P320 Controversy, Cosmic Speculation & Hermit Life

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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Good morning, my family. Who loves me?

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Not the mama.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
This is the Soapbox Champion Podcast.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
Oh my god, what is it?

Speaker 3 (00:35):
It is the Soapbox Champion Podcast. It's Tuesday, August fifth,
twenty twenty five. This is episode one ninety seven of
the Soapbox Champion Podcast. It's recorded live and FEMA Region five.
My name is Craig Delaney, Breaking News Yesterday, Making News Alert.

Speaker 5 (00:56):
This is a special report Fox Champion Podcast. Hold type
for a thrill.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
There was a time when I thought I was gonna
use that audio clip a lot, like why why would I?
Why does it sound like a Decepticon from the movie
What Okay?

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Anyway?

Speaker 3 (01:18):
On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed her team to
act on the criminal referral made by Director of National
Intelligence Tulsea Gabbard pertaining to Democrats, including Hillary Clinton making
up all that Russia Gate stuff on Donald Trump, Steele dossier,
all of it. As a result, the Department of Justice

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has initiated a grand jury investigation.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
A real one.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
This is real, this is potentially huge. Initiated the grand
jury investigation into the issue, as reported by Fox News
Digital First Yesterday, Bondi has tasked an unnamed federal prosecutor. Unnamed,
don't freak out because these grand juries. Grand jury investigations
are serious, and the prosecutor is not initially mentioned, nor

(02:10):
are the defendants. So it's no surprise that we don't
know names. You didn't get him yesterday.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
We don't know them. You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
It's not a thing, it's just how that works. This
prosecutor anticipated to bring evidence from the Department before a
grand jury to seek possible indictment, based on a letter
from Bondi seen by Fox News Digital. A spokesperson for
the Department of Justice chose not to comment on the

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investigation's details, but noted that Bondi is treating Gabbard's referrals
with utmost seriousness. Well, that sounds like he chose to
speak on it, doesn't it. The spokesperson emphasized that Bondi
sees quote clear cause for deep concern end quote, and
the necessity to move forward with the process.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
And that.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Means absolutely nothing until we see the names defendants, prosecutor.
All of it means nothing but big enough. I would
be dumb not to mention it here.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
So there you go.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
Now, let's get onto important stuff like firearms and aliens.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Buck up because we're going to talk about it on
this episode. Introduced in twenty fourteen, the six Hour P
three twenty was marketed as a modular caliber convertible handgun
for civilians, law enforcement, military customers. In twenty sixteen through seventeen,
tests and first hand reports revealed some early P three

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twenties could discharge when dropped at specific angles, often due
to a heavy trigger and seer set up, causing inertia
driven firing. In August of twenty seventeen, six Hour launched
a voluntary upgrade that retrofitted earlier P three ANNY three
twenties with lighter triggers, a mechanical disconnector that revised internal

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components to address drop fire issues.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
And if I remember.

Speaker 3 (04:10):
Correctly and saw correctly, one of the revised internal components
was the seer. It had a piece of metal. I
can't remember why, what its purpose was. Somehow they determined
that that piece of metal that hung off the back
of the seer wasn't necessary, but it did help something
and by removing that, shaving that off, it fixed the issue. Hey,

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I'm not an expert. So I'm just talking out of
my rear end right now, ah, thinking out loud. Though
no formal recall, SIG claimed compliance with industry safety standards
encouraged owners to take advantage of the fix, and why
wouldn't you Despite upgrades. Since twenty twenty three, more than
one hundred individuals, including law enforcement personnel, filed lawsuits alleging

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uncommanded discharges without trigger pools, resulting in eighty plus injuries.
A Georgia plaintiff received two point three million dollars in
June of twenty twenty four. A Philadelphia veteran was awarded
eleven million in November of twenty twenty four after his
P three twenty allegedly fired while in his pocket. And

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when you say in your pocket, that's red flag to me, okay,
especially with the P three twenty.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
It's heavy.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
This is the P three twenty, This is my P
three twenty. That nice, it's heavy.

Speaker 1 (05:29):
I like it. More on it later. Am I scared
of it?

Speaker 6 (05:33):
No?

Speaker 3 (05:33):
Am I pointing it at myself for any reason?

