you know proceed you You know what I mean? So, you know.
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How do you approach blending comedy with their inspirational content without
diluting the message you want to convey?
I feel like any story can be told through a comedic way.
I feel like comedians in general have like the best, they're the best observers.
They have to be, you know, because they're making fun of things all day,
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even the most terrible circumstances, they're able to make fun of it.
I think that by, you know, for me, like I say, I really love intertwining comedy
with inspiration because that way people can receive it a little bit better.
You know, people are always kind of skeptical when you say like you are inspirational
or when you say you're Christian or whatever.
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So when you bring it in a comedic way, I feel like people are able to receive
it better. You think you're funny?
I feel like I can be. I don't know Kevin Hart. I'm no Eddie Murphy.
You know what I mean? I like to look at things through a point of view.
No, I think you're actually pretty funny.
I think even when me and you are joking around and we come up with some funny
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ideas, like, man, we should have recorded that.
We should have, you know, so our personalities are definitely very similar.
I have a very dry sense of humor. Yeah. So sometimes I cannot,
people think I'm being sarcastic. Yeah. I'm joking. Yeah.
No, no, no. Your humor is great. It's great. can you
walk us through the creative process of producing an
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episode for a name a better girl which
is your podcast so so i have
name a better do a podcast which started out as an instagram
live show that i started in the heart of the
pandemic 2020 yeah it was just an idea the
title came to me an idea like i'm just gonna talk to my
friends about whatever they're working on and
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just inspiration things like that yeah and so i
you know was doing that for a year and then finally it's like
okay i'm ready to turn into a podcast and with me
like i always think about a few people i want to talk to
oftentimes i think of people who have similarities so i i might do like a theme
for that theory or like you know that season yeah so like there was a time where
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i did like a healing series where we talked about trauma we talked about grief
we talked about just all all different types of things like that.
And then I'll come up with questions that pertains to that, that you have to
remember I'm talking to you, but lately what I've really been inspired to do
is just intertwine my faith with business and with,
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you know, entrepreneurs and those who are doing something like we just talked
about on their own ownership to kind of bring that to the forefront and show
how important both of those are and how one kind of, you know,
needs the other in order to order.
Yeah, yeah. No, no. That's definitely good stuff because everybody's process
is different, you know, at the end of the day.
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But I think regardless of how your process is, at the end of the day,
it's consistency, right? That's it.
Consistency is the key, to me at least, to anything, right?
Yeah. If you want to start a business, you've got to have consistency to make
sure that you're on the right path.
You're going to make mistakes along the way, but being consistent in learning
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from the mistakes or what works for you.
Because everything you do may not work for me, but what I do may not work for you.
But it's a process, right? And you have to figure out what works for yourself and others, right?
Yeah, I think consistency is the key to everything, especially in a creative
space. I think that I don't like
to say I'm a creative because I believe everybody is designed to create.
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I feel like whether it be a podcast or whether it be a good meal,
like you are a creator, you know what I mean?
But I think that when you're in these entertainment spaces, it can get a little
challenging and frustrating because we have so many ideas.
We have so many things that we want to do and we want them all to come out.
We want them all to be successful. And I think that part, you know,
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part of finding that success is being consistent in one or a couple of things
and seeing it grow and seeing it birth and then moving on and adding something else to it.
I think that with us, we get so as creatives or as people who like entertain
or do things of that sort, we can try to do so many different things at once.
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And stuff always gets put on the back burner. And again, as far as pressure,
we're not reinventing the wheel.
We're just, some people have ideas and they don't do anything with it.
That's it. I'm like, oh man, I had that idea.
You didn't do it. You didn't do it. Okay. You know, you didn't follow my paper.
You didn't do it. So there's all kinds of stuff, but I totally agree with you. Definitely.
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With having experienced both coasts, how do you think your time in Los Angeles
versus the East Coast has influenced your content and your creative approach? Hmm.
I think that that consistency came from Los Angeles.
I think that my grind came from Los Angeles because, like you said,
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everybody there is trying to get it.
And sometimes I crave that again, just being around so many people who are in
the same mindset, like you always want to be around like-minded people.
