March 26, 2024 • 59 mins
As the curtains draw on the inaugural season of the Carganilla Online Variety Entertainment Podcast, we're throwing a collaborative WRAP PARTY, reminiscent of the vibrant energy that has kept our COVEpod alive and kicking! We take a walk down memory lane, revisiting the laughter and the standout moments that have defined our journey, joined by the dynamic talents of Amanda and David Benjamin, Mike and Nicole Pierce, and, of course, Producer Craig Jackman.
In a culmination of virtual entertainment and podcast pedigree, we and sprinkle stardust from the Vaudacity Network's "Paulie's Picnic", "Amanda on Demanda", "The Punamo Man", "Pickers' Circle", and "Magical Mystery Hour".
EPISODE VIDEOS: www.covetube.com
COVE DIRECTORY: https://linktr.ee/covepod
COVE PATREON: www.patreon/covepodcast
CONTACT: covepod@gmail.com
VOICE-OVER INTRODUCTION: Jonathan Freeman ( 'Jafar' in the "Aladdin" animated films )
SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM: Craig Jackman, Emily Thatcher, Christina Marie Bielen, Dary Mills, Amanda Benjamin
PATREON CURATORS: Jamie Carganilla, Emily Thatcher, The Faeryns, Charity Swanson, Krista Faith King, Kelsey B Gibson, Angelica Bollschweiler, Anna Giannavola, Gina Dobbs, Merrill Mielke, Susan Kuhn, Josefa Snider
INTRO MUSIC: “Papi Beat” [ KICKTRACKS ]
CREDITS MUSIC: “Fat Banana” [ KICKTRACKS ]
HOST, CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, EDITOR: Paul Carganilla
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
For our season one finale of Cove Podcast.
We threw a big rap partyvirtual rap party on our YouTube
channel, covetubecom.
It was a two and a half hourevent.
Our friends joined us, we hadgames, trivia, music.
It was a really great time.
I edited it down for the sakeof the audio version of the
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podcast episode 40, the seasonone finale.
Version of the podcast episode40, the season one finale, and
so you're going to hear theedited version here.
But if you want to check outthe live event, I encourage you
to join our Patreon covecommunity.
You will become a member andget access to all of the
previous live recordings of theshows so you get to see all the
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unedited versions.
If there's any of your favoriteepisodes you want to see if
there's some stuff you missedthat, hit the cutting room floor
, head over to patreoncom slashcove podcast and see how you can
help the show continue to goand continue to grow.
Here's the season finale you togrow.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Here's the season finale.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcometo the Carganella Online Variety
Entertainment Podcast.
Here's your host, PaulCarganella.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Hello and welcome to Cove.
This is the online variety showin which we aim to both
entertain and inspire both ourpodcast listeners and YouTube
viewers with a variety ofentertainment offerings,
including music, storytelling,poetry, travel blogs, special
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guest interviews, dramaticreadings.
Travel blogs, special guestinterviews, dramatic readings
and I always say so much more,but I don't know how much more
there is than that, and I'vebeen saying that for a whole
season so far.
Welcome.
This is the season one finale.
We've got friends here.
I've got some trivia and fungames ready for us all to play.
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Uh, thank you all so much forbeing here.
I see you in the youtube chat.
We've got so many friends, somepatreon curators and supporters
.
Uh, cast members and gosh,we're gonna have some fun
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tonight.
We got so much planned andwe're going to, of course, be
joined by a few special gueststhis evening, but before we
introduce them, let's, of course, bring the cart in front of the
horse and say hello to ourproducer, producer craig jackman
(02:47):
.
Hello, craig.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Welcome hey, paul and everybody gosh.
Season one finale can you oh?
My gosh, wow, and it.
It's been an amazing season,there's no question about it.
All the variety of peoplewho've joined us during this
season and the talent, all thethings that we got to know about
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people and yeah, it's, and youknow what?
Okay, when these shows come out, I enjoy listening to them top
to bottom when I'm doing myworkout in the mornings.
Yeah, and it's so neat and it'slike a companion.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
That was my goal from the beginning was to be like
you know, and it's tough gettinga show out like a weekly show
out, but I wanted to havesomething that you could count
on being there when you're doingyour routine, whether you've
been walking a lot lately or ifI'm doing chores around the
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house.
The kids are at school and Ican ask Alexa to put something
on.
I hope it didn't activate.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I know I got to keep an eye on her too.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
We're on every podcast platform at like it.
Just search Cove pod and uh,youtube, of course, on Cove pod.
Or just, um, uh, go to covetubecom, and anytime you're
you're thinking, gosh, I'd loveto listen to something.
I had something entertainingand inspiring.
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Hopefully this is somethingthat you can bring with you and
you know I'd love it.
Like, best dream scenario forme is that you listen to it
every week.
But um, I, I just love that if,even if you don't, you can
scroll down and just read themenu of episodes and pick one
just based on what you, whatyou're feeling like.
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I don't know if you're feelinglike listening to an author or a
director, an actor, astoryteller, it's all there.
Oh yeah, just based on yourmood, you can just pick an
episode and jump in andhopefully be entertained and
inspired.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
And you know what?
Every single time it'ssomething to look forward to.
It really is.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
I hope so.
Well, thank you, craig, andthank you for being such a big
part of it.
Everybody at home give it upfor Craig Jackman.
I appreciate you for for beingthere all all the steps of the
way.
And uh, we're gonna, we'regonna celebrate this season with
uh, some friends that, ofcourse, we've introduced
throughout the the this firstseason here, and let's, let's
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bring a couple of them in.
I know we'll they'll betrickling in as we progress
throughout the evening.
I've got so much fun planned.
But uh, let's invite in ourfriends amanda benjamin, host of
amanda on demand everywednesday-ish night on the
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vodacity network, and, uh, herhubby, mr david benjamin, host
of the panama man, every othertuesday night on the vodacity
network.
So good to see you both.
Thank you for being here yeah,so excited buddy, I can't
believe it's the season finale Iknow crazy right, 36 episodes.
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Well, you're on like what 150,something 150 something I just
finished 156.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
156 in a row and that's consecutive right In a
row.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Consecutive weeks.
I like barely made it in on aSunday Amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And David, you're a special addition.
This evening.
We lost Wendy Walker, whoactually got an awesome live gig
, but we gained a David Benjamin, so that's so much fun.
David's been panano manningevery other Tuesday night for
gosh, how long now.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
I'm I think I'm getting close to 70 shows now.
Oh, my goodness, that in theupper sixties.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, it's, it's a lot.
And, and you know, when yousettle into this thing Amanda
and I were talking about we're.
We're about to go intoproduction for season two of our
podcast that we co-host,magical mystery hour.
I've mentioned it several timesin season one here on this
podcast, but if you haven'theard any of those episodes,
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amanda and I co-host a mysterypodcast filled with any kind of
mysteries.
You can imagine whether it'sconspiracies, aliens, bigfoot.
We cover all of the things timetravel and all of it.
So find the Magical MysteryHour, the magical mystery hour.
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We also drop in some, some livemusic and some record a
recorded duet every otherepisode of the podcast, but
every episode of the live stream, uh, so find that we're in.
As I mentioned, we're about togo into production of season two
of that, so make sure you findthat and, um, jump into every
miss magical mystery hour thatyou can.
So tonight we've got music,we've got poetry, we've got
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storytelling and so much more.
Our other special guests arehere, so we got to bring them in
for this.
Ladies and gentlemen, pleasegive it up for Mike and Nicole
Pierce.
Welcome to the show, hey thankyou Thank you Congratulations.
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Thank you End of us.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
First season.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, thank you for being such an integral part, as
all four of you and, of course,craig, of course all five of you
have been to season one andit's going to be.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
What Wait, what, that was weird.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
It really did look like it landed on Mike.
I mean no, Nicole, Sorry.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It, did it just like, went big, big, big, big I know.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
I'm so happy that that happened.
You have no idea.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
This wheel loves me.
We are still performing on mysong oh jeez.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
What did you choose to perform for the season one
finale of Cove Podcast?
Speaker 8 (09:55):
so I am going with a brand new song from queen b
beyonce, who is now becoming acountry star.