Speaker 1 (05:36):
Absolutely not.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
Am I throwing it on a table while it aims
at me or someone? Absolutely not? But anyway, multiple law
enforcement agencies including Chicago PD, Denver PD in Washington State
Training Commission have banned or suspended use of the weapon
due to safety concerns. In March of this year, SIG
issued a forceful statement insisting the P three twenty cannot

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undersirk any circumstances discharge discharged without a trigger pool, calling
the lawsuits baseless and attributing incidents improper handling or faulty holsters.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
SIG claims over a dozen.

Speaker 3 (06:15):
Federal lawsuits have been dismissed in plaintiff experts conceded in
some cases the pistol could only fire with a full
trigger pool. Keith uh Slatowski, an ice officer, had his
lawsuit reinstated by a federal appeals court in August of
this year, allowing expert testimony to proceed, claiming a holstered

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discharge injured him and citing the lack of an external
safety as a design flaw.

Speaker 1 (06:45):
It is not.

Speaker 3 (06:46):
It might be something else, but it's not a design flaw.
A wrongful death suit filed in December of last year
to alleged of P three twenty fired inside a hulster,
leaving plastic fragments in the victims wound. In May of
this year, New Hampshire passed the law shielding firearm manufacturers,
including six hours from lawsuits that rely on presence or

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absence of optional features like an external safety.

Speaker 1 (07:15):
The law is widely seen as.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
A direct response to P three twenty litigation and is
being used in ongoing cases. The P three twenty remains
the duty pistol for the US military as the seventeen
M eighteen, both variants of the P three twenty. The
P three twenty based M eighteen is the one currently suspended.

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Now this is if you search the Internet today and
then search it tomorrow, you're gonna get two different answers.
But right now today that the Internet says. And I
want to see what the Air Force has to say.
I can't find an official statement. The Internet says today
that they currently suspended use of them eighteen under Air

(08:00):
Force Global Strike Command following a fatal incident with inspections
underweight across affected bases. And there was a fatal incident.
An Air Force cadet whatever you call them. Sorry, no offense,
I'm just not very smart, took his holstered weapon and
placed it on a table and allegedly it discharged, striking

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him in the chest, taking his life.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Awful.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
My condolence is terrible. First red flag is throwing a
holstered weapon on a table, especially with an aiming at
you or someone. Weird to me see where that goes.
But this is the p three to twenty that everyone's
talking about. My particular one has a swamp Fox red

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dot optic on top. That was the first swamp Fox.
I'm getting in the weeds. I could do that, especially
with guns. Swamp Fox made an appearance that shot show
last year, I think with their optics, and everybody came
back saying the guys were awesome and their optics are cool,
and they're right. I like this optic. It's the first one.

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I just kind of blindly bought it for my three
twenty and I like it a lot. It's sturdy, it
has an external metal shield that's not huge and make
it look dumb or make it heavier because three twenty
is heavy, dude, I meant to I meant to weigh
it or look it up because I don't know, but
this is a heavy weapon, which is one of the

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reasons I like it. I've owned this one. I've owned
and owned six hour pistols for many years. This one
is my favorite of all the pistols I own, including
revolvers and stuff. It feels like it was made for
my hand. It's how it feels to me. It feels
like it's made for my hand, and it shoots accurately

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every time because it has weight virtual and no rise
when firing the pistol, which translates to staying on target
after the initial shot. I've thrown at the car, I've
thrown it in my backpack, I've carried it on my person,
I've shot it in controlled environments, and I've taken it
plinking in the woods. I've been paying attention to all

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this drama the entire time, and for the most part,
and all of it's been on my radar. I'm not
blind to it, and I listen. But then last Tuesday evening,
I got an email from six hour and it was
the title of the body was P three twenty Safety Information.

