Getting Real with RED

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to rid rehtt. It's Michelle Barone, your host, and
what's your name again?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Oh, Ashley McPherson. Hey, it's me again.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
Ashley, my favorite co host. She's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Okay, I've been looking at her all day and I'm like,
she's glowing today.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Like I don't know what's going on with MB's look,
but like getting my work.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
I mean, it might be the fact that like, you're
very sparkly right now, but I meant, like before you change.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Into the South, I don't know. Well, thank you as beautiful.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
I can't belief she forgot my name. It's like we're strangers.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Well we were until you were born after me. Hey, guys,
before today's episode, I want to talk to you about
something that Ashley and I care a lot about. Mental health.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
That's right, taking care of your mental health is just
as important as taking care of your physical health. And
mental health America of Dutchess County is the perfect place
for that health.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Absolutely. Mental Health America of Dutchess County is super empowering
and help so many people with so many problems.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Honestly, it's pretty amazing seeing how mental health actually affects people.
I mean the guests that we've had on the show.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
We've talked about mental health in almost every episode, and
it's a serious topic.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Now's the time to prioritize your mental well being. If
you're suffering from anxiety, depression, or anything mental health related,
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of strangers, we're actually gonna play a game today. The

(02:11):
game we're not really strangers, Okay. So we're basically gonna
go through some cards and you're gonna read a question,
you're gonna ask it to me, and then I'm gonna
read my questions and ask them to you.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
So let's go back and forth with the cards.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
That sounds good.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Also, we don't know what any of these cards say.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Our team picked them, and everyone's been laughing behind the
camera knowing we're gonna pick from the cards.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
So I don't know. I'm nervous, hard like red right
on brand, I know, look at that.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
You know I really knew your name right, Oh my god.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Obviously got it? Oh my god.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
I mean we were just talking about this actually the
other day we were having family dinner and we were
talking about how Nana never calls any of us the
right name, Like I have been Michelle my whole life.
I've started being like, yeah, like what like when Nana
says like Michelle, I'm just like, yeah, what's up?

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Like I've give it. I've given up.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
I know she's too much funny, but I'm excited about this.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, this is gonna be fun. I literally got this
card game a few years ago, and like, this is
a good like ice game, like you know, try to
get closer to someone. There's three different levels of the game. Okay,
so I think we have a mix of a whole bunch.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Of different levels.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Let's do it.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
So, let's do it. You got your wava so you
can lock in crack.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
My wava whip. How you doing? Oh this sounds sounds good.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
I cannot with her. Oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
All right, do it?

Speaker 3 (03:19):
All right, I'll start first. I like shuffle my cards
a little bit like a shuffle. Okay, how would you
describe me to a stranger?

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Absolutely gorgeous, smart, the best content creator ever, my niece.
She's perfect and no one's good enough.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Just like that. All right, that's pretty good. Okay, that's
how all right?

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Good? Okay? Cool?

Speaker 3 (03:37):
How would I describe you to a stranger? I'd be like,
oh my god, how would even explain my ass?

Speaker 2 (03:43):
I don't even know. I don't even know.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
I think like she's very driven and like dedicated to
what we're doing. She's also like very crazy and like
she doesn't sleep. Like the one thing I'd say about
her is like she's the most energetic person. I know that,
like doesn't consume caffeine or anything.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
I don't know. She's fun, she's pretty. You know, we
got like the same genetics.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
And then I don't know, she's like my favorite act
Like I love all my anMI, but you're my girl,
my favorite niece. Guys, you hear that. I'm clipping that
and I'm playing that at the next family holidays. All right,
go ahead, your turn.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
All right? What's what is something you wouldn't want to
change about yourself?

Speaker 2 (04:23):
My personality? I think like I'm like I get.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
Along with like everyone I meet, and even if like
I don't like people like, I still like make sure
I'm like kind to everyone, and I feel like I
like that.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
But myself very outgoing.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
So I'd rather that than be shy and be anxious
talking to people, even though I'm always anxious.

Speaker 4 (04:42):
I know too.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Maybe i'd change my anxiety. Yeah that's what I change.

Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yeah, all right, but you wouldn't want to change, well,
I wouldn't want to change my personality. I would want
to change my anxiety. Yeah, get that out of there.
I agree with both of those. I wouldn't want to
change myself. I love myself. I have a lot of
fun and I crack up with myself.

Speaker 5 (04:59):
Oh my god.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
And sometimes I like make a joke and I'm like,
I can't believe I said that.

Speaker 1 (05:03):
It was pretty good. Yeah, so yeah, that's that. And
I really wouldn't want to change my life. I love it.
I love my family and my life. But something I
would want to change is definitely my anxiety. I like
that one. I had my food choices, like I just
like to eat too much.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
She likes candy a lot, Yeah, don't. Yeah, she doesn't
like to take like just one bite, like.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
She says, just one bite, one bite, right.

Speaker 3 (05:33):
She's dedicated in every other way besides like the sweet streets.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
That's like, no, I'm gonna be I'm gonna do it. It's
a mindset.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
I gotta get hypnotized.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
Yeah I did that, didn't it didn't do it. I
tried everything, but it'll.

Speaker 3 (05:46):
Happen, all right, Well, all right, if you could prescribe
me one thing to do for the rest of this month,
what would it be?

Speaker 1 (05:52):
And why beyond?

Speaker 3 (05:54):
I knew that was coming, like, oh, my god, because
it'll make you more efficient.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
OKAYT me same thing. Oh okay maybe no, no, no.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
Maybe like just like like like lock in a little
bit more.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yeah, like pay attention.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Sometimes I pay attention.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
Like not that I always pay attention, but sometimes like
you're really locked in on the phone.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
I know I have to I know, I know, lock
in on the face. On a scale of one to ten,
how messy do you think my car is? One being
the cleanest, ten being in possessed or explain? Uh?

Speaker 3 (06:25):
I mean like when the kids are gone and it's
just left of what was the kids? Probably around like
a seven? Yeah, there's always like sprinkled popcorn on the floor.
There's like snacks of the kids left three weeks ago
in the trunk of the car. She doesn't go back there.