Evidently what just released asong called texas hold'em came
out a couple weeks ago and Idon't know.
Just heard it.
At first I thought it was kindof funny, and then it just stuck
with me and now I've beenobsessing over it for the last
few days and now we're forcingBenjamin to sing it.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Yes, oh wow, I am in love with this already.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Can't wait to hear the Pierce's launch us into some
music here tonight.
Can't wait to hear the Pierce'slaunch us into some music here
tonight.
Here's Mike and Nicole.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Pierce performing, I guess, beyonce's country song
Texas Hold'em.
This ain't Texas, ain't no.
Hold up, lay your cards down,down, down, down.
So park your Lexus, Throw yourkeys up, stick around, and I'll
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be damned if I can't slow dancewith you.
Come pour some sugar.
I'll be hunting too.
It's a real life boogie and areal life.
Hold down, don't be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now.
There's a tornado In my city.
Hit the basement.
That shit ain't pretty Ruggedwhiskey Cause.
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We survived them Off.
Random kisses.
Sweet redemption Hasn't time.
Yet One step to the right.
We headed to the dive bar.
We always thought was nice, ooh, run me to the left, then spin
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me in the middle, boy, cause Ican't read your mind.
This ain't Texas.
We don't hold up.
So lay your cards down, down,down, down.
Park your Lexus, throw yourkeys up, stick around, around,
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around, around around, and I'llbe damned if I can't slow dance
with you.
Gonna pour some sugar on me,honey too.
Well, it's a real-life boogieand a real-life hold down, don't
be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now,and I'll be damned if I can't
slow dance With you.
Gonna pour some liquor on me,honey too.
Well, it's a real-life boogieand a real-life hold down.
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Don't be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now.
There's a tornado Coming at us.
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Too hot to think straight, toocold to panic.
All of the problems Just feeldramatic.
Now we're running To the firstbar that you'll find.
Yeah, one step to the right.
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We headed to the dive bar.
We always thought it was nice.
You run to the left.
Just work me in the middle, boyCause I can't read your mind.
This ain't Texas, ain't noHold'em.
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Lay your cars down, down, downdown.
So park your Lexus, throw yourkeys up, stick around, round,
round, round, round, stickaround, and I'll be damned if I
can't top dance with you.
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Come pour some sugar on me,honey too Well, it's a real-life
boogie and a real-lifehold-down.
Don't be a bitch.
Come to me and I'll be damnedif I cannot dance with you.
Come pour some liquor on me,honey too Well, it's a real life
bogey and a real life hold down.
Don't feel it.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Come take it to the floor now guitar solo.
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Incredible mike and nicolepierce, with some live music yes
, that was amazing next up nothe wheel's in love with the
pierces I know what happened todavid benjamin.
Come on wheel games in thepierces.
That's what the wheel is allabout.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
The wheel off.
What can I say?
Speaker 1 (15:34):
oh goodness.
Based on the season finale thisevening, what did you choose to
perform and why?
Speaker 7 (15:43):
okay.
So I didn't choose a song basedon the finale.
I just chose a current songthat's catchy and that I've been
playing a lot lately.
Um, it's called flowers bymiley cyrus, won a grammy and uh
yeah, so you guys probably haveheard it.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Awesome.
No, we can't wait to hear it.
Ladies, probably not.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
Gentlemen, Now you get to hear it, David.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Only if it was by Mozart, cyrus, right Now you get
to be educated, David.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Performing Miley Cyrus' Flowers live here on the
show.
Here's Nicole Pierce.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Thank you.
Let me just see one thing, okay, we were good.
Speaker 9 (16:48):
We were gold, the kind of dream that can't be sold
.
We were right till we weren'tBuilt a home and watched it burn
.
I didn't want to leave.
You Didn't want to leave.
You didn't want to lie, startedto cry.
Then remembered I, I can buymyself flowers, write my name in
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the sand, talk to myself forhours.
I can love myself for hours.
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Say things you don't understand.
I can take myself dancing.
I can hold my own hand.
Yeah, I can love me better thanyou can.
I can love me better.
I can love me better.
Baby, I can love me better.
I can love me better.
Baby Can love me better.
I can love me better, baby.
Paint my nails cherry red,match the roses that you left.
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No remorse, no regret.
I forgive every word you saidoh, I didn't want to leave.
You Didn't want to fight,started to cry.
Then remembered I, I can buymyself flowers, write my name in
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the sand.
Talk to myself for hours.
Say things you don't understand.
I can take myself dancing and Ican hold my own hand.
Yeah, I can love me better thanyou can Can love me better.
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I can love me better.
I can't love me better.
Baby Can't love me better.
I can't love me better.
Baby Can't love me better.
I can't love me better, babyCan't love me better.
I, oh, I didn't wanna leave youDidn't wanna fight, started to
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cry but then remembered I, I canbuy myself flowers, write my
name in the sand, talk to myselffor hours.
Yeah, say things you don'tunderstand.
I can take myself dancing and Ican hold my own hand.
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Yeah, I can love me better thanyeah, I can love me better than
you can Can't know me better.
I can't know me better.
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Baby Can't know me better.
I can't know me better, baby.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Can't know me better.
I can't know me better, babyCan't love me better, baby you
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can love me better.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I can love me better, baby, you can love me better,
beautiful.
Speaker 6 (20:38):
I quote a kid from the Incredibles that was totally
wicked.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
And you got a damn girl from Joe Warren.
Speaker 10 (20:47):
Thank you, Joe Warren.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Better than the original for sure.
So good Pierce's.
Wow, I miss you guys.
It's so good to see you andhear you and you're just so
freaking amazing.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
You are so freaking amazing.
I can't believe season one hasalready come to an end.
Like that's a lot of work and Imean I have so many questions
about your whole process.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
It's amazing I'd love to answer them for you.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Okay, you know your verb is still on, just so you
know if that's thank you.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
I don't want to follow that and having said that
, now I'm there are three craigslices on the list I'm a little
worried, I know well, I don'tknow.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
On deep cuts, usually I'm ending up last I I know.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
True, let's talk about it.
All right, that one, if anybodyout there wants to say thank
you to our performers thisevening.
Sorry, david, I didn't know youwere going to be on the show.
It's the same as mine, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Well, I did fix that.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Oh Wow, adapting on the go On the fly.
Speaker 7 (22:08):
On the fly.
Producer Craig.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
That's why he wears the producer hat.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Yeah, boom.
If you're listening either liveor whenever you hear or see
this episode on the YouTubes andyou think I'd love to leave
that performer a tip because Iwas inspired or entertained in
some way, of course it's justlike a tip jar.
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If you are out at dinner andyou're walking down the street
and you heard an amazingperformer and you want to say
thank you, here are the Venmotip jars right here on the
screen of the YouTube broadcastof each performer on the show
here this evening.
Of course we appreciate youbeing here watching the show and
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every broadcast over YouTube isfree to enjoy.
But if you want to give alittle extra thanks to any
performer who has piqued yourinterest this evening or just
entertain you enough to you knowwant to say an extra little
extra thank you, there are waysto do that right there in the
Venmo tip jar.
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We thank you so much.
All right, let's see what thewheel has in store for us next
as it's dwindling down.
Are the last three going to beCraig?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
I think they might be us next, as it's dwindling down
are the last three going to becraig?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
I think they might be well.
David's still on the wheel andamanda and amanda is still on
the wheel, all of the first ones, where all of the trivia that
all of the games happened firstand all the craigs are gonna
happen oh my, he cut vibes herewe're on track.
As you and I have experiencedthe season finale of Magical
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Mystery Hour and you willprobably never experience the
season finale of Amanda onDemand, I don't know man.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
That's like.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Preparing for tonight .
What song selection popped intoyour head?
I don't know, man, that's likeugh.
Preparing for tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
What song selection did you popped into your head.
I was having a hard time.
I was like I don't know whatI'm going to do.
It took me until today.
I was trying to think about itand because we were, you know,
over chat somebody was I forgetit was Nicole or somebody was
like, well, like, was there atheme?
I was I forget it was Nicole.
Or somebody was like, well,like, was there a theme?