And I feel like I was around a sea of like-minded people in Los Angeles.
So being there really sparked my creativity.
But I feel like I brought that back with me to the e-host because there are
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people like yourself, people like, you know, the owners of the studio who are
doing the work, you know, like you say, is actually doing it.
You know like putting those ideas to paper and then actually doing
it so i think bringing that that spark of
energy that la brings is important here no
i i definitely agree you know i mean just like i
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said my time out there as well i think it's it's also i would
say friendly competition you know what i mean and it says most
stuff you know especially with your friends and things like that
is building a network building you know people that you can vibe with that can
help you on your new you know to because everybody can't do everything by themselves
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regardless of how what they see fit but also just having the right people around
you to help build your dream while in the process of even helping there because it's it's all.
There's room for everybody. Yeah. There's room for everybody.
But I do feel like Los Angeles is definitely a place where you got to be on your grind.
Because if you sleep on it, somebody else is going to beat you to it.
You ain't going to have nowhere to sleep. You ain't going to have nowhere.
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Listen, the homeless out there is crazy. You said the word. You said it. Come on.
Your role is not. It's a real thing. And it's very sad.
I've never seen homeless rates like I saw there in Los Angeles.
But what you said about the collaboration. We said consistency is key.
Collaboration is key, too. You don't get all these C's today. day okay collaboration
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is key because no one can no one
has all the skills in the world there's somebody that's good
at what you're not good at yeah i think that that's for me something
that i definitely had to learn because i am
like i just do it myself if i want it done right i'm doing it's not
going to get done it's not going to get done effectively or at
the best of its potential whereas if you collaborate with someone
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find someone who can you can help them and i can help
you that's when we talk about isa ray that's what she did
she pulled together a team of people you know she's
always about like the lateral moves like finding
the people next to her that can rise with
her and elevate with her and those same people are working with her today at
the top and again and that just shows you you having
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the right people around you anything is possible you know
no matter how small you know or even
how big i mean you have the right people behind you
to do the extraordinary yeah to
me that's why you know i believe things are possible just having the
right people with positive mindset around you and just making
it happen give it a shot you never know we live in a world today where technology
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is right here in the palm of my hand so why not try it at least try it yeah
see what happens yeah we don't have excuses anymore you don't know excuses but
yourself and being consistent there's the c's again there's the c's again we're
gonna write a book we're gonna write a book the c book a heat book All right.
So what challenges have you faced in the content creation industry and how have you overcome them?
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With consistency, even, you don't always see results. You don't always see the
numbers. You don't always see money.
That's the main thing. I've always said, because I always would maintain a full-time
job in the midst of doing my passion on the side.
And it's like, you know, because I would feel like if I'm not making money,
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it's just a hobby, you know?
And so with the consistency, even with the hours of putting in,
because even before Name a Better Duo, of before renee nicole
productions i had a blog disclosed native.com that i bring and
i did i was just i just found that
facebook page and i was like man i was consistent for like
a good four years but i didn't make no money over that window check coming in
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you know so that's when you find out what you really love and what you're really
passionate about like they always say would you do it if you weren't making
any money you know and but at a certain point you feel like a professional and
you want to make money you want to have something you want You want to see your worst.
Exactly. You want to be able to turn your passion into profit.
Yeah. So I think that the biggest challenge for me has been remaining consistent
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when you're not seeing the dollar sign and realizing why you're doing it,
what you're working towards, and continuing to build even despite those hard times.
Yeah, I definitely agree. I mean, there's definitely challenges for myself as
well. Just kind of just a lot going on.
Yeah. But time management to me. Yeah. Time management is everything, right?
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If you can do that, I feel like you can manage a little bit of everything, right?
You know, try to, you can't please everybody, but you can try to do things that
are important to you and understand that, hey, I need to be here,
I need to do this, I need to do this.
But, you know, again, you want to make sure what you're doing eventually pays
off in a way where it says, like, this is my result.
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You know, money is not going to make, especially if you love something.
Thing, you know, you can't necessarily respect everything you've done overnight.
A lot of stuff takes time. Now, patience is a virtue, right?
So you've got to be patient. You've got to take your time and you'll get the results you want.