Speaker 1 (06:37):
No, that's not from the kids, it's from Gabby.

Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:41):
Actually no, that's a fair point, because Gabby was in
my car the other day and she left the wrappers
in my car?

Speaker 1 (06:45):
Does that?

Speaker 2 (06:46):
It's not right?

Speaker 1 (06:46):
It's not right.

Speaker 2 (06:48):
It really isn't it. We'll keep her around, but oh
my god, that was like stretching.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
Is the car mess queen?

Speaker 3 (06:53):
Yeah, but definitely like a seven i'd say, I mean
after a car filming day, Like I guess like Danny kind.

Speaker 2 (06:59):
Of just takes this up out of the car and
like cleans it up.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
Danny cleans everything because I just it's a lot of
energy to carry out.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
Oh my god, exhausting and you're a girl. Yeah, you
know you shouldn't be lifting like all those heavy chairs
and stuff.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
Oh no, no, that's Danny's job.

Speaker 2 (07:11):
Well, what would you say about my car?

Speaker 1 (07:13):
Oh? I you know, I've hadn't been in it as
many times as you've been in mine.

Speaker 3 (07:18):
My car is normally pretty spotless unless we have film days.
Then like it takes me a second, like somethime seventeen luggages.

Speaker 2 (07:25):
Yeah, oh my today early my car was bagged.

Speaker 3 (07:29):
I think, like I try to keep my car clean,
but like sometimes after film days, I'm like lazy after
we're done, and I'm like I don't want to take
everything in.

Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, but.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
I'd say it's five five all right, I'll take it.

Speaker 1 (07:41):
I'll take it.

Speaker 3 (07:42):
Gotta wipe it down, Okay, all right, this is a
wild card. Think of something you strongly dislike that most
people love. On the count of three, say it out loud.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, I strongly dislike.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
We strong that I strongly dislike, but people love. Oh
my god, this is so hard.

Speaker 1 (07:59):
One.

Speaker 2 (08:00):
No, I'm not ready yet.

Speaker 1 (08:01):
Oh my god, I'm still not ready.

Speaker 2 (08:03):
But I gotta get my answer first. You already have yours,
just ready to go.

Speaker 1 (08:08):
What's the question?

Speaker 2 (08:10):
What were you gonna say? If we counted down?

Speaker 1 (08:12):
I don't know. I was just counting.

Speaker 3 (08:15):
All right, Think of something you strongly dislike that most
people love.

Speaker 1 (08:22):
I want to say something that I can't say that.
Go ahead, I got one.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
I still don't hold on. Ummmm, okay, okay, all right,
three two one clubs. You're supposed to say it at
one three two one.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
Answer watching TV? Okay, why, I just don't like it.
I think it's a distraction.

Speaker 2 (08:49):
You know, you have your own show, right, Yeah, but I.

Speaker 1 (08:52):
Think watching social media is better than watching TV. Okay, So,
like I would rather scroll, and I just I don't
like to use a remote and have another device and
like have a show I put on at a certain time,
like social media is on demand and I like that.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Okay, I see it, Yeah that, I just don't like it.

Speaker 1 (09:09):
I don't like watching TV. I never have the only
show I've ever watched consistently. There's two sopranos and Real
Housewives in New Jersey.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yeah that is true.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
It Oh all American, all American, all American. That's true.
So yeah, that's it.

Speaker 3 (09:23):
See, I feel like mine is like I just think
like a lot of people hype up clubs and like
we've been to a lot of clubs, Like we've gone
to Vegas, We've done clubs. But I always like, I really,
me and my friends have talked about this million times.

Speaker 2 (09:33):
A dive bar is nine out of ten times a
better time.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
So I did good for your birthday.

Speaker 2 (09:37):
So she did good for my birthday? Everyone else? What
do we do for Gabby's birthday? I think we did
a big brunch.

Speaker 3 (09:42):
We got like this, she did like her like twenty
three gifts for her twenty third birthday.

Speaker 2 (09:48):
Oh, twelve twelve gifts for twelve days a gab. Yeah, okay,
maybe next year twenty four gifts or twenty four. I
don't know. I think we did.

Speaker 3 (09:56):
Oh, we did a paint and sit party for our
graphic designer and then for me. She decided to go
to the town dive bar, where her and all of
her colleagues used to hang out.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
But we had the time of our life.

Speaker 1 (10:07):
I mean, you sung karaoke with some woman at the bar.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Oh my god, I don't even know what was going on,
Like some guy was staying in he's handing over the
mic and like, keep in mind, she had my birthday
thing like a month after my birthday happened because she
didn't have time.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
So by the time I was like, oh my god,
we're birthday twins.

Speaker 3 (10:22):
I'm like lying to this poor lady like it's her
actual day and I'm just stealing her.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
Thunder. That was fun. So, yeah, you did good for
that party.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
But I didn't know you didn't like clubs like I
used to live in a class. I mean I don't.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
I don't hate clubs, but I think like every time
I've gone to a club, I've had a table, and
I think, like when you're at a table and like
the vibes like aren't there, Like it's.

Speaker 2 (10:40):
Kind of boring.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (10:41):
Like when we went we went to a club when
we were in Vegas for Super Bowl. Then we went
to Tea Pain That was like probably my best club experience.

Speaker 2 (10:48):
That was so much fun.

Speaker 3 (10:49):
Like I guess we were around like a lot of
like new people too, Like we were with like some
NFL players like our team, Like there's a lot of
people with like a lot of personality, I'd say, so
I think that made it a lot more fun. And
then going to a club and then t Page just
showing up on the stage.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
Like that was pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
So like that was like the one time, but like
not a lot of like things are like that.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
It's because you go to clubs in the Hudson Valley.
You got to go to real clubs.

Speaker 2 (11:10):
Well, I've been to New York City.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
Clubs, Sound Factory back in the day. Oh my god's
best club I ever went to. Actually, yeah, listen, I
was in my prime then. Don't be hating for sure.
But all right, I got a question. Hold on, okay,
who do you think my celebrity crushes? If you nail this,
I'll die.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
Is the person olds?