I was like it's the end of theseason, you know something, the
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end of the season-ish.
And I was like okay, and I so Istarted thinking about like,
well, like, what are things thatI connect to in the cove?
And, um, you know, I was justthinking about how many
different like artists you'vehad on and talking about their
stories and their truths.
And then, um, I just startedthinking about like how and I am
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going through this right now.
It's funny.
And then I also had a messagefrom Bobby Kirby today and I was
telling him how I've written afew songs and I'm having a hard
time thinking about recordingthem, cause I said, you know,
the perfectionism and anxietysets in and he's like man, just
like, just do it.
He's like it's perfect at themoment, and then you can change
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whatever you want later.
He's like put your stuff outthere.
And so it just had me thinkingabout how we, as artists, have
all these little demons in usthat we have to fight every day.
And then I was like, ah, that'sit, it's Fight Song.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yes, and who was the original artist?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
That's Rachel Platt I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
I love the song.
I can't wait to hear youperform it.
Ladies and gentlemen, here'sAmanda Benjamin with Fight Song
Into motion like how a singleword could make a heart open.
Speaker 10 (26:08):
I might only have one match, but I can make an
explosion.
And all those things I didn'tsay were wrecking balls inside
my brain.
I will scream them loud tonight.
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song.
Take back my life song.
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Prove I'm a right.
Song.
My power's turned on, startingright now.
I'll be strong.
I'll play my fight song and Idon't really care if nobody else
believes, cause I've still gota lot of fight left in me,
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losing friends, I'm chasingsleep and everybody's worried
about me.
I'm in too deep, say I'm in toodeep.
It's been two years.
I miss my home.
There's a fire burning in mysoul.
I still believe.
Yeah, I still believe.
And all those things I didn'tsay?
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I still believe.
Yeah, I still believe.
And all those things I didn'tsay were wrecking balls inside
my brain.
I will scream them loud tonight.
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song.
Take back my life song.
Prove I'm alright.
Song back my life song.
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Prove I'm alright.
Song.
My power's turned on, startingright now.
I'll be strong.
I'll play my fight song and Idon't really care if nobody else
believes.
Nobody else believes, causeI've still got a lot of fight
left in me.
A lot of fight left in me, likea small boat on the ocean
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sending big waves into motion,like how a single word can make
a heart open.
I might only have one match,but I can make an explosion.
This is my fight song.
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Take back my life.
Song Prove I'm alright.
Song my power's turned on.
Starting right now, I'll bestrong.
I'll play my fight song.
Strong, I'll play my fight song.
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And I don't really care ifnobody else believes, cause I've
still got a lot of fight leftin me.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
Yeah, I've still got a lot of fight left in me, so
beautiful.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
I was trying to hit applause but I had moved away to
try to find the hold music fromthe thing previous.
But oh my gosh, ladies and andgentlemen give it up for amanda
amazing if you're justexperiencing it for the first
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time.
She does a weekly show on theVodacity Network YouTube channel
and Amanda on Demand everyWednesday night.
We will talk about it in full.
But of course she's also myco-host on the Magical Mystery
Hour, so find us there if youare a fan of podcasts and a fan
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of mysteries and all of thethings.
We'll be launching season twovery soon.
Amanda, great job.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Well, the wheel is hungry.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
It is.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
It's feeding it your sacrifices.
Speaker 5 (30:38):
I know Be ready, David.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
It's a three to one.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 6 (30:42):
I'm feeling myself.
It's going to be me.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
Craig?
What is going on?
Please be David, please be me,I know.
I just want it to happen now.
Will David beat up Craig forthe final spot?
I want back to back Craig.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
Okay, well, it still could be back to back Craig.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Bonus.
Here's the thing Throughout theseason season one Craig has
brought poems to each episodethat he's been able to produce
as an episode producer andsometimes, based on just the
conversations that I have withour guests, his poetry hits the
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cutting room floor.
Because I try to keep up eachepisode under an hour and I said
, you know, I want to find achance for each performance and
each interpretation from Craigto actually, you know, be put
out into the world and forpeople to see it.
So I wanted to share it becausehe does.
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He does a masterful job, asalways.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Thank you, but I felt this poem kind of takes the
whole thing about vulnerability,being yourself and sharing it
with others and having othersjoin you.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Yes, all right, can't wait to hear it yourself and
sharing it with others andhaving others join you.
Yes, all right, can't wait tohear it.
Ladies and gentlemen here, is.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
She touched the water by a spring-fed river.
She had a special gift todeliver, releasing the
inspiration from deep within her.
She said Drink, please.
Witness about saint and sinner.
Surrender your mind, become atrue believer.
The line between real andfantasy, you can make it thinner
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.
So, with my cupped hands, Ibegan to deeply drink.
Muted grays became a vibrantpink drink.
Muted grays became a vibrantpink.
Thoughts and ideas weretransformed into ink.
It was all so fantastic, thosethings I could think.
She said write them all down orthey'll be gone in a blink.
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Not all thoughts were happy,some, they made my heart sink.
The more I drank, the more Iwas elated.
Oh, how easily I concentratedIdeas, expressed, tales of
wonder, consecrated Secretly.
I craved being congratulated.
What was felt, what was written, felt solid, those things I
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created.
Wise, wonderful words,emotionally weighted, wanting
more and more.
I couldn't be sated.
My magical muse began to worryabout me, who I was or might
soon be.
She said I must share thisburden to set you free.
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So next to the river sheplanted flowers and trees.
Other poets coming abated mydis-ease.
She told them drink from theriver as much as you please.
If you don't, I will cause itto freeze Our muse whispered
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loudly.
Poets, take your words near andfar.
Be true, kind and vulnerable.
Let people know who you are.
Hide messages in bottles.
Transport people to a distantstar.
Sing from the rooftops.
Tell limericks in a bar Poetryis music.
Play tunes on a guitar.
Shine bright like a fireflythat escaped from its jar.
(34:48):
Together we have a communitybeing with the rare few who
share our lunacy, the ones ableto decipher these things that we
see.
For us, it's a river, thisplace we love to be.
Gardens free of enemies, greengrass, rivers and trees.
(35:09):
We gather by the shore likebirds and bees.
You're welcome to join us.
Stay for as long as you please.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
So great.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Love that and let's see if the wheel, or what order
the wheel, wants to hear thenext one.
Speaker 5 (35:46):
It has a plan.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
Being awful slow about revealing it.
I know it's me.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
It's a David Okay.
Speaker 5 (35:56):
We will get back to that Craig's at the end.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
What sprang into mind for you to perform?
Speaker 6 (36:03):
Well, it took a little bit of thinking, but then
I thought you know what thecove starts with a C and a cove
encloses part of the C, so it'sonly fitting that I play a
couple of short selections inthe key of C, and this is the
(36:25):
finale episode.
Both of these pieces I wrote ina program called Finale.
Speaker 7 (36:32):
Could it be any more?
Speaker 3 (36:33):
I'm not making this up.
So these are David originals.
Speaker 6 (36:38):
Yes, and I also thought that the very different
characters of each of these iskind of a good reflection of the
variety that paul has had inhis cove episodes over the
course of 36 episodes amazing.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Well, so can't wait to hear some david benjamin
originals in the key of c.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
In the key of c and the first one was water inspired
.
So I'll tell you a little bitabout the.
The first one, uh, it startedoff as the accompaniment to a
song I was writing, based on apoem by a friend of ours, and I
ended up not being entirelyhappy with where it was going.
Not sure where it was going, Iended up turning it into a solo
(37:21):
piano piece.
So the poem was describing, youknow, laying down by you know,
a slow, flowing kind of lazyriver on a very warm summer
afternoon.
You have bugs sort of flittingaround, but the whole the air is
very still, it's just very calm.
And I titled this oneReflections.
What else you might get from itis entirely up to you as the
(37:46):
listener, but that was myinspiration for it.
And the second piece and, like Isaid, these are both fairly
short the second piece wasinspired by the piano.
I actually should say thisfirst one was very much also
influenced by Chopin.
The second piece was inspiredby the piano music of friedrich
kuhlau, who was a contemporaryof mozart, wrote a lot of short
(38:10):
piano pieces and such a lot ofhis music.