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And I'm not gonna read it all because it's lengthy,
but the first paragraph. Recently, there have been a number
of reports and claims regarding the safety of a P
three twenty pistol and its use by the US military
law enforcement agencies. We understand you may have questions. We
want to address your concerns and provide you with full,
complete and accurate information in six hours. Always and will

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continue to put the safety and security of the US military,
the law enforcement community, our consumers, and the public first.
To this end, we want to be sure concerned citizens
have access to complete facts. And then the next paragraphs
brags about how it's one of the safest, most advanced
pistols in the world, et cetera, et cetera, And then

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they say that a recently publicized internal report from the
FBI's ballistic Research facility created some confusion and raised questions
about the safety.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
Of the three twenty.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
The FBI prepared this report for the Michigan State Police
after an officer was involved in an accidental discharge. Six
hour engineers met with the FBI and Michigan State Police
on several occasions to review the report and the incident. Ultimately,
the FBI conducted a more detailed, repeatable, and comprehensive battery
of testing using compatible equipment. The subsequent testing resulted in

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zero instances of failures, and the Michigan State Police are
now confidently used issuing officers P. Three to twenty based
pistols A, But the FBI have yet to make any
official claims or statements regarding the safety of B three
twenty or any kind of its variance, And it goes
on to say that SIGs hour are urging the FBI

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to do so. Then they mentioned an internal memo from
the Department Homeland Security and ICE recently they posted online
state the agency was halting its use of the P
three twenty.

Speaker 7 (12:38):
Mini.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
Online media outlets immediately sought to attribute it to the
FBI report, which is incorrect because the FBI report gave
all green flags and DHS has never raised any safety
concerns about the P three twenty and ISIS since extended
their existing contract with sigsur for another two years. So

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DHS has yet to comment publicly correcting their improperly leaked memo.
So sig finally, you know, we want to hear about
this from them. We want to hear anything from them
regarding the three twenty. So so far on this lengthy email,
they've they've said, Hey, no one's putting any positive information

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or any of these studies or any of these testing
out there in public, which they're right. The US Air
Force and their M eighteen variant. They mentioned the tragic
accident that was f E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming,
said that their inmate eighteen pistol, the Air Force is

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actively conducting evaluation in M eighteen pistols within the specific
command where the incident happened.

Speaker 5 (13:51):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (13:52):
They call it a cautionary step and standard procedure, which
is probably right, but it's also a little bit bigger
of a deal because someone was killed.

Speaker 1 (14:00):
Okay, that's what I think.

Speaker 3 (14:03):
They said, they proactively offered assistance to the US military
as they conduct the investigation of an incident. And they say,
contrary to several online reports P. Three to twenty based
seventeen eighteen pistols remain on active duty with all branches

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of the US military. Seat that's what I'm talking about.
I'm glad they they stated that, because, like I said,
if you go online, you get all the reports, all
of them, and you don't know which's true. It's all
it's all so muddy, so stupid.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
Then they address P.

Speaker 3 (14:40):
Three twenty Range and training bands. They say, following several
of these inaccurate reports, a number of ranges, training providers
and training facilities made the recent directionary decision to ban
three twenty and it's uston facilities. They say they're actively
working to provide these individuals accurate information and says, if
you if you are impacted by the P three twenty

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range or training provider ban, we urge you to reach
out to see customer service, the number and whatever so
we can clarify any of this information and provide the truth.
Then they say the P three twenty cannot, under any
circumstances discharge without the trigger first being moved to the rear.

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This has been verified, and they just they go on
to list all the verifications. They provide a video that
I watched, which is cool' see it's a it's a
like an X ray of the internals of the three
twenty and exactly how it works, on exactly how that
cannot happen. It's very informational. If you actually watch the video,
you know, and I don't know. I don't know, man,

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I don't know.

Speaker 1 (15:49):
Can we hear?

Speaker 5 (15:52):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (15:52):
We're sorry for anything that's happened regarding the P three twenty,
and we're working our asses off to to get to
the bottom of it. I mean, it kind of says
that except for the Salarry part.

Speaker 1 (16:03):
I don't.

Speaker 3 (16:04):
I think that's what everybody wants to hear, some sort
of admission. Okay, if the internet said it's happened a
million times, but it only happened once, you can apologize
for that once six hour you can. You can do
that and it's fine, and people will move on and
they'll still carry.

Speaker 1 (16:20):
Your weapons, they'll still buy them.

Speaker 3 (16:21):
That's what you're worried about. I'm sure it's just it's
just strange how they're handling it. But they've been handled
it for so long it's probably like, I don't know.
I don't know, man, I don't know. I looked and
I watched all the links they shared, and I still
feel pretty good about the three twenty. I feel perfectly
fine with mine. Mine is fine, Mine is fine. Is

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that a slogan for three twenty guys right now?