Speaker 1 (11:30):
Oh? How old is old?

Speaker 2 (11:32):
I don't know how adult? Like your age or like
the molder.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
I'm not that old?

Speaker 2 (11:36):
No, no, no, I know, I said your age older?

Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah? Uh?

Speaker 3 (11:42):
Like can I have like a hen No, I don't
even know. Like celebrities like that, like you do you.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
Know this one?

Speaker 3 (11:50):
But like Channing Tatum or something that's the only name
that came to mind. No, I don't know any slubs.

Speaker 1 (11:57):
Like that, don't Well who's you have? Three? Oh?

Speaker 2 (12:01):
My god?

Speaker 1 (12:01):
All right?

Speaker 2 (12:01):
So who are they?

Speaker 1 (12:02):
One of them?

Speaker 3 (12:03):
Like, I'm gonna die if you get it you have
three different ones?

Speaker 1 (12:06):
Well? I love Brian Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
Oh okay, but you want to be him?

Speaker 1 (12:10):
No, I love him like he's so cute and so
great and I just love that he's like polished and perfect.

Speaker 3 (12:15):
All right, So, like I know, like this is like
you like like Mario.

Speaker 1 (12:20):
Oh, Mario Lopez is hot. I mean, come on, you
can't deny that. And I love Justin Timberlake. He's my favorite,
okay all right? If I had I think I want
would be him. Okay, all right, he's the best.

Speaker 2 (12:31):
I definitely wasn't gonna guess that.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
You wouldn't guess Justin that was like the guy of
my era.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
I mean, I guess you just weren't around. Yeah, I
just feel like these people might be irrelevant.

Speaker 1 (12:41):
Now, Oh my god, I love that's your favorite? Yeah?
Uh oh god, I forgot how the hell it goes?

Speaker 2 (12:48):
Her favorite song?

Speaker 1 (12:50):
My how does it go? Now? The mo am? I
gonna take that?

Speaker 6 (12:53):
My love.

Speaker 7 (12:55):
Ma love.

Speaker 1 (12:56):
I don't know the words JU was for me. Would
you say I'm much a.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
Mean amaze with you too?

Speaker 1 (13:06):
If I told you you were beautiful? Would you date
me on the regular? Yeah? I love Justin bagging on
the beans of the clothing. I can see it's on
the country side, baiting on the grasspont side. That's sad.
I love. But Timbaland I love him too. He is iconic.

(13:27):
He's the one who made everybody at that time, him
and Scott Storch. But I don't know if they get
along or not smash right right, Justin Timberlake is amazing,
Like you know what I love about him? First of all,
I love that he's a musician. But I love that
he gives it all. He's got. That guy has nothing
left to give when he is done, like he gives

(13:49):
it everything on stage. I've seen him perform a million times.
I love him, all right, He's amazing.

Speaker 2 (13:54):
Okay, all right, what are you still trying to prove
to yourself?

Speaker 1 (14:00):
I'm still trying to prove to myself. I don't know.
I think I've done all right. I don't know. I'm
happy with my all right, that's good. But I think
proving I guess from a vulnerable standpoint, I just like think,
I really want to get this weight off, okay, talking
about this my whole life, like I just got to
do it, you know.

Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah all right, So like you're trying to prove to
yourself that you can do it. Yea, and you can.

Speaker 3 (14:22):
I will, okay there, Yeah, still look good. It's not
the first I have, right, that's right. You got three kids,
you know.

Speaker 1 (14:28):
A husband, a business.

Speaker 2 (14:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (14:30):
Okay. What is the last thing you lied to your
mother about? Now? Listen and don't lie?

Speaker 2 (14:39):
Okay again?

Speaker 3 (14:41):
Okay, So like I didn't lie about cracking my windshield.
I just didn't tell her and then she saw it
in my car when she was driving. But one night
we were at my friend Kayles's house when she lived
at Touchy's and I was like, oh, like okay, like
no one's like everyone was like fighting or something. I
don't know what was going on. So I was like, fine,
I'll walk home. So I walked home for Tutti's house
to my house at like five am after we went out,

(15:03):
and I didn't tell my mom, Like she was like,
how'd you get home?

Speaker 2 (15:05):
I told her? I ubered. It was like a fifty
minute walk.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
But honestly, myke why did you do that?

Speaker 3 (15:10):
I don't know, but at the time it felt like
a really good idea and that entire walk, I was like,
you know what, I'm really getting my steps in, Like
I actually enjoyed that walk. But I don't think my
mom knows about this still, but I've I've gotten the
lectures from plenty of people, so.

Speaker 2 (15:23):
I won't be doing it anymore.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Not allowed to do that, but especially when you're drunk.

Speaker 2 (15:27):
But I could do it. No, at that point.

Speaker 3 (15:28):
I was sober at that point, like we had been
home for hours, Like.

Speaker 1 (15:32):
I mean, I live a mile away, call me.

Speaker 2 (15:35):
My phem was dead. Yeah, so I went on that
walk with the dead photi.

Speaker 1 (15:38):
Let you leave?

Speaker 3 (15:39):
Oh well I just left. I'd like, I was like
the no one heard me. And then Kayla went looking
for me. And then Kayla didn't find me. So it
was like a hole to do.

Speaker 1 (15:46):
But you know, we need to talk me and Kayla.
Kylea came.

Speaker 3 (15:50):
Kayla came to find me, okay, but too far gone.
I had my sneakers on.

Speaker 1 (15:55):
And that was it. Yeah, dang fights at five am.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
It was so stupid too, all right, what do you
recommend I let go of? If anything, you would be honest?

Speaker 1 (16:07):
Oh god, what do I recommend you let go of?
I think you need to let go of dating guys
from Poughkeepsie. You gotta meet you gotta meet somebody. Okay,
it's powerful. I don't know. I mean, listen, I like
your current boyfriend.

Speaker 2 (16:27):
I'm like, what do you want me to do? Break
up with my boyfriend?