He was also an opera composer.
A lot of his music was lost ina house fire.
Oh, I think, had it not beenfor that, he probably would be
better known today because hewas a brilliant composer.
So the second piece was verymuch inspired by him.
So you can't think classicaltime period, uh, late 1700s,
early 1800s at that era.
(38:32):
So the first one wasreflections and the second one I
just titled after coolow.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
The, the, the, the no-transcript brain blown I
(44:33):
agree, nicole.
Speaker 3 (44:34):
I mean fingers hurt just watching and listening that
, david.
That was incredible.
Speaker 7 (44:38):
Well I love the vibe, like just they so different
both songs.
I love that so much.
Speaker 6 (44:45):
That's why I picked them.
I've actually written severalpieces in the key of C, so I was
kind of surprised.
I had a few choices to go from,but these two I thought you
know what.
They're short, I can reasonablysqueeze them in as a single
performance and, yeah, there'sgood variety.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
Loved it all original pieces by david benjamin in the
key of c reflections and aftercoolow performed live for us
here on the cove podcast, seasonone finale, david benjamin yes,
there are two spots on thewheel left and they're both for
(45:24):
producer craig.
I'll do the next recorded onefirst so he can do his live one
last.
Uh, this one was actuallytrimmed out of a very recent
podcast with our friend, chrisvillain.
Uh, who had so much great,amazing things to share and
craig of always has an amazingpoem to share.
(45:46):
Here, from the cropping roomfloor, is Craig's performance of
a poem from the episode withChris Villan.
Oh, can't wait to hear it.
Here's Craig Jackmaninterpreting what is Success, a
poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Speaker 3 (46:18):
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of
intelligent people and theaffection of children.
To earn the approbation ofhonest critics and endure the
betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty.
To find the best in others.
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To give of one's self others togive of one's self.
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a
garden patch or a redeemedsocial condition.
To have played and laughed withexaltation, to know even one
(47:05):
life has breathed easier becauseyou have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Speaker 1 (47:31):
Amazing poem and just so fantastically interpreted by
our own producer, Craig Jackman.
Speaker 5 (47:39):
Now I want, like a personal poem from Craig Jackman
.
Speaker 4 (47:43):
What.
Speaker 5 (47:44):
Yeah, craig please.
Speaker 7 (47:45):
Just poem from Craig Jackman.
Yeah, craig, please.
Speaker 3 (47:49):
For me.
I think All right, I will dosome research, hey.
Speaker 6 (47:54):
Oh wait, am I included in this?
Speaker 1 (47:56):
Sure, why not have you found one for the season
finale of our show?
Speaker 3 (48:02):
Actually I have, and interestingly enough it relates
to today's date.
Speaker 1 (48:10):
Oh, it's a leap year thing.
Speaker 3 (48:11):
It's a leap year thing.
Yes, here's the info about it,the gentleman who wrote the poem
.
His real name is PaulMillicheap.
He's from Britain, but he goesby the poem the poet name of
Brian Bilston, and he's a poetand he knows it.
(48:32):
He writes about the humancondition, relationships and
buses.
One of his books is about busesUsing the suit and Okay.
So he began publishing shortand pithy, often humorous poems
on Twitter, which is where,which then spread widely through
(48:55):
the social media, and he hasbeen described as the poet
laureate of Twitter Of courseit's now X, but anyway as the
Poet Laureate of Twitter.
Of course it's now X, butanyway.
And he has also been called theBanksy of the poetry world
because in his publicity photoshe literally hides his face
behind a book.
So all you see is this, and thepoem that he wrote that I found
(49:22):
is called An Extra Day by BrianBilston.
If every year had an extra day,the things that I might do I'd
paddle down the Amazon in afiberglass canoe and topple this
(49:46):
bad government with anunexpected coup.
I'd write a five-part symphonyfor cello and kazoo.
If every year had an extra day,the things I might achieve I'd
have my own cosmetics range andinvest in new types of cheese.
(50:07):
And I don't think it's naive ofme to imagine that I'd receive
an Oscar for Best Picture frommy friend Keanu Reeves.
If every year had an extra day,there'd be no stopping me.
I'd fix the dripping tapupstairs, I'd save the honeybee
(50:28):
and travel around the countrycollecting honorary degrees,
finding time to decline theknighthoods and OBEs.
Why then, when an extra dayarrives, can no extra time be
found?
Perhaps I should try smallersteps, not wait for leaps and
(50:53):
bounds.
Speaker 7 (51:10):
I got chills with that.
That was like I love the endingso good.
Yeah, I love that one.
Speaker 6 (51:15):
That's very, very cute.
And then wow, profound.
Speaker 1 (51:19):
Yes, cute, and then, wow, profound.
Craig Jackman, ladies andgentlemen, got.
Basically I wanted to spreadhis poems out, but I left it up
to the wheel.
Who had it be All so, so,amazing.
(51:39):
We've gone through stages Actsone and two and three of this
show.
Act one was obviously the gamesand two, two was the music and
(52:10):
three was the poetry.
But I'm going to attack on anextra leg by performing a tune
formed um.
We did something for our friend,a friend of ours, uh, by the
name of tom caroza, who um is.
We met during covid it was ahuge part of the vodacity
network and um, if this crazything happened, his his
apartment in new york city.
It burned and nobody to thisday knows how the fire started.
But we came together as afamily on the vodacity network
(52:33):
to um do like a telecast, abroadcast, a support, an episode
to support and um help himthrough that tragedy.
And I opened the show with thissong.
It was the first time I everperformed it and I may have
(52:54):
performed it once or twice since, but I thought, um, it was
perfect for tonight because itjust encapsulates this uh family
that we have found here on theinternet, like based on all of
our backgrounds and the internetand the Vodacity network, and
(53:15):
leaning on each other andfinding grace and support
throughout any tragedy thathappens or any hardships that
we're going through.
Just know, knowing that youhave a sub, a family to support
you and, um, it just lends somuch to starting a new adventure
(53:38):
.
And that was me wanting to starta podcast.
Like three or four years ago.
I was like I want to do apodcast but I don't feel like I
have the support around me.
And then to, just seven monthsago, being like now is the time.
(53:58):
Now is the time to do it.
And everybody, all of thefriends and family that you have
seen you see in front of youright now and you've seen in
front of you the past Dari, thePierces and I'm just so grateful
for everybody.
And I feel like this was thesong to play as we closed season
(54:33):
one.
And here's a little bit of LeanOn me.
Sometimes in our lives we allhave pain, we all have sorrow,
(55:18):
but if we are wise, we know thatthere's always tomorrow.
Lean on me.
If you're not strong, I'll beyour friend.
(55:40):
Not strong, I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on, for it
won't be long till I'm gonnaneed somebody to lean on, so
(56:03):
please swallow Somebody to leanon.
So please swallow your pride IfI have things you need to borrow
, for no one can fill those ofyour needs that you won't let
(56:33):
show so just call on me, brother, if you need a hand, we all
need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem, youunderstand.
(56:58):
We all need somebody to lean on.
Lean on me.
When you're not strong, I'll beyour friend, I'll help you
carry on, for it won't be longtill I'm gonna need somebody to
(57:30):
lean on.
Just call on me, brother, ifyou need a hand.
We all need somebody to lean on, I just might.
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem,that you'd understand.
(57:51):
We all need somebody to lean on.
If there is a load you have tobear that you can't carry, I'm
(58:17):
right up the road.
I'll share your load if youjust call me.
Call me, come on, call me, callme.
(58:57):
Call me here on season one ofCove Podcast.
I want to say a special thankyou to my friend and episode
producer, craig Jackman, for allyour help throughout season one
.
Thank you, buddy, love you.
And thanks to all of ourPatreon curators Angelica
Bolschweiler, anna Giannivola,charity Swanson, emily Thatcher,
gina Dobbs, jamie Carganilla,josefa Snyder, kelsey Blaine
(59:19):
Gibson, kelsey Blaine Gibson,krista King, meryl Milkey, the
Farrens and Susan Kuhn.
Thank you all so much for yoursupport all throughout the
season, helping the showcontinue to go and continue to
grow.