Speaker 1 (16:46):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (16:46):
Should I get a patch that says mine is fine?

Speaker 1 (16:49):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (16:50):
Mine is fine. It doesn't have any of those issues
in the sears, not the one.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
They were reference never getting rid of mine. Also, by
the way, if you have a.

Speaker 3 (16:59):
Three twenty and not comfortable carrying it, don't you shouldn't
carry anything you're uncomfortable with for whatever reason, whether it's
a pink pistol and you don't like pink, or there's
been some online rumors about it.

Speaker 1 (17:12):
Safety.

Speaker 3 (17:13):
If you're not if you're not one hundred percent confident
in that firearm, do not carry it. But that doesn't
mean go throw it away or sell it for pennies
on the dollar, because all this will come to an
end and then you'll you'll realize that firearm is okay.
You know what I'm saying. Don't knee jerk over all
this crap, because fifty five percent of it is crap.

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So let's go head first in the controversy, I thought,
And I'll.

Speaker 1 (17:42):
You know, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (17:43):
I'll get on YouTube and we'll just get to the
bottom what are these guys doing. And we'll go on
social media, see what's out there outside the dumb memes
by the glock guys. You know, one of the first
videos I saw was this man claiming his three twenty
can go off by itself, and he says, watch. He
then takes a medium size folding knife closed. Uh. He

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he made sure to say it was his Kershaw knife,
you know, like he's flexing on everybody He first claims
that it goes off by itself, and you're supposed to
be so alarmed. He says, watch, and he put his
knife and jams it in the trigger guard. Then it

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leaves it there and then shakes the weapon. WTF. I said,
how about you don't put a knife in the trigger
guard and leave the slide alone. I wouldn't call that
going off by itself. And that earlier when I said, uh,
there's been reports of them going off in their pocket.

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The P three point twenty is not a pocket gun.
It's too heavy. Your drawers are gonna fall down. It's
just too big for a pocket. I would call that
irresponsible carrying of the P three twenty. And if you
have anything in your pocket, be that a dime, a
folding knife, or a screw, more on that than a minute. Uh,

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those can all go right in that trigger guard. You guys,
and I know some of you yay who's other wild
boys have those sticky holsters? Those aren't holsters. Those are
sleeves for kids.

Speaker 1 (19:29):
You don't know.

Speaker 3 (19:32):
No, that's a piece of cloth that's sticky on the
outside so it doesn't.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
Pull out of your breeches.

Speaker 3 (19:38):
But uh, your firearms just loose in there, no retention,
no fit.

Speaker 1 (19:44):
It's a pocket, okay.

Speaker 3 (19:46):
And your stuff can go in there, Your dimes can
go in there, your screws, your kersh all knights, oh shit,
you can go in there. How about we don't do that, Okay,
I said, well I found the one off. Of course
I would find that one. Let's let's move on.

Speaker 1 (20:01):
Then I found a.

Speaker 3 (20:02):
Video out of a channel called one shot TV on YouTube,
and he got me.

Speaker 1 (20:10):
At first.

Speaker 3 (20:12):
He was talking about another guy that he had supposedly
figured it out and proved the three twenty would in
fact go off by itself. But then one shot TV
goes on to describe the other guy's video that he saw.

Speaker 1 (20:29):
Listen go.

Speaker 4 (20:30):
A YouTube channel called Wyoming Gun Project released a video.
I'm sure you've all seen it. It's rapidly approaching a
million views, going pretty viral at the moment, and he
might have discovered something interesting with the SIGP three twenty.
So if you haven't seen his video, definitely go watch it.
I will put the link down below. He's the mad
scientist that discovered all this, not me. So basically, what

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he discovered was that with his SIGP three twenty, if
he put just a little bit of pressure on the
trigger and then jiggled the slide in a certain way.
He could get that pistol to fire without fully pressing
the trigger to the rear. Now, some people did criticize
the fact that he had a screw in the trigger guard,
but from what I.

Speaker 3 (21:06):
Understand, I'm sorry, what, yeah, that's that's right. The guy
jammed a screw up in the trigger between the guard
and the trigger itself. I think it's a trend to
crap on six sour right now. Maybe there have been
incidents and accidents with the three twenty. Shit happens. I know,

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I know it's not that simple. It never is, and
that sounds callous, But there are estimates of three point
six million P three twenty.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
Pistols out there right now.