Speaker 1 (16:32):
All right, so that's better.

Speaker 2 (16:33):
My boyfriend isn't from Pepsie.

Speaker 1 (16:34):
Well, I know, I know. I like Frank. Frank's a
nice guy. He really is. I just yeah, his name
is Frank. He's guys, got a new boyfriend, Frank.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
It's her dad's name.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
It is my dad's name, and he is a He's
so nice. He was over the other night. He was
playing with the kids, like he's a trooper. I think
it's just for you. I look at you like my daughter,
and I just feel like no one's ever gonna be
good enough.

Speaker 3 (16:57):
Well, hopefully like we change your mind one day, or
else my wedding is gonna be so disappointed.

Speaker 1 (17:04):
All right.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
Wild Card press shuffle on your music library. Explain the
first song that comes.

Speaker 1 (17:09):
Up shuffle on your music library do you.

Speaker 2 (17:12):
Even listen to music?

Speaker 1 (17:13):
Yeah, my phone, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (17:16):
Hold on Okay, So she doesn't have an answer, So
I guess I'm gonna answer my own question.

Speaker 2 (17:21):
I'm gonna go with my Spotify like songs.

Speaker 3 (17:23):
I have over thirty three hundred songs in there, So
I guess we'll just shuffle whatever. Grenade by Bruno Mars. Honestly,
I don't even know why that's in my like songs.

Speaker 1 (17:37):
I love that song?

Speaker 2 (17:38):
You like that one?

Speaker 1 (17:39):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (17:39):
I feel like, oh, there's like certain Bruno Mars songs
where it's like so overplayed, I know, so overplayed, like
marry Me? That better not play at my wedding.

Speaker 1 (17:47):
Why?

Speaker 3 (17:48):
Cause I think I'm gonna have like a list of
songs that are like everyone plays at every event.

Speaker 2 (17:53):
That I don't want to play. Yeah, like my no playlist?

Speaker 3 (17:56):
Yeah three, what's that one that plays at every every
single party?

Speaker 2 (18:03):
Ed Sharon No but him too? No, Ed Scharon period, no,
Ed Scheron, No, marry Me by Brunors. What's the other one?
There's another one that plays all the.

Speaker 1 (18:13):
Time, which one thousand years?

Speaker 5 (18:15):
No?

Speaker 2 (18:16):
What parties are you going to?

Speaker 1 (18:18):
I got a lot of lettings if I was no
meet me at the altar and no address.

Speaker 4 (18:26):
No, it's not like a way again, young us as
well do it.

Speaker 1 (18:31):
I don't even know that song actually because you're too young.
Bryce knows. Yo, Bryce, I like the videos about being
a rapper. That's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 2 (18:40):
Bryce. You gotta cut out and wrap on.

Speaker 1 (18:41):
Yeah, come on, Bryce, we actually need to feature you.
What the hell? All right, we'll let me do it.
Jump in for the next ten minutes. Yeah, come on,
let's do it. Come on.

Speaker 2 (18:52):
Yeah.

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Speaker 2 (20:21):
The right way.

Speaker 7 (20:23):
You guys have the most fun out of any podcast
that we produce, It's got to be the most fun
in this room.

Speaker 1 (20:29):
Really.

Speaker 8 (20:29):
Yeah, this is.

Speaker 7 (20:32):
Light and fun, it's entertaining, it's yeah, for sure.

Speaker 2 (20:37):
Yeah, that's good.

Speaker 7 (20:38):
It's an energy thing. You know a lot of people
don't understand that they have to really, you know, find
that niche and then lean into it, especially when producing
a podcast. And this is something that people are gonna do.
You know, you're gonna invest your own time in doing
this regularly. You know, do this every week, put out
a show every week and monthly. You got to have
something to bring, and you guys just bring like a
dynamic energy.

Speaker 8 (20:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (20:59):
So Bryce has been working with us.

Speaker 8 (21:01):
Now for what a year at least?

Speaker 1 (21:03):
That Bryce is amazing. The quality of his content is incredible.
Q two nine Studios so excited from the Hudson Valley.

Speaker 8 (21:11):
Uh huh.

Speaker 1 (21:12):
And you know you've done work with Damon John so
many other big celebrities Ali Krieger, right, and uh, I
just and they Ashley. I just love your energy. You know,
you always come with something creative.

Speaker 7 (21:25):
You know.

Speaker 1 (21:26):
What I love about you is like you know where
to be like Hey Michelle, turn it up a little,
or Hey Michelle, we want this clip, or hey Michelle,
this angle look best? Like you always put me in
my best, Like I've never looked better, I've never felt better.
And I just love your question work and I love
working with your positivity. And Sean is the man. I
love him. He's always so great. So thank you.

Speaker 7 (21:46):
I'm going to say it, we made Michelle's podcast look hot.

Speaker 2 (21:52):
All the time.

Speaker 1 (21:52):
Yeah, it's a quality is amazing. You guys did an
amazing job and you knew like we had what it took,
but you took us to the level we needed to
be at. So thank you.

Speaker 7 (22:00):
There's nothing I love more than being able to meet
people on.

Speaker 8 (22:03):
A podcast set.

Speaker 7 (22:05):
Like the guests that you're bringing in all have such
deep stories, you know, whether it's you know, being in
the public eye or having a traumatic background, or just
like blowing up on TikTok being a television celebrity. The
people that you guys bring on as interview guests on
the show just you know, spill it from their heart
because it's you on the other end of the mic,

(22:26):
you know you.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
I just feel I like to make people feel comfortable.
I think it's important to just like be real and
and be heartfelt. Some people get crazy. I mean, remember
that one TikToker that came on that like literally just
like chugged the tequila on set.

Speaker 2 (22:41):
Wait, I feel like I do remember that.

Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, we're doing a Spanish guy. I think we did.

Speaker 8 (22:45):
He was a funny one.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
He was funny.

Speaker 3 (22:47):
Okay, Wait, Bryce, do you have like a favorite guest
that we've had on or like a favorite episode we've done?