I love you all.
As we take a little hiatus herebefore season two, go back and
check out any of the episodesyou may have missed along the
way, or re-listen to any of theepisodes that are your favorites
(59:40):
and just.
I appreciate the love andsupport so much from all of you.
Thank you so much for anamazing season.
Speaker 2 (59:56):
I put the coat on her .
For our season one finale of Cove Podcast.
We threw a big rap partyvirtual rap party on our YouTube
channel, covetubecom.
It was a two and a half hourevent.
Our friends joined us, we hadgames, trivia, music.
It was a really great time.
I edited it down for the sakeof the audio version of the
(00:20):
podcast episode 40, the seasonone finale.
Version of the podcast episode40, the season one finale, and
so you're going to hear theedited version here.
But if you want to check outthe live event, I encourage you
to join our Patreon covecommunity.
You will become a member andget access to all of the
previous live recordings of theshows so you get to see all the
(00:44):
unedited versions.
If there's any of your favoriteepisodes you want to see if
there's some stuff you missedthat, hit the cutting room floor
, head over to patreoncom slashcove podcast and see how you can
help the show continue to goand continue to grow.
Here's the season finale you togrow.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Here's the season finale.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcometo the Carganella Online Variety
Entertainment Podcast.
Here's your host, PaulCarganella.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Hello and welcome to Cove.
This is the online variety showin which we aim to both
entertain and inspire both ourpodcast listeners and YouTube
viewers with a variety ofentertainment offerings,
including music, storytelling,poetry, travel blogs, special
(01:41):
guest interviews, dramaticreadings.
Travel blogs, special guestinterviews, dramatic readings
and I always say so much more,but I don't know how much more
there is than that, and I'vebeen saying that for a whole
season so far.
Welcome.
This is the season one finale.
We've got friends here.
I've got some trivia and fungames ready for us all to play.
(02:05):
Uh, thank you all so much forbeing here.
I see you in the youtube chat.
We've got so many friends, somepatreon curators and supporters
.
Uh, cast members and gosh,we're gonna have some fun
(02:25):
tonight.
We got so much planned andwe're going to, of course, be
joined by a few special gueststhis evening, but before we
introduce them, let's, of course, bring the cart in front of the
horse and say hello to ourproducer, producer craig jackman
(02:47):
.
Hello, craig.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Welcome hey, paul and everybody gosh.
Season one finale can you oh?
My gosh, wow, and it.
It's been an amazing season,there's no question about it.
All the variety of peoplewho've joined us during this
season and the talent, all thethings that we got to know about
(03:13):
people and yeah, it's, and youknow what?
Okay, when these shows come out, I enjoy listening to them top
to bottom when I'm doing myworkout in the mornings.
Yeah, and it's so neat and it'slike a companion.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
That was my goal from the beginning was to be like
you know, and it's tough gettinga show out like a weekly show
out, but I wanted to havesomething that you could count
on being there when you're doingyour routine, whether you've
been walking a lot lately or ifI'm doing chores around the
(04:08):
house.
The kids are at school and Ican ask Alexa to put something
on.
I hope it didn't activate.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I know I got to keep an eye on her too.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
We're on every podcast platform at like it.
Just search Cove pod and uh,youtube, of course, on Cove pod.
Or just, um, uh, go to covetubecom, and anytime you're
you're thinking, gosh, I'd loveto listen to something.
I had something entertainingand inspiring.
(04:41):
Hopefully this is somethingthat you can bring with you and
you know I'd love it.
Like, best dream scenario forme is that you listen to it
every week.
But um, I, I just love that if,even if you don't, you can
scroll down and just read themenu of episodes and pick one
just based on what you, whatyou're feeling like.
(05:03):
I don't know if you're feelinglike listening to an author or a
director, an actor, astoryteller, it's all there.
Oh yeah, just based on yourmood, you can just pick an
episode and jump in andhopefully be entertained and
inspired.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
And you know what?
Every single time it'ssomething to look forward to.
It really is.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
I hope so.
Well, thank you, craig, andthank you for being such a big
part of it.
Everybody at home give it upfor Craig Jackman.
I appreciate you for for beingthere all all the steps of the
way.
And uh, we're gonna, we'regonna celebrate this season with
uh, some friends that, ofcourse, we've introduced
throughout the the this firstseason here, and let's, let's
(05:52):
bring a couple of them in.
I know we'll they'll betrickling in as we progress
throughout the evening.
I've got so much fun planned.
But uh, let's invite in ourfriends amanda benjamin, host of
amanda on demand everywednesday-ish night on the
(06:16):
vodacity network, and, uh, herhubby, mr david benjamin, host
of the panama man, every othertuesday night on the vodacity
network.
So good to see you both.
Thank you for being here yeah,so excited buddy, I can't
believe it's the season finale Iknow crazy right, 36 episodes.
(06:40):
Well, you're on like what 150,something 150 something I just
finished 156.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
156 in a row and that's consecutive right In a
row.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Consecutive weeks.
I like barely made it in on aSunday Amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And David, you're a special addition.
This evening.
We lost Wendy Walker, whoactually got an awesome live gig
, but we gained a David Benjamin, so that's so much fun.
David's been panano manningevery other Tuesday night for
gosh, how long now.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
I'm I think I'm getting close to 70 shows now.
Oh, my goodness, that in theupper sixties.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, it's, it's a lot.
And, and you know, when yousettle into this thing Amanda
and I were talking about we're.
We're about to go intoproduction for season two of our
podcast that we co-host,magical mystery hour.
I've mentioned it several timesin season one here on this
podcast, but if you haven'theard any of those episodes,
(07:45):
amanda and I co-host a mysterypodcast filled with any kind of
mysteries.
You can imagine whether it'sconspiracies, aliens, bigfoot.
We cover all of the things timetravel and all of it.
So find the Magical MysteryHour, the magical mystery hour.
(08:07):
We also drop in some, some livemusic and some record a
recorded duet every otherepisode of the podcast, but
every episode of the live stream, uh, so find that we're in.
As I mentioned, we're about togo into production of season two
of that, so make sure you findthat and, um, jump into every
miss magical mystery hour thatyou can.
So tonight we've got music,we've got poetry, we've got
(08:31):
storytelling and so much more.
Our other special guests arehere, so we got to bring them in
for this.
Ladies and gentlemen, pleasegive it up for Mike and Nicole
Pierce.
Welcome to the show, hey thankyou Thank you Congratulations.
(08:56):
Thank you End of us.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
First season.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, thank you for being such an integral part, as
all four of you and, of course,craig, of course all five of you
have been to season one andit's going to be.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
What Wait, what, that was weird.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
It really did look like it landed on Mike.
I mean no, Nicole, Sorry.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It, did it just like, went big, big, big, big I know.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
I'm so happy that that happened.
You have no idea.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
This wheel loves me.
We are still performing on mysong oh jeez.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
What did you choose to perform for the season one
finale of Cove Podcast?
Speaker 8 (09:55):
so I am going with a brand new song from queen b
beyonce, who is now becoming acountry star.
Evidently what just released asong called texas hold'em came
out a couple weeks ago and Idon't know.
Just heard it.
At first I thought it was kindof funny, and then it just stuck
with me and now I've beenobsessing over it for the last
few days and now we're forcingBenjamin to sing it.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
Yes, oh wow, I am in love with this already.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Can't wait to hear the Pierce's launch us into some
music here tonight.
Can't wait to hear the Pierce'slaunch us into some music here
tonight.
Here's Mike and Nicole.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Pierce performing, I guess, beyonce's country song
Texas Hold'em.
This ain't Texas, ain't no.
Hold up, lay your cards down,down, down, down.
So park your Lexus, Throw yourkeys up, stick around, and I'll
(11:06):
be damned if I can't slow dancewith you.
Come pour some sugar.
I'll be hunting too.
It's a real life boogie and areal life.
Hold down, don't be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now.
There's a tornado In my city.
Hit the basement.
That shit ain't pretty Ruggedwhiskey Cause.
(11:31):
We survived them Off.
Random kisses.
Sweet redemption Hasn't time.
Yet One step to the right.