And you're going to wake up one morning and be like, man, like,
I remember when this was the way I'm ready for that.
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I remember when, but I feel like as an owner, as a creator, as an entrepreneur, that's the sacrifices.
That is true. It's like you're not going to see the result right away.
And that's what separates those who are successful from those who are not.
Those who stuck with it even in those times where they don't see the result.
That is very, very true. You got to stick with it, man. You got to stick with it.
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So you also have a YouTube channel as well. Your YouTube channel focuses on
sensationalizing life experiences for inspiration and motivation.
Can you share one of your experiences that deeply impact your audience?
Yeah, I started doing these. And this started actually with my blog.
I started doing these midweek inspirations and, you know, I had a,
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the, the blog I was doing was more of an entertainment blog at the time.
And I found that I got the most feedback from these midweek inspirations,
not the, you know, who is so-and-so marrying, you know, all that stuff.
It was actually me just getting on there and typing what I'm going through and
hoping that it inspired somebody else.
So what I found for me that what people.
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You know, relate the most to is your transparency and
your your honesty and your authenticity so
being able to share your story there's a reason
why we go through the things that we do yeah it's not just for
us but it's to inspire somebody else and yeah my
man week inspiration is i'm actually i recorded one this
morning oh yeah what was that we're actually about to get
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back into it yeah what were you thinking on my chair you don't
have to click the link okay all right no
no it's very important because you know
people need the motivation to keep going like you said there's hard
times there's low times there's peaks and valleys so people
need to see someone else going through what they've been through
and overcoming so i'm glad
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you said that because it actually kind of maybe answered the
next question i have for you what role do you think podcasts and
web series play in today's digital storytelling landscape so
i feel like what you were saying is right around that but i'm
sure you can go a little bit more in depth into it because yeah you know with
the the access of technology and what we have you know we
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don't know what everybody's going through in the world that's the crazy thing
click a button where those are the people and then somebody might just
come across your platform like you know what what she
just said yeah really helped me inspire me you had no idea yeah absolutely i
feel like podcasts and web series all those things especially podcasts right
now are so important because anything you're looking for like you said We're
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so blessed to have these resources anything you're looking for.
There's a pocket Yeah, you could be looking for you know something about business
that that's how I've got it got an educated on stock It could be anything.
Yeah, you could be pregnant and I don't know.
There's a podcast about We are so blessed and fortunate to,
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have that information because a lot of time my commute to work is
me getting that free education yeah from
podcast so yeah i just think that everything
right now where we have so much content we have
so much so many resources it's a it's a good
thing i like where it's going yeah i totally agree i just
think you know because of i mean
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that's why some people probably hesitant to even go to college or even
go or further education like for what they have you you'll
end up with this bill or if you go to free.9 i
wish i would all the information i need i wish i
would have learned this a couple years ago a thousand dollars ago that's
right this is crazy i'm sitting here like man
i'm still paying those loans back yeah all of
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them listen yeah bye listen i
i filled some paperwork out the other day um yeah
i know go ahead yeah it's levels
it's levels levels yeah and
like i said man i think it's it's so great it's a
gift and a curse where we're at today with with having you know social
media having access and podcasts everywhere you go with the palm of your hand
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your cell phone you listen to it in your car you know hey i gotta go to this
breakthrough party yeah we'll listen to this podcast because you're you're especially
if you're motivated and you're just listening to listening to web series or
you You listen to podcasts as a guide.
Yeah. You know what I mean? Without really, whatever you're paying for your
phone service plus $5.99 for the podcast, that's cheap compared to spending
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X amount of dollars to go to college and such.
Again, not very clear.
Colleges is for everybody, but the access that we have today is also very important.
I mean, also one-on-one, person-to-person. Yeah. It just really depends.
I see the value in college. Like for me, I went to college right after high
school. It was a great transition for me into adulthood.
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I respect it. I had a great time. I learned so much. I was very involved.
So it was a great experience for me. Teach me leadership and teach me discipline,
getting up on time and like just doing things on your own.
But at the same time, I'm studying all these different things that I'm not using
today. Whereas if I'm just educating myself. Right.