Speaker 8 (22:57):
You know who was really cool? Robert Foe was really cool.

Speaker 2 (22:59):
He was cool.

Speaker 7 (23:00):
He has crazy war stories from being in prison and
getting tattooed and getting all the tattoos removed off his body.

Speaker 8 (23:05):
Who else we got show on? Anyone else? Favorite guests?

Speaker 1 (23:09):
Well?

Speaker 3 (23:09):
Ask me, and I'm like they're like, oh, who have
you had on it? I literally go blank, Like we
haven't done five seasons of this show.

Speaker 7 (23:14):
I don't know why, right, Ashton, Michelle, tell me right now,
who is the favorite housewife you've had on ried podcast?

Speaker 1 (23:21):
You can't ask me because Teresa is like my bestie. Yeah,
I love her. We met a few months ago and
we've just been so close since she's like my Italian sister.
I can't even explain it, Like I feel like we've
known each other forever and I don't even feel like
it's her on the other end, right, we talked all day,
every day, and it's I feel like she's been my

(23:41):
friend for twenty years, and you know, she's a really
good person. I think TV portrays her sometimes at a
not great light. And she's the fucking best woman I've
ever known.

Speaker 7 (23:49):
Now, Michelle, you're on the road all the time, yes,
but you are also at home, a mom of you know,
three kids, your housewife sometimes right, I feel like you're like,
I feel like your housewife material. I feel like the
producers of the Housewives need to hit Michelle right now.

Speaker 1 (24:04):
Listen, they're casting you never know, but I would love
to I would love to join the show. I mean,
I would love to do something like that. I'm always
home with my kids. I'd right making meals, bringing cookies.
I'm on the phone and then I'm making cookies and
then I'm you know, it's I'm constant. I do it
all I do. And I think that's why I love
Teresa so much, because she does that. You know, Jen
Aiden's been on the show a couple of times. Jackie Goldschneider,

(24:27):
I know all of them. I've met them all, I
think from Jersey anyway. I've met some from Atlanta, I've
met some from Miami, some from you know, Orange County,
New York. I've met a bunch of them just on
carpets and event but I would say my favorite is Teresa.
She's the og. She's the nicest human. She's so good
as a mom. Like talk about a good mother. If
she's on set right here in her phone rings and

(24:49):
it's gs she's picking up. She is a mother first
and I love that, so, you know, and it's rare
and I think that I think I think two because
we're both Italian, we have the same roots.

Speaker 3 (25:00):
I was gonna say foods, like I feel like the
family is like also like men together very well, like
their family. I kind of like took us in, like
they've come over like their their mother like family. It's
kind of like their family.

Speaker 1 (25:10):
It is her mom reminds my mom, reminder of her mom.
Her kids are so loving. You go to the front
door and they're like, give me a hug. I'm like,
you don't even know me, Like, but that's how kids
should be. Yeah, you know, that's how it should be.
But it brought me back to my roots a little,
you know, living in the Hudson Valley, it's a little
sheltering you don't you know, there's there's poverty areas and
there's nicer areas. In the nicer areas, there's not a

(25:32):
lot of Italian people. So I find myself like hanging
out with people, and I love all cultures, but I
do love the Italian culture, like eating super sad on Sunday,
So hanging out with her, I feel like I'm at home.
You know.

Speaker 3 (25:43):
It's kind of interesting because I feel like for a
long time, like Poughkeepsie was like very Italian.

Speaker 2 (25:47):
Yeah, but I feel.

Speaker 3 (25:48):
Like since people have like grown up and like they
moved newer generations, like it's just not the same. And
I think Jersey has like stayed the same. Yeah, and
like the show has portrayed that very well, like yeah,
they are us.

Speaker 4 (25:59):
You know.

Speaker 1 (25:59):
I've been doing some house hunting in Jersey, so I've
been looking around the area first and I'll tell you
I I went on you know, all over the place.
You go to Franklin Lake's everyone's a guinea. You walk
in and the construction guy's like, hey, I got this
new marble bathroom.

Speaker 6 (26:17):
How you doing.

Speaker 1 (26:18):
I'm like I found my place. So it's it's really
I like the italianness of Jersey and I love just
the whole vibe, everything, the construction, everything is Italian. And listen,
I never even thought I was really that Italian because
I was never really around a lot of Italian people.

Speaker 2 (26:36):
But just meanwhile, her mom is like off the boat.

Speaker 1 (26:38):
I know, I know, But like growing up in Poughkeepsie,
I went to spang guys, all different types of people.
So I just never like really leaned into my heritage.
But I feel like I always I do at home,
but I didn't in you know, the public eye. Yeah,
I feel that I'm like I look Italian, I act Italian,
I am Italian. Like I can't get away from it.
I can't be so pop culture Italian. Yeah, and that's it.

Speaker 2 (27:01):
That makes sense.

Speaker 3 (27:02):
Like I feel like by the time you were AT's back,
like it was a lot of IBM kids more than
like when none of us around.

Speaker 1 (27:07):
Yeah, it was a little different. We had Indian, Spanish,
you know, white people, Jewish, we had all kinds diverse,
yea very diverse. But I felt like I feel good
being able to be myself. I always felt like for
twenty years out there, I had to like be this
pop version of me, like a pop culture related to
bull to everybody. But now I'm like, I am Italian,
I'm proud of it, and I want to be Italian.

Speaker 8 (27:27):
Yeah, like lean into it.

Speaker 1 (27:29):
Yeah so, but I never thought that would ever be
like a thing that I represented even know that's who
I am. I don't know. It's weird.

Speaker 2 (27:37):
You're gonna start bring chicken cutlets to set them?

Speaker 8 (27:40):
What are we doing an olive garden?

Speaker 1 (27:50):
All right? I have to I have to ask Bryce
our wild card question. Let's play a round of rock
paper scissors and the winner can ask their partner anything.
The loser must answer you are playing rock papers.

Speaker 2 (28:04):
But I'm not creative to come up with a question.

Speaker 1 (28:06):
I'll ask on your behalf.