We headed to the dive bar.
We always thought was nice, ooh, run me to the left, then spin
(11:56):
me in the middle, boy, cause Ican't read your mind.
This ain't Texas.
We don't hold up.
So lay your cards down, down,down, down.
Park your Lexus, throw yourkeys up, stick around, around,
(12:18):
around, around around, and I'llbe damned if I can't slow dance
with you.
Gonna pour some sugar on me,honey too.
Well, it's a real-life boogieand a real-life hold down, don't
be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now,and I'll be damned if I can't
slow dance With you.
Gonna pour some liquor on me,honey too.
Well, it's a real-life boogieand a real-life hold down.
(12:40):
Don't be a bitch.
Come take it to the floor now.
There's a tornado Coming at us.
(13:08):
Too hot to think straight, toocold to panic.
All of the problems Just feeldramatic.
Now we're running To the firstbar that you'll find.
Yeah, one step to the right.
(13:31):
We headed to the dive bar.
We always thought it was nice.
You run to the left.
Just work me in the middle, boyCause I can't read your mind.
This ain't Texas, ain't noHold'em.
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Lay your cars down, down, downdown.
So park your Lexus, throw yourkeys up, stick around, round,
round, round, round, stickaround, and I'll be damned if I
can't top dance with you.
(14:11):
Come pour some sugar on me,honey too Well, it's a real-life
boogie and a real-lifehold-down.
Don't be a bitch.
Come to me and I'll be damnedif I cannot dance with you.
Come pour some liquor on me,honey too Well, it's a real life
bogey and a real life hold down.
Don't feel it.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Come take it to the floor now guitar solo.
(15:11):
Incredible mike and nicolepierce, with some live music yes
, that was amazing next up nothe wheel's in love with the
pierces I know what happened todavid benjamin.
Come on wheel games in thepierces.
That's what the wheel is allabout.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
The wheel off.
What can I say?
Speaker 1 (15:34):
oh goodness.
Based on the season finale thisevening, what did you choose to
perform and why?
Speaker 7 (15:43):
okay.
So I didn't choose a song basedon the finale.
I just chose a current songthat's catchy and that I've been
playing a lot lately.
Um, it's called flowers bymiley cyrus, won a grammy and uh
yeah, so you guys probably haveheard it.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Awesome.
No, we can't wait to hear it.
Ladies, probably not.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
Gentlemen, Now you get to hear it, David.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Only if it was by Mozart, cyrus, right Now you get
to be educated, David.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Performing Miley Cyrus' Flowers live here on the
show.
Here's Nicole Pierce.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Thank you.
Let me just see one thing, okay, we were good.
Speaker 9 (16:48):
We were gold, the kind of dream that can't be sold
.
We were right till we weren'tBuilt a home and watched it burn
.
I didn't want to leave.
You Didn't want to leave.
You didn't want to lie, startedto cry.
Then remembered I, I can buymyself flowers, write my name in
(17:16):
the sand, talk to myself forhours.
I can love myself for hours.
(17:39):
Say things you don't understand.
I can take myself dancing.
I can hold my own hand.
Yeah, I can love me better thanyou can.
I can love me better.
I can love me better.
Baby, I can love me better.
I can love me better.
Baby Can love me better.
I can love me better, baby.
Paint my nails cherry red,match the roses that you left.
(18:00):
No remorse, no regret.
I forgive every word you saidoh, I didn't want to leave.
You Didn't want to fight,started to cry.
Then remembered I, I can buymyself flowers, write my name in
(18:22):
the sand.
Talk to myself for hours.
Say things you don't understand.
I can take myself dancing and Ican hold my own hand.
Yeah, I can love me better thanyou can Can love me better.
(18:43):
I can love me better.
I can't love me better.
Baby Can't love me better.
I can't love me better.
Baby Can't love me better.
I can't love me better, babyCan't love me better.
I, oh, I didn't wanna leave youDidn't wanna fight, started to
(19:03):
cry but then remembered I, I canbuy myself flowers, write my
name in the sand, talk to myselffor hours.
Yeah, say things you don'tunderstand.
I can take myself dancing and Ican hold my own hand.
(19:29):
Yeah, I can love me better thanyeah, I can love me better than
you can Can't know me better.
I can't know me better.
(19:56):
Baby Can't know me better.
I can't know me better, baby.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Can't know me better.
I can't know me better, babyCan't love me better, baby you
(20:34):
can love me better.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I can love me better, baby, you can love me better,
beautiful.
Speaker 6 (20:38):
I quote a kid from the Incredibles that was totally
wicked.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
And you got a damn girl from Joe Warren.
Speaker 10 (20:47):
Thank you, Joe Warren.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Better than the original for sure.
So good Pierce's.
Wow, I miss you guys.
It's so good to see you andhear you and you're just so
freaking amazing.
Speaker 7 (21:01):
You are so freaking amazing.
I can't believe season one hasalready come to an end.
Like that's a lot of work and Imean I have so many questions
about your whole process.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
It's amazing I'd love to answer them for you.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Okay, you know your verb is still on, just so you
know if that's thank you.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
I don't want to follow that and having said that
, now I'm there are three craigslices on the list I'm a little
worried, I know well, I don'tknow.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
On deep cuts, usually I'm ending up last I I know.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
True, let's talk about it.
All right, that one, if anybodyout there wants to say thank
you to our performers thisevening.
Sorry, david, I didn't know youwere going to be on the show.
It's the same as mine, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Well, I did fix that.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Oh Wow, adapting on the go On the fly.
Speaker 7 (22:08):
On the fly.
Producer Craig.
Speaker 5 (22:11):
That's why he wears the producer hat.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Yeah, boom.
If you're listening either liveor whenever you hear or see
this episode on the YouTubes andyou think I'd love to leave
that performer a tip because Iwas inspired or entertained in
some way, of course it's justlike a tip jar.
(22:34):
If you are out at dinner andyou're walking down the street
and you heard an amazingperformer and you want to say
thank you, here are the Venmotip jars right here on the
screen of the YouTube broadcastof each performer on the show
here this evening.
Of course we appreciate youbeing here watching the show and
(22:55):
every broadcast over YouTube isfree to enjoy.
But if you want to give alittle extra thanks to any
performer who has piqued yourinterest this evening or just
entertain you enough to you knowwant to say an extra little
extra thank you, there are waysto do that right there in the
Venmo tip jar.
(23:15):
We thank you so much.
All right, let's see what thewheel has in store for us next
as it's dwindling down.
Are the last three going to beCraig?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
I think they might be us next, as it's dwindling down
are the last three going to becraig?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
I think they might be well.
David's still on the wheel andamanda and amanda is still on
the wheel, all of the first ones, where all of the trivia that
all of the games happened firstand all the craigs are gonna
happen oh my, he cut vibes herewe're on track.
As you and I have experiencedthe season finale of Magical
(23:52):
Mystery Hour and you willprobably never experience the
season finale of Amanda onDemand, I don't know man.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
That's like.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Preparing for tonight .
What song selection popped intoyour head?
I don't know, man, that's likeugh.
Preparing for tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
What song selection did you popped into your head.
I was having a hard time.
I was like I don't know whatI'm going to do.
It took me until today.
I was trying to think about itand because we were, you know,
over chat somebody was I forgetit was Nicole or somebody was
like, well, like, was there atheme?
I was I forget it was Nicole.
Or somebody was like, well,like, was there a theme?
I was like it's the end of theseason, you know something, the
(24:30):
end of the season-ish.
And I was like okay, and I so Istarted thinking about like,
well, like, what are things thatI connect to in the cove?
And, um, you know, I was justthinking about how many
different like artists you'vehad on and talking about their
stories and their truths.
And then, um, I just startedthinking about like how and I am
(24:51):
going through this right now.
It's funny.
And then I also had a messagefrom Bobby Kirby today and I was
telling him how I've written afew songs and I'm having a hard
time thinking about recordingthem, cause I said, you know,
the perfectionism and anxietysets in and he's like man, just
like, just do it.
He's like it's perfect at themoment, and then you can change
(25:12):
whatever you want later.
He's like put your stuff outthere.