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You know, podcast, video, research. I can learn the stuff that I need.
Yeah. And take that and run with it. Yeah. And make money rather than being dead.
Yeah. That's all I'm saying. I agree. I want you.
How do you see Renee, Nicole Productions, evolving in the next five years?
Yeah, I have so many visions. I was writing that this morning as well.
I'm a big journaler. Yeah.
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So I just see it expanding.
There's so many things that I want to do. And that's, again,
where I have to hone in and, like, focus on one thing.
So you said five years five years five for five years i
see it growing into creating content
for more than just myself helping others produce
the content that they want to see and then also creating web series creating
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sitcoms like i love comedy yeah so i i love tv so sitcoms is something that
i really really want to i've already written a few scripts that's rewriting
so from there expanding into film.
That's something, future films that I definitely want to write as well.
But right now, conflict creation is my focus. So within the five years,
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I see it growing phenomenally.
No, you keep going the way you're going. Definitely, it could be sooner.
It could definitely be sooner.
From your lips to God's ears. Yeah, man, listen, listen.
I think, especially you, you know, I don't know how to write a script.
You know what I'm saying? I know how to write an idea.
You know what I'm saying? But then breaking it down, that does take a lot of
time and discipline to even and create that, you know what I mean?
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And then be able to push it out there and say, hey, this is your part,
this is your part, we got to remember this, we're going to do this.
So I think writing scripts is pretty dope, you know what I mean?
And I think that's definitely a talent.
Now, with that being said though, I got one final question, all right?
So what advice would you give someone wanting to start this journey that we're both in,
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but mainly content creation and
podcasting like what advice would you give you know
anyone else male or female to do what
what we're doing yeah i would say find your
niche or niche however you want to say it like find your your your skill your
thing that you want to hone in on um because it's so easy to get sidetracked
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and just have way too much going on yeah i think that people who are are looking
for podcasts are looking for a specific thing.
And they'll know that you are the provider of that specific thing.
So like I said, whether it be on motherhood or fatherhood or whether it be on
being a young black millennial in entertainment, like there's.
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Specific things that people know to come to you for. Yeah. I think that's the first part.
And then once you do that, make a plan, okay, for podcast.
You know, like you had the rapid question, like create segments,
create something that they can expect every time they come to the podcast.
So they're looking forward to that. There's like, there's so much power in consistency
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and in just like a format.
People want to see that you've actually put something and thought into it.
Yeah so create those things and then
the the rest of it to me like the the admin
part of it is pretty simple like getting your name
creating your name you know getting it linked
to all the different yeah you know distribution services like the apple podcast
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and iheart radio wherever you want to put it um so do your research but it's
that part's not hard at all it's just you know making sure you have a solid
foundation that people are going to be interested in there's an audience for everything.
Find your thing that you are passionate about. Like, what do you do?
What is something that is you?
And I think first is finding out who you are, like knowing your identity.
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Like for me, I had to first establish what is my foundation?
You know, what are the things that are important to me? And I realized it was,
you know, faith and finances and family.
Those are things that are important to me. So that's the foundation of everything that I do.
And people know that about me. You know, I feel like my audience knows who I
am. They know what I identify with.
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So I think that is the key when it comes to content creation, podcast, anything.
It's knowing who you are and establishing that early. Hey, that.
Oh, that was. Wow.
No, I couldn't, I couldn't have said it better myself.
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Like everything you said, Renee, Nicole is on point.
And you know, my, my little two cents is, is believing in self.
Ultimately at the end of the day, just believe what you can do and having a
support system behind you, you know, and, and, and even when you have your bad
days, which you are, you know what I'm saying?
You're going to feel less motivated at times, but you have a
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support system in and you believe in yourself you know good things will happen
and your dream will happen you know but you got to be patient but as i said
before patience is a virtue it definitely is well i mean i i think that's it high five good job,
this is the platinum experience podcast oh well thank you for having me yeah
(35:35):
probably what you're going keep doing what you're doing hey thank you for being
here and i'm gonna keep doing it keep doing it so this is the platinum experience
podcast i'm your boy by the j see you on the next one,
thanks for listening to this episode of the platinum experience podcast make
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