Speaker 3 (28:08):
I always says, yeah, you know, yeah, rock paper, shoot
rock papers?

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Said to shoot?

Speaker 2 (28:18):
Okay, rock papers?

Speaker 8 (28:23):
What do I get to do now?

Speaker 2 (28:24):
No? My god, this is my bags nipe there.

Speaker 1 (28:26):
This is a question, any question.

Speaker 7 (28:32):
You got a stack of questions right there. That's something juicy,
bro Okay, okay, okay. If you could take it all back,
your your big claim to fame, would you would you
do it over?

Speaker 2 (28:45):
I don't think so.

Speaker 3 (28:46):
I think like the way like I've grown my following.
It wasn't like one viral video that like put me
like on where I am. I think like I've like
steadily like dedicated time to creating content and like creating
a brand that I don't feel like is a job.
And I think like every step I took, like from
like randomly doing get ready with me is before they
were a thing to like what they are now.

Speaker 2 (29:06):
I think like I took my time and I did
the right thing.

Speaker 8 (29:10):
Got no regrets. She got no regrets.

Speaker 3 (29:13):
You know, there's obviously some of those videos where now
like everyone knows the ins and outs of my life,
but a digital footprint clearly means nothing to me.

Speaker 7 (29:20):
Exact you said, people bring that stuff up to you
sometimes till today's day, right.

Speaker 3 (29:24):
Oh yeah, I mean you know, when you have Michelle
Baron next to YouTube reminding you of one of the
most viral videos you posted, you.

Speaker 2 (29:30):
Know, it comes up a lot.

Speaker 3 (29:31):
But I think like now, like it's been like a
few years, I've had other like viral videos, so no one, Yeah,
no one's commenting about the cat that I found in
my car engine anymore.

Speaker 2 (29:39):
Thank god, that was so annoying, Like that was annoying.

Speaker 3 (29:42):
But I think like after a viral video, like the
next one goes and then I'm known for that moving fourth.

Speaker 8 (29:49):
Okay, hit me with one more good one. Come, I
give you something. Ask me something good now, it doesn't
got to be from here. Ask me something good.

Speaker 7 (29:54):
About being on the road or with with DJ or
doing some studio viral content stuff.

Speaker 6 (29:59):
I know you.

Speaker 1 (30:00):
I wanted to be a rapper, right and I love
that part of your story because I wanted to be
a singer. I relate to that, and I still sing
and I still am a singer. But you know, is
there a PC that still wants to do that or
are you like no, I've kind of grown from it
and I'm happy with what I'm doing.

Speaker 7 (30:16):
I was a want to be rapper, right, but I
put my life and soul into it, you know, writing
and recording every single day. But people don't really understand
the connection that that has to like what we do
right now, which is audio recording right same way that
you made your way from being an entertainer into using
this platform for entertainment in a different way. So do

(30:36):
I feel like the question was, do I feel like
I still have that in me? I feel like I'm
able to create that in some kind of weird way
through each of my amazing clients that I work with,
ye you know, but it was so crazy because you're
referencing this video that I put out the other day,
which was where I manifested working with Damon John from
Shark Tank in a song that I wrote and recorded
fifteen years before. So like, who knew I was going

(30:59):
to write this song whatever. I was in my friend's
bedroom and we're in a booth in his closet, and
I'm just like writing these rhymes and I'm like, that'd
be a great pitch at Shark Tank. Damon would catch on.
And then literally fifteen years later, I walked up to
damage Off from Shark Tank in a bar, asked him
to be on a podcast, and a year later I
was flying with a billion dollar CEO.

Speaker 8 (31:19):
Celebrity on his private jet.

Speaker 7 (31:20):
So it was like a crazy manifesting moment that I
was I didn't even know happened until I like rediscovered
that song. So like, my life's been a wild one
eighty from what it was back then.

Speaker 1 (31:31):
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I love that. I love that it's unique to everyone,
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Speaker 1 (33:32):
How do you think like Q two nine has evolved
you as a person.

Speaker 7 (33:36):
Oh, it's everything. Q two nine is my everything. Like
I would never get a tattoo. What does Kim krash
and say, don't don't put a bumper stick around a Bentley? Yeah,
but if I was to get any tattoo would be
Q two nine, like right on my chest because it's
not only like everything that we put our work into
every day, but it's my family.

Speaker 8 (33:53):
You know.

Speaker 7 (33:54):
We built it from nothing into a six figure business.
Like what feels like overnight to be able to do
high quality content focus on content for entrepreneurs and people
who are you know, performing at a super high level
that sometimes don't necessarily you know, put stock or value
in their own story, Like they need someone like us

(34:15):
as a creative director to walk in and be like, no,
this is really amazing what you're doing and be able
to help them highlight it. So what has QW nine
done for me? It's turned me into a monster in
a good way.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
Yeah, and fulfilling your need right, you're filling your cup
in a way.

Speaker 8 (34:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (34:30):
But I can't wait to see what you become right
Q two nine, is you right? It's your family, your sister,
you have editors, you have shown so many amazing people
behind the scenes. But I can't wait to see what
you do with your brand because I think you have
such a great energy, You're an amazing host, you have
so much more to offer, right, and you have the
team behind you too, So it's going to be an

(34:51):
awesome road. I can't wait to see what you do
with it and the people you touch, and I think
collectively like it's just a beautiful thing what we're able
to do, and thank you for working.

Speaker 8 (34:59):
With of course we love them, we love it. It's
the best. You guys are the best.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, let's go baby, all right, one last question.