Speaker 3 (21:43):
I feel like if it was a pure design flaw,
there would have been more incidents, manymore. But as long
as we have people mishandling firearms by shoving knives in
the trigger guard or drilling screws in the thing, those
numbers are gonna be inflated. So do you research. If
you don't feel comfortable carrying of P three twenty, don't.

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But I'm comfortable carrying mine and I've done my research
and I'd like to know how many complaints are from
glock owners trying to polish up their turds just saying.
Glock pistols have faced reports and concerns almost identical six
hour glock safe action system, which includes a trigger safety,

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drop safety, and firing pins safety, is designed to prevent
accidental firing when properly maintained and handled. However, incidents have
been documented primarily in specific contexts holster related incidents, which
is happening with the three twenty trigger sensitivity and user error?
Absolutely what's happening with the the six hour p three

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twenty glock triggers typically around five and a half pounds.
That means the pounds that it takes to pull the trigger.
Simply standard in models is five point five o'clocks summer lighter. Traditionally,
double action pistols like revolvers ten to twelve pound pools.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
They're heavier.

Speaker 3 (23:15):
This can lead to unintentional trigger pools by untrained and
negligent users, especially under stress. It's absolutely happening with six hour.
Police departments like the NYPD in the nineties reported higher
accidental discharge rates when transitioning to glocks from heavier triggered revolvers,
often attributed to insufficient training. The NYPD even later adopted

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the New York trigger a heavier eight to twelve pound
pool to mitigate this. There were drop fire concerns. Early
glock models, particularly Gen one and Gen two, face scrutiny
over drop fire risk if dropped on specific angles onto
hard surfaces, just like the sig. While lot design passed

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rigorous drop tests, some law enforcement agencies, like the US
Air Force in the eighties initially raised concerns. Glock address
these concerns with refinements in later generations Jen three and beyond,
and modern glocks are considered drop safety drop safe under
normal conditions. There's also after market modifications. I want to

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know what all those are, You know, grip modules. The
P three twenty is a modular design, meaning you can
take the firing simply, just simply everything inside the guts,
the trigger, all that this year that all of it
can be removed, and that is the firearm, that's the
serial numbered piece. And you can swap out the grip

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everything else. You can swap out everything else, the slide,
the barrel spring, the grip module, like I said, everything,
swap it all out, and it's still called a P
three twenty because the ceialzed portion is the fire control unit.
I guess you'd say, I'd like to know how many
of these are aftermarket mods. Historical data in the nineties

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a study by the Police Marksmen Associated Notice noted glock
accidental discharges will hire in departments new to the platform,
but raise a drop to one proper training in holster selection.
So you know, these people making these videos online taking
a crap all over the three twenty, stop putting screws
and knives in the trigger guard. Stop jiggling it after

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you've done so, and maybe you wouldn't get you know,
I don't know, sounds familiar. The part that stands out
to me unintentional trigger pools by untrained or negligent users,
especially under stress. That's I think is the common denominator.
Not these people taking drywall screws and screwing it in

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the trigger guard and then jiggling the firearm until it
goes off. That's not what we're talking about. That's not
a design flaw. That's uh, that's uh negligent, that's what
that is. And probably you know, doing all that stuff
to the firearm to get your views on YouTube. Congratulations, douchebag.

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But for more information go to www.

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Dot six hour dot com.

Speaker 3 (26:23):
Forward slash P three twenty dash truth that also came
from that email I got. Jeremy Corbell. That's a UFO
researcher and filmmaker, you guys. I've talked about him on
here before. He does a lot of work with George Knapp,
Bob Lazaar, David Fraver, Dave Foley, et cetera, all the

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usual names that pop up in UFO phenomenon talk phenomenon.
Oh man, I should have had that SoundBite ready to go.

Speaker 1 (26:52):
I don't like him. It's harsh.

Speaker 7 (26:55):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (26:55):
Not as a person. I'm sure as a person he's fine,
but don't I don't like his approach to UFO research.
To me, it seems like he's a sucker for everything
and everything is true until proven otherwise. I don't like
that approach with anything. But he claimed back in January

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that the public would be told a lie about an
alien craft headed toward Earth expected to arrive in twenty
twenty seven. He stated, with certainty, quote, you're going to
be told there is a craft on its way to
Earth that one hundred percent or no, that that one
hundred fing percent is the lie you're going to be

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told end quote. Corbel suggested this narrative could be part
of a government deception, possibly tried tied to agendas like
control or distraction, though he provided no concrete evidence. But
now into July early August, enter three thirty what is it?