And so it just had me thinkingabout how we, as artists, have
all these little demons in usthat we have to fight every day.
And then I was like, ah, that'sit, it's Fight Song.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yes, and who was the original artist?
Speaker 5 (25:34):
That's Rachel Platt I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
I love the song.
I can't wait to hear youperform it.
Ladies and gentlemen, here'sAmanda Benjamin with Fight Song
Into motion like how a singleword could make a heart open.
Speaker 10 (26:08):
I might only have one match, but I can make an
explosion.
And all those things I didn'tsay were wrecking balls inside
my brain.
I will scream them loud tonight.
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song.
Take back my life song.
(26:31):
Prove I'm a right.
Song.
My power's turned on, startingright now.
I'll be strong.
I'll play my fight song and Idon't really care if nobody else
believes, cause I've still gota lot of fight left in me,
(27:05):
losing friends, I'm chasingsleep and everybody's worried
about me.
I'm in too deep, say I'm in toodeep.
It's been two years.
I miss my home.
There's a fire burning in mysoul.
I still believe.
Yeah, I still believe.
And all those things I didn'tsay?
(27:27):
I still believe.
Yeah, I still believe.
And all those things I didn'tsay were wrecking balls inside
my brain.
I will scream them loud tonight.
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song.
Take back my life song.
Prove I'm alright.
Song back my life song.
(27:54):
Prove I'm alright.
Song.
My power's turned on, startingright now.
I'll be strong.
I'll play my fight song and Idon't really care if nobody else
believes.
Nobody else believes, causeI've still got a lot of fight
left in me.
A lot of fight left in me, likea small boat on the ocean
(28:23):
sending big waves into motion,like how a single word can make
a heart open.
I might only have one match,but I can make an explosion.
This is my fight song.
(28:46):
Take back my life.
Song Prove I'm alright.
Song my power's turned on.
Starting right now, I'll bestrong.
I'll play my fight song.
Strong, I'll play my fight song.
(29:11):
And I don't really care ifnobody else believes, cause I've
still got a lot of fight leftin me.
Speaker 7 (29:33):
Yeah, I've still got a lot of fight left in me, so
beautiful.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
I was trying to hit applause but I had moved away to
try to find the hold music fromthe thing previous.
But oh my gosh, ladies and andgentlemen give it up for amanda
amazing if you're justexperiencing it for the first
(30:02):
time.
She does a weekly show on theVodacity Network YouTube channel
and Amanda on Demand everyWednesday night.
We will talk about it in full.
But of course she's also myco-host on the Magical Mystery
Hour, so find us there if youare a fan of podcasts and a fan
(30:23):
of mysteries and all of thethings.
We'll be launching season twovery soon.
Amanda, great job.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Well, the wheel is hungry.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
It is.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
It's feeding it your sacrifices.
Speaker 5 (30:38):
I know Be ready, David.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
It's a three to one.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 6 (30:42):
I'm feeling myself.
It's going to be me.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
Craig?
What is going on?
Please be David, please be me,I know.
I just want it to happen now.
Will David beat up Craig forthe final spot?
I want back to back Craig.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
Okay, well, it still could be back to back Craig.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Bonus.
Here's the thing Throughout theseason season one Craig has
brought poems to each episodethat he's been able to produce
as an episode producer andsometimes, based on just the
conversations that I have withour guests, his poetry hits the
(31:23):
cutting room floor.
Because I try to keep up eachepisode under an hour and I said
, you know, I want to find achance for each performance and
each interpretation from Craigto actually, you know, be put
out into the world and forpeople to see it.
So I wanted to share it becausehe does.
(31:46):
He does a masterful job, asalways.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Thank you, but I felt this poem kind of takes the
whole thing about vulnerability,being yourself and sharing it
with others and having othersjoin you.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Yes, all right, can't wait to hear it yourself and
sharing it with others andhaving others join you.
Yes, all right, can't wait tohear it.
Ladies and gentlemen here, is.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
She touched the water by a spring-fed river.
She had a special gift todeliver, releasing the
inspiration from deep within her.
She said Drink, please.
Witness about saint and sinner.
Surrender your mind, become atrue believer.
The line between real andfantasy, you can make it thinner
(32:54):
.
So, with my cupped hands, Ibegan to deeply drink.
Muted grays became a vibrantpink drink.
Muted grays became a vibrantpink.
Thoughts and ideas weretransformed into ink.
It was all so fantastic, thosethings I could think.
She said write them all down orthey'll be gone in a blink.
(33:16):
Not all thoughts were happy,some, they made my heart sink.
The more I drank, the more Iwas elated.
Oh, how easily I concentratedIdeas, expressed, tales of
wonder, consecrated Secretly.
I craved being congratulated.
What was felt, what was written, felt solid, those things I
(33:42):
created.
Wise, wonderful words,emotionally weighted, wanting
more and more.
I couldn't be sated.
My magical muse began to worryabout me, who I was or might
soon be.
She said I must share thisburden to set you free.
(34:03):
So next to the river sheplanted flowers and trees.
Other poets coming abated mydis-ease.
She told them drink from theriver as much as you please.
If you don't, I will cause itto freeze Our muse whispered
(34:25):
loudly.
Poets, take your words near andfar.
Be true, kind and vulnerable.
Let people know who you are.
Hide messages in bottles.
Transport people to a distantstar.
Sing from the rooftops.
Tell limericks in a bar Poetryis music.
Play tunes on a guitar.
Shine bright like a fireflythat escaped from its jar.
(34:48):
Together we have a communitybeing with the rare few who
share our lunacy, the ones ableto decipher these things that we
see.
For us, it's a river, thisplace we love to be.
Gardens free of enemies, greengrass, rivers and trees.
(35:09):
We gather by the shore likebirds and bees.
You're welcome to join us.
Stay for as long as you please.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
So great.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
Love that and let's see if the wheel, or what order
the wheel, wants to hear thenext one.
Speaker 5 (35:46):
It has a plan.
Speaker 6 (35:48):
Being awful slow about revealing it.
I know it's me.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
It's a David Okay.
Speaker 5 (35:56):
We will get back to that Craig's at the end.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
What sprang into mind for you to perform?
Speaker 6 (36:03):
Well, it took a little bit of thinking, but then
I thought you know what thecove starts with a C and a cove
encloses part of the C, so it'sonly fitting that I play a
couple of short selections inthe key of C, and this is the
(36:25):
finale episode.
Both of these pieces I wrote ina program called Finale.
Speaker 7 (36:32):
Could it be any more?
Speaker 3 (36:33):
I'm not making this up.
So these are David originals.
Speaker 6 (36:38):
Yes, and I also thought that the very different
characters of each of these iskind of a good reflection of the
variety that paul has had inhis cove episodes over the
course of 36 episodes amazing.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Well, so can't wait to hear some david benjamin
originals in the key of c.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
In the key of c and the first one was water inspired
.
So I'll tell you a little bitabout the.
The first one, uh, it startedoff as the accompaniment to a
song I was writing, based on apoem by a friend of ours, and I
ended up not being entirelyhappy with where it was going.
Not sure where it was going, Iended up turning it into a solo
(37:21):
piano piece.
So the poem was describing, youknow, laying down by you know,
a slow, flowing kind of lazyriver on a very warm summer
afternoon.
You have bugs sort of flittingaround, but the whole the air is
very still, it's just very calm.
And I titled this oneReflections.
What else you might get from itis entirely up to you as the
(37:46):
listener, but that was myinspiration for it.
And the second piece and, like Isaid, these are both fairly
short the second piece wasinspired by the piano.
I actually should say thisfirst one was very much also
influenced by Chopin.
The second piece was inspiredby the piano music of friedrich
kuhlau, who was a contemporaryof mozart, wrote a lot of short
(38:10):
piano pieces and such a lot ofhis music.
He was also an opera composer.
A lot of his music was lost ina house fire.
Oh, I think, had it not beenfor that, he probably would be
better known today because hewas a brilliant composer.
So the second piece was verymuch inspired by him.
So you can't think classicaltime period, uh, late 1700s,
early 1800s at that era.