Speaker 7 (35:07):
Okay, I could go on what we were just talking about,
because a lot of people come up to me and
they say like, oh, you know, I saw your podcast, Bryce,
and I'm like, well, I don't really technically have one.
Like I had a couple of really cool on stage
moments with Damon John. You were there in the room
for that event with Ali Krieger, and you know, I
was lucky enough to be able to do an interview
with Fatman Scoop right before he died, he happened to

(35:28):
come to the studio. But but I'm saying that to
say I've been able to really I've been able to
situate content really really well in the way that it
gets a lot of traction and people think that I,
you know, produce a show. So I say that to say, like,
people are looking for a way to be able to
create bulk content and get it out there so that
they can, you know, be displayed as an expert in

(35:50):
their business and create brand awareness for whatever it is.
But you don't actually have to have a podcast to
do that, right, So we specialize in like podcast type
content for entrepreneurs who just want to have clips on
social media and get that stuff out there because video
first podcasting is still kind of like this this foreign
wild wild West, you.

Speaker 1 (36:09):
Know what I mean, you know, And we've talked about
this off air. You know. The other part of it
is monetizing the show and getting to the brand and
figuring that part out. And Ashley and I have worked
with some amazing partners and we're trying to build that
side of things too, and we've talked about collabing forever.
We just have to kind of pull the trigger at
this point, But I think, like going forward, I think

(36:30):
there's going to be so much for us to collab on.
You know, right now it's podcasting. Tomorrow it's going to
be something else. And the thing I love about you
and I Bryce is we evolved in media. When I
started in this. My first job out of college was
getting like a newspaper ads done. And to think that
I would be in a studio midtown Manhattan featuring you're

(36:51):
in the newspaper the top brands and people in the country,
It's crazy, right. I just never thought my life would
get to this point. I always wanted to and I
always saw the vide and manifested, but I never like
thought it would get here. But over time, you just
develop and grow and keep going.

Speaker 7 (37:07):
You know, content changes over time too, right, Like you
know there was an era where and you were involved
in marketing heavy where there wasn't any such thing as reels,
reels and tiktoks and shorts didn't exist at all.

Speaker 1 (37:18):
Video. Yeah, the biggest video was the one Damon John
put Fubu in He did he Yeah?

Speaker 8 (37:23):
Videos? Right?

Speaker 1 (37:24):
It was you know, can I product place this for
one hundred ges and that's how did he made money
because of Fubu and everything else. So that was a
brand deal. Back then, there were no brand deals. The
common person wasn't able to build a brand and get
a deal. But for me, it's great because I love negotiating.
I'm in marketing and like I know the sales side
so well. It's just I wish I could like clone

(37:46):
myself and have one salesperson one media person.

Speaker 2 (37:49):
And trying to her.

Speaker 7 (37:51):
Well, it's like it's like kind of lost on the
TikTok generation in the kind of human interaction, hand to
hand sales part of how you can like capitalize on
social media. So like you still have to be able
to be you know, your authentic self and elevator pitch
your way through like communications, and there's a kind of
that's like a little bit lost on a generation that

(38:13):
is so content heavy. So for content creators who have
had a degree of success online, the only pivot for
them is, you know what I learned a lot from
Damon John on the road is like being a full
time influencer means like speaking engagements, meeting people, media spots,
writing books, taking stages, and then hosting mastermind type communities

(38:35):
and that's the way you make you know, multi multimillions
as a creator.

Speaker 1 (38:38):
I'm you know, it's interesting. I know so many people
that have come on the show and that have huge
audiences that don't capitalize. And I just feel like if
I had half that audience, you know how much money
I'd be making. Yeah, they just don't have the hustle
or understanding to make the money. They're great at content
and great at being funny, they're great at editing whatever

(38:59):
it may be that makes great, but they don't know
how to make capitalize on it and make a business
out of it. And unfortunately, eventually either they go broke
or they just end up not being as big as
they could be.

Speaker 2 (39:11):
You know, especially in this industry.

Speaker 3 (39:12):
I feel like it's like uncharted territories still, Like when
it comes to brand deals and stuff for like people
that aren't like from business, Like you're from business and
like I learned it from you. But I think it's
like so many people that like brands, will I come
to you and like lowball like the what they're asking
because like.

Speaker 2 (39:27):
No one knows what they're doing right, you know.

Speaker 3 (39:29):
Or people get a million followers and then their views
stop and they're just steady at a million followers and
then they're like Shadow Band. Then they're like the one thousands,
few range or whatever. Yeah, they don't do anything with it.
I feel like we've met a lot of people like that.

Speaker 1 (39:41):
I've met a lot of people like that. And there
are people that do know how to capitalize on it,
but you know, they get big brand deals. I always
look at Cat Stickler, Oh yeah, yeah, I love her
because she's done really well in the space. She's capitalized
on it, you know, going from being consecrated to a
Walmart commercial. She knows how to monetize things, and you
can tell she gets both sides. But I could tell

(40:02):
you I can count on one hand how many people
I know that have done it like that. I mean,
our podcast gets good numbers, but for what we have,
we do really well. Yeah, monetarily because I'm a business
person and I know how to make it work. And
to me, it's dollars and cents. It has to fund
itself or it doesn't make sense period, and or else
what the heck's the point? Right? But most people are like, well,

(40:22):
I'm gonna pour my whole life into this, and I'm
gonna spend and spend and spend and spend, and then
eventually it doesn't do anything, and they're like, well, I
can't continue on this way, So what do I do.
If they were just to say, all right, well let
me find one sponsor to cover my costs, then you
don't have to think about it anymore. The sponsors cover
your costs, they believe in what you're doing, and then
you move forward. And trust me, there's a lot of
money out there. You can find the money to do

(40:45):
anything you want to do. There's people that align with
your vision and those are the people you have to
connect with. And I think like you're offering something to
them too. You know, there's a huge platform that you're
giving them, and whatever it is you want to do,
go out there and meet people and find the funding.
It's out there and a lot of people have the
same goals I realized too. So it's bringing people on

(41:06):
in partner with them. A good example of that actually
is Jamie Tibbs, who's coming on in a little bit,
but we both want to interview high level women. You know,
she's got her emotional beauty brand, which is amazing, and
that's amazing partnership because this has a platform, she has
a voice and opinion and a viewpoint, and together it's
a great collaboration. And it's brainstorming those things and then
monetizing it and making it happen. And I just think,

(41:29):
if my goal for the content creator space is I
wish there was a platform where you could just There
are platforms where you can see the value of an influencer,
but there's no brand connection. I almost wish that you
could see the value of an influencer like a postal
costs five hundred dollars. You know that, and you know
the followers are real. You know all these things, but
then you're connected to ten brands that would align with
your products, and boom, then you get it funded. Because

(41:52):
this missing opportunities on the brand side and the influencer
side is really crushing the industry. In my opinion.