(27:58):
Thirty one or three? I I don't know. Let's say
one thirty one slash atlas. That's also it's a thing.
It's also designated C forward slash twenty twenty five in
one atlas. It's the third confirmed interstellar object to pass
through our solar system, discovered on July first by the
NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System. That's what

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ATLAS stands for. That's a telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile.
This thing's velocity is about thirty six miles per second,
indicating it it originates from outside our solar system. A
July sixteenth paper by AVI Lobe and collaborators from the

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Initiative for Interstellar Studies speculated that thirty one Atlas could
be an alien probe or spacecraft. They pointed to its
large estimated size ten to thirty kilometers nucleus that's six
point twenty one to eighteen point sixty four miles wide,

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lack of clear chemical signature, which is strange like water,
carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, you know, any kind of emissions,
and its trail and its trajectory, suggesting a non natural object.

Speaker 1 (29:22):
They proposed it might perform.

Speaker 3 (29:23):
A clandestine maneuver near its perihelium, that means when it's
closest to the Sun. On October thirtieth, twenty twenty five,
NASA confirms thirty one Atlas is an interstellar comet originating
from beyond our Solar system. They say observations show thirty

(29:45):
one Outlas is an active comet with a cloud of
gas and dust and a diffused tail, but without any
chemical signatures. No gases, no water, no two nothing. It
will remain visible to ground based telescopes until September twenty

(30:08):
twenty five, after which it will pass too close to
the Sun for observation until early December. The Hubble Space
Telescope captured images on July twenty first, and the James
Web Space Telescope is expected to observe it soon. That's right,
you heard correctly. After September, we won't be able to

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see it or track it anymore. We will lose the
ability to track the thing that Jereby Corbel and the
study from the Initiative or Interstellar Studies said could be
an alien spacecraft. We lose sight in September, it will
be closest to Earth in October. Boy, I hope someone

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is wrong, big something or a big nothing.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
You tell me.

Speaker 3 (31:01):
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(31:49):
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Not now.

Speaker 3 (31:51):
Developed by scientists like Emanuel Sharpenedta and Jennifer Dudna, who
won the twenty twenty Nobel in chemistry. Well, there's some
new exciting news with Crisper. Last month, researchers at My
University in Japan used Crisper to remove the extra chromosome

(32:12):
twenty one in lab grown human cells from individuals with
Down syndrome. This process, known as trisomic rescue, restored normal
self function and gene expression, marking a significant step closer
toward potential therapies. As of now, it remains experimental and
not yet clinically applicable, But that's exciting, right. My University,

(32:40):
located in sue My Prefecture in Japan, is a national
university founded in May thirty first, nineteen forty nine, initially
with facilities in liberal arts and agriculture. Since becoming a
National University Corporation in April two thousand and four, it
has grown to include six facilities he Humanities, law and economics, education, medicine, engineering,

(33:05):
bio resources, and common Education, which offers cross faculty courses
like English language teaching. It also has six grad schools,
including Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, and various research
centers such as Life Science Research Center and Center for

(33:25):
International Education and Research. The university enrolls approximately seven thousand
to seven hundred ninety nine thousand now seven thousand to
eight thousand students that employees eight hundred to nine hundred
academic staff estimates, making it a medium sized institution. It's

(33:46):
the only national university of in my Prefecture, situated in
Kansai Region with easy access to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya.
It's includes modern facilities like teaching hospital at Grade M
twenty twelve, a library, an observatory, a Ninja research center

(34:09):
established in twenty seventeen with a master's program launched in
twenty eighteen, and sports facilities. Good job, Myyu. Also, did
you hear what I said? They have a Ninja research center.
The Ninja Research Center at my University Official, established in

(34:30):
twenty seventeen, is a unique academic initiative focused on the
study of ninja history, culture, and techniques. Located in Aiga City.
I think I'm pronouncing that right IgA, it's a historical
hub for ninja activity. The center leverages the region's rich