(38:32):
So the first one wasreflections and the second one I
just titled after coolow.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
The, the, the, the no-transcript brain blown I
(44:33):
agree, nicole.
Speaker 3 (44:34):
I mean fingers hurt just watching and listening that
, david.
That was incredible.
Speaker 7 (44:38):
Well I love the vibe, like just they so different
both songs.
I love that so much.
Speaker 6 (44:45):
That's why I picked them.
I've actually written severalpieces in the key of C, so I was
kind of surprised.
I had a few choices to go from,but these two I thought you
know what.
They're short, I can reasonablysqueeze them in as a single
performance and, yeah, there'sgood variety.
Speaker 1 (45:03):
Loved it all original pieces by david benjamin in the
key of c reflections and aftercoolow performed live for us
here on the cove podcast, seasonone finale, david benjamin yes,
there are two spots on thewheel left and they're both for
(45:24):
producer craig.
I'll do the next recorded onefirst so he can do his live one
last.
Uh, this one was actuallytrimmed out of a very recent
podcast with our friend, chrisvillain.
Uh, who had so much great,amazing things to share and
craig of always has an amazingpoem to share.
(45:46):
Here, from the cropping roomfloor, is Craig's performance of
a poem from the episode withChris Villan.
Oh, can't wait to hear it.
Here's Craig Jackmaninterpreting what is Success, a
poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Speaker 3 (46:18):
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of
intelligent people and theaffection of children.
To earn the approbation ofhonest critics and endure the
betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty.
To find the best in others.
(46:39):
To give of one's self others togive of one's self.
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a
garden patch or a redeemedsocial condition.
To have played and laughed withexaltation, to know even one
(47:05):
life has breathed easier becauseyou have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Speaker 1 (47:31):
Amazing poem and just so fantastically interpreted by
our own producer, Craig Jackman.
Speaker 5 (47:39):
Now I want, like a personal poem from Craig Jackman
.
Speaker 4 (47:43):
What.
Speaker 5 (47:44):
Yeah, craig please.
Speaker 7 (47:45):
Just poem from Craig Jackman.
Yeah, craig, please.
Speaker 3 (47:49):
For me.
I think All right, I will dosome research, hey.
Speaker 6 (47:54):
Oh wait, am I included in this?
Speaker 1 (47:56):
Sure, why not have you found one for the season
finale of our show?
Speaker 3 (48:02):
Actually I have, and interestingly enough it relates
to today's date.
Speaker 1 (48:10):
Oh, it's a leap year thing.
Speaker 3 (48:11):
It's a leap year thing.
Yes, here's the info about it,the gentleman who wrote the poem
.
His real name is PaulMillicheap.
He's from Britain, but he goesby the poem the poet name of
Brian Bilston, and he's a poetand he knows it.
(48:32):
He writes about the humancondition, relationships and
buses.
One of his books is about busesUsing the suit and Okay.
So he began publishing shortand pithy, often humorous poems
on Twitter, which is where,which then spread widely through
(48:55):
the social media, and he hasbeen described as the poet
laureate of Twitter Of courseit's now X, but anyway as the
Poet Laureate of Twitter.
Of course it's now X, butanyway.
And he has also been called theBanksy of the poetry world
because in his publicity photoshe literally hides his face
behind a book.
So all you see is this, and thepoem that he wrote that I found
(49:22):
is called An Extra Day by BrianBilston.
If every year had an extra day,the things that I might do I'd
paddle down the Amazon in afiberglass canoe and topple this
(49:46):
bad government with anunexpected coup.
I'd write a five-part symphonyfor cello and kazoo.
If every year had an extra day,the things I might achieve I'd
have my own cosmetics range andinvest in new types of cheese.
(50:07):
And I don't think it's naive ofme to imagine that I'd receive
an Oscar for Best Picture frommy friend Keanu Reeves.
If every year had an extra day,there'd be no stopping me.
I'd fix the dripping tapupstairs, I'd save the honeybee
(50:28):
and travel around the countrycollecting honorary degrees,
finding time to decline theknighthoods and OBEs.
Why then, when an extra dayarrives, can no extra time be
found?
Perhaps I should try smallersteps, not wait for leaps and
(50:53):
bounds.
Speaker 7 (51:10):
I got chills with that.
That was like I love the endingso good.
Yeah, I love that one.
Speaker 6 (51:15):
That's very, very cute.
And then wow, profound.
Speaker 1 (51:19):
Yes, cute, and then, wow, profound.
Craig Jackman, ladies andgentlemen, got.
Basically I wanted to spreadhis poems out, but I left it up
to the wheel.
Who had it be All so, so,amazing.
(51:39):
We've gone through stages Actsone and two and three of this
show.
Act one was obviously the gamesand two, two was the music and
(52:10):
three was the poetry.
But I'm going to attack on anextra leg by performing a tune
formed um.
We did something for our friend,a friend of ours, uh, by the
name of tom caroza, who um is.
We met during covid it was ahuge part of the vodacity
network and um, if this crazything happened, his his
apartment in new york city.
It burned and nobody to thisday knows how the fire started.
But we came together as afamily on the vodacity network
(52:33):
to um do like a telecast, abroadcast, a support, an episode
to support and um help himthrough that tragedy.
And I opened the show with thissong.
It was the first time I everperformed it and I may have
(52:54):
performed it once or twice since, but I thought, um, it was
perfect for tonight because itjust encapsulates this uh family
that we have found here on theinternet, like based on all of
our backgrounds and the internetand the Vodacity network, and
(53:15):
leaning on each other andfinding grace and support
throughout any tragedy thathappens or any hardships that
we're going through.
Just know, knowing that youhave a sub, a family to support
you and, um, it just lends somuch to starting a new adventure
(53:38):
.
And that was me wanting to starta podcast.
Like three or four years ago.
I was like I want to do apodcast but I don't feel like I
have the support around me.
And then to, just seven monthsago, being like now is the time.
(53:58):
Now is the time to do it.
And everybody, all of thefriends and family that you have
seen you see in front of youright now and you've seen in
front of you the past Dari, thePierces and I'm just so grateful
for everybody.
And I feel like this was thesong to play as we closed season
(54:33):
one.
And here's a little bit of LeanOn me.
Sometimes in our lives we allhave pain, we all have sorrow,
(55:18):
but if we are wise, we know thatthere's always tomorrow.
Lean on me.
If you're not strong, I'll beyour friend.
(55:40):
Not strong, I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on, for it
won't be long till I'm gonnaneed somebody to lean on, so
(56:03):
please swallow Somebody to leanon.
So please swallow your pride IfI have things you need to borrow
, for no one can fill those ofyour needs that you won't let
(56:33):
show so just call on me, brother, if you need a hand, we all
need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem, youunderstand.
(56:58):
We all need somebody to lean on.
Lean on me.
When you're not strong, I'll beyour friend, I'll help you
carry on, for it won't be longtill I'm gonna need somebody to
(57:30):
lean on.
Just call on me, brother, ifyou need a hand.
We all need somebody to lean on, I just might.
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem,that you'd understand.
(57:51):
We all need somebody to lean on.
If there is a load you have tobear that you can't carry, I'm
(58:17):
right up the road.
I'll share your load if youjust call me.
Call me, come on, call me, callme.
(58:57):
Call me here on season one ofCove Podcast.
I want to say a special thankyou to my friend and episode
producer, craig Jackman, for allyour help throughout season one
.
Thank you, buddy, love you.
And thanks to all of ourPatreon curators Angelica
Bolschweiler, anna Giannivola,charity Swanson, emily Thatcher,
gina Dobbs, jamie Carganilla,josefa Snyder, kelsey Blaine
(59:19):
Gibson, kelsey Blaine Gibson,krista King, meryl Milkey, the
Farrens and Susan Kuhn.
Thank you all so much for yoursupport all throughout the
season, helping the showcontinue to go and continue to
grow.
I love you all.
As we take a little hiatus herebefore season two, go back and
check out any of the episodesyou may have missed along the
way, or re-listen to any of theepisodes that are your favorites
(59:40):
and just.
I appreciate the love andsupport so much from all of you.
Thank you so much for anamazing season.
Speaker 2 (59:56):
I put the coat on her .
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