Speaker 7 (42:00):
How effective do you think advertising is on a podcast platform?

Speaker 1 (42:04):
I think it depends on the views. And I think
if you're gonna do it, you need to get educated
on what you're spending money on.

Speaker 8 (42:09):
I mean to you as an advertiser, right as.

Speaker 1 (42:11):
An advertiser needs to know how many views are coming in,
look at the data, and I also think you need
to look at the back end side of it. If
the numbers aren't strong. I still think it's okay to
advertise if you pump the episode. So for example, say
Teresa Judas's episode with Me gets ten thousand downloads, Everyone's
gonna want to advertise on that one. But you can't
offer that to everyone. There's only so many advertising spots, huh.

(42:33):
So you offer a lower one and you pump it
and it gets to the same level. At the end
of the day, it's eyes and ears. You need to
get people to see the brand. You need to get
people to see the product, and the way to do
that is through generating creative content and then promoting it
spending money on boosting the posts. So anytime someone advertises
with me, whether it's wav water, I say, all right,
we're gonna spend a couple hundred bucks to get this

(42:53):
post out so people see your brand. But not in
a way where I'm like wava wlah blah wlava. You know.
It's more like, hey, Teresa's holding Wava and she likes
it too. That's just you know, and then you boost that.
To me, it's if you don't get the views, it's okay,
because you can get the views by paying for them.
And I think that as long as the person on
the receiving end, the advertiser knows, okay, this is a

(43:15):
campaign we run. It reached two hundred and fifty thousand people.
It's clear that it shows you who it reached and
how you can choose the audience. That's the best way
to advertise. Reaching Cat Sickler's audience or Michelle Baron's audience
or Ashley's audience is one thing, but reaching the advertiser's
audience is really what they need to be doing, so
using them as a brand ambassador, like saying, Okay, I

(43:36):
want Michelle to represent my brand, but I want to
promote it to my audience. That's the best use of
money in my opinion.

Speaker 7 (43:42):
And another way for a podcaster to provide value, more
value to an advertiser is to have pro quality content
and you can find more at Q two nine Productions.

Speaker 1 (43:51):
That's right, check out Bryce Q two nine. It's Michelle Baron.
If you need any marketing, I'm always your girl too.
I know Ashley's marketing, so we're here and uh yeah,
but Bryce is the one that really creates, like you know,
the high quality stuff. We're more of the day to day,
but we also do marketing plans and that's where I

(44:13):
sing is the strategy and I think you know, having
a team to carry that out was important too.

Speaker 2 (44:18):
If you need marketing plans, reach out to.

Speaker 1 (44:20):
Yeah, and you need to have advertising dollars. You know,
at the end of the day, if you're not spending
money on advertising what you create, you are missing the mark.
You have to put the audience down here.

Speaker 8 (44:33):
This is what I'll say.

Speaker 7 (44:35):
There's a difference between what people consider marketing. A lot
of people walk in the door Q two nine and
they say, hey, I want to come to you for
marketing that people don't even under a small business owners
don't even really understand what marketing is. You do you
are a marketing professional. Marketing really has to do with
the umbred. Marketing is an umbrella term for sales, PR, promo,
public relations, advertising, and when you're hitting all those marks,

(44:56):
that is combined is marketing. So when people say Bryce,
I want to use you for marketing, well, let's like
break down your entire business plan to figure out like
where you're going wrong. And then obviously social media can
play a role in all of those elements of marketing agreed.

Speaker 1 (45:09):
And when I was at the bank, I had seventy
eight approved vendors by compliance. Each of them did something different.
One did video, one did content, one did PR one
did you know? One was a software Seventy eight of
these I had have the same conversation every single day, Hey,
we're running this campaign. Were running it through July twenty
first to April third, Can you do this, this and this?

(45:30):
Then I would call the next guy, Hey, and I
was just like, there's got to be a better way.
I cannot do this anymore. My whole day as a
marketing executive was pushing out the same campaigns every outlet.
So I said, I'm going to be the answer. I
want to be full service, and I write blanket emails
to all the media they know exactly what's coming when
and I have one you know, it's one person you

(45:51):
have to talk to. That would have saved me, no lie,
at least ten weeks of work at the bank, just
those micro conversations that I have, you know, with those,
But it is all about that. Marketing is a huge mix.
Social media is a tiny part of it. It's the
loudest part because one to one and word of mouth
are the best forms of marketing forever, always, and that
is social media. So you know, I do think that

(46:15):
it really is a mix, and you will not achieve
your goal without the full mix. Everyone always asks, well,
how come I did this video? And how come I
didn't blow up the video? Is this big in the picture?
You know how long I've been branding my name twenty
years and I'm still not where I want to be, right,
I mean, look at Kim Kardashian, look at any of
the greats. They brand every day, day in and out

(46:36):
on every outlet they can get to, and they do
it again the next day, and that's how you continue
to grow. And then one day you get paid a
lot of money to do it, and then you go
and grind again until you get paid again. And that's
the way it works.

Speaker 7 (46:50):
And maybe a viral hit might be a catalyst for
that to bump up a little bit.

Speaker 1 (46:53):
That's it, and then you do it again and create
another viral hit. Yeah, so it's consistency that wins this game.

Speaker 7 (47:02):
Well, we've been consistently putting out R E D apps
for a minute.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
That's why the numbers are big. And we got more
advertisers coming in, so thank you to everyone that works
with us. Wava, Steve, we love you. Make sure you
check out this book from Orphan a Millionaire. It's an
amazing book. It made me cry and uh proud to
represent it and Bryce love you, love you too.

Speaker 8 (47:20):
Thank you everyone.

Speaker 2 (47:20):
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