(34:52):
ninja heritage, as Aiga was home to IgA Rayu Ninja School,
one of Japan's most famous ninja clans during the Sengoku
periods fifteen through seventeenth centuries. The center aims to conduct
rigorous academic research on ninja's, exploring their roles as spies,

(35:13):
gorilla warriors, and covert operatives in feudal Japan. It studies
historical documents, ninja techniques like stealth, weaponry and survival skills,
and their cultural impact, distinguishing in fact from myth. The
center also examines the global fascination with ninja and pop culture,

(35:34):
such as films, anime, and games. In twenty eighteen, my
University launched a master's program in Ninja studies, the first
of its kind globally, through the Graduate School of Humanities
and Social Studies their science. The program covers ninja histories,
martial arts, and their socio political roles. Combining archival research

(35:58):
with practical field work. Students analyze primary sources like Benson Shukayi,
a seventeenth century ninja manual, and visit historical sites in Aiga.
The center conducts interdisciplinary studies, collaborating with historians, archaeologists, and
martial arts experts. It hosts seminars, workshops, and public events

(36:23):
such as ninja weapon demonstration and lectures on espionage tactics.
Researchers also explore the ninja influence on modern security and
intelligence practices. The center maintains a museum like collection of
ninja artifacts, including tools like sharrukin, the throwing stars and makibishi.

(36:43):
They're cowtrops. They're called spikes that would puncture sandals that
they would throw behind them. Located in area eyegas Unoi
Castle and the i Gory Ninja Museum, the center promotes
tourism and culture preserve in my prefecture region historically associated

(37:05):
with ninjas. Alongside Coca UH. It aims to elevate i
Go's status as global center for ninja studies while countering
stereotypes perpetuated by pop culture. You guys, I'm talking about
a real ninja study facility.

Speaker 1 (37:22):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
The center is led by Professor Yugi Yamada, historians specializing
in Japanese and medieval history. Yamada emphasizes a scholarly approach,
debunking myths like ninja's are supernatural figures or teenage turtles,
while highlighting their strategic role in feudal warfare.

Speaker 1 (37:45):
Okay, I had I had to share all that with you?
Who knew what I what? Huh? Ninja studies in real life?
But how about you thow that my way.

Speaker 3 (38:00):
When I'm fifteen, you know, maybe I would have studied
abroad in Japan, you know, make it interesting. Ninja studies.
Congratulations Japan. That's just freaking awesome. Uh, just because I
feel like I have to, I'm gonna give you some
political highlights.

Speaker 1 (38:16):
I'm not feeling political.

Speaker 3 (38:18):
This week, President Donald Trump fired a Bureau of Labor
Statistics commissioner, Erica mckenn Matt mcinti for who cares after
a weaker than expected jobs report, prompting criticism from senators
who called Trump soft week and afraid for suppressing unfavorable data.

Speaker 1 (38:38):
And I kind of agree. You can't.

Speaker 3 (38:42):
Don't shoot the messenger. Firing the Labor Statistics commissioner sounds
like firing the commissioner the messenger.

Speaker 1 (38:51):
It is weird. Come on.

Speaker 3 (38:52):
Donald Trump defended his use of tariffs with a new
thirty five percent tariff on some Canadian goods effected August first,
though most tariffs were delayed by a week via executive order.
A federal judge in an appeals court panel ruled Trump's
order to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, making the third court

(39:14):
ruling against it since June.

Speaker 7 (39:17):
What else?

Speaker 3 (39:18):
Trump announced two hundred million, nine hundred thousand square football
room project at the White House, set to begin in September,
fulfilling a long standing personal goal.

Speaker 1 (39:28):
Good do it and improved the White House.

Speaker 3 (39:31):
Nothing wrong with that. The United States ordered two nuclear
submarines to appropriate regions and response to Russia's highly provocative statements,
escalating tensions. Texas Democrats left the state to block a
Republican led congressional map overhaul pushed by Trump, aiming for
maps favoring Republicans. You know, just like California Governor Gavin

(39:55):
Newsom is doing his state right now, but for some reason,
no one else can do it.

Speaker 1 (40:00):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (40:01):
That's why I'm not in a political mood. It's all
bull crap. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it will
cut most jobs by September of twenty twenty five after
Trump rescented federal funding.

Speaker 1 (40:13):
And that's enough enough of it for this week, anyway.
And let's say, as we remember.

Speaker 3 (40:20):
Ozzy Osbourne following his passing on July twenty second, I
keep seeing reference to something called the Satanic Panic. Turns
out I knew what it was and I remember it.
I just never heard it called that before. The Satanic
Panic was a moral panic in the United States and
other Western countries primarily during the nineteen eighties and early

(40:43):
nineteen nineties, characterized by widespread fear of alleged Satanic ritual abuse.
It involved usually unfounded claims that secret network of Satanists
were engaged in widespread child abuse, human sacrifice, and occult conspiracies.
The Satanic Panic peaked from i'd say the late seventies

(41:07):
to early nineties, with lingering effects in the two thousands.
The panic centered on allegations that organized Satanic cults were
committing highness acts, including ritualistic child sexual abuse, murder, and cannibalism.
These claims often stemmed from recovered memory therapy, where patients

(41:27):
under hypnosis and or suggestive questioning quote unquote recalled abuse
that often lacked collaborating evidence. It's a whole strange time.
The panic was fueled by a combination of factors. The
rise of evangelical Christianity in the US during the Reagan
era amplified fears of Satanism as a threat to moral values.

(41:53):
Books like Michelle Remembers from nineteen eighty and TV specials
like Roldo Rivera's nineteen eighty eight expose a popularized satanic
ritual abuse narratives, often without scrutiny. Rapid cultural changes, including
women entering the workforce and the growth of daycare centers
that led to fears about child safety and exploited by

(42:15):
conspiracy theorists even back then. Similar to historical witch hunts,
the panic thrived on fear of an unseen enemy, with
accusations often targeting marginalized groups or subcultures like heavy metal
fans and Dungeons and Dragons players, all true. Uh There

(42:38):
was a preschool case from nineteen eighty three to nineteen
ninety The McMartin Preschool case one of the most infamous
cases where staff at a California daycare were accused of
satanic abuse based on children's coerce testimonies. The trial, costing
fifteen million dollars, found no evidence of abuse in all

(43:00):
charges were dropped, but a set of precedent for similar cases.
Similar allegations surface nationwise, such as the West Memphis three
from nineteen ninety three, where three teenagers were convicted of
murdering children and supposed satanic ritual, later released in twenty
eleven after evidence showed no Satanic Link. One of the

(43:22):
very best slash, heart wrenching documentaries I have ever watched,
by the way, it's a documentary on the West Memphis three.
It's called Paradise Lost. It's rough, you, guys. It's a
real documentary of the very worst kind of crime, and
they put the evidence right out there for you to digest.

(43:44):
Not for the faint of heart. You feel every emotion
you have while watching it, and you're never the same after.
I was not the same after I watched that. I
don't recommend it to everyone.

Speaker 1 (43:58):
I just don't.

Speaker 3 (43:59):
But that case is a prime example of Satanic panic.
That panic led to widespread suspicion everyday activities such as
Heavy Middle you know, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest. They were
all accused of promoting Satanism through backmasking. You remember it,
You just didn't call it that. It was when you'd

(44:21):
play a record backwards and you would hear what you
thought was a message. Role playing games like Dungeons and
Dragons were demonized as gateways to occultism. Modern day example
of this is probably the Harry Potter movies. I've heard
that referenced many times. Daycare centers faced scrutiny, with over

(44:42):
one hundred investigated for Satanic ritual activities by the late eighties,
often based on fabricated evidence. The panic waned as courts
dismissed cases due to lack of evidence and studies by
the FBI in nineteen ninety two I found no proof
of organized Satanic cults recovered memory therapy, it was discredited

(45:06):
for providing false memories. Of course, the panic prompted better
standards for child testimony and forensic interviewing to prevent suggestive questioning.
It remains a cautionary tale about moral panics. Really me
as a child pictured Ozzy Osbourne when the adults would
talk about these things, some may have thought of Alice Cooper.

(45:31):
It was all an act and people fell for it.
Ozzie went on to become one of the most beloved
celebrities the world has ever seen, especially after the show
The Osbourne's aired in two thousand and two. It followed
the daily lives of Ozzy Osbourne, the former Black Sabbath
front man, his wife and manager Sharon, and their children,
Kelly and Jack. It showed Ozzy I was a loving

(45:52):
husband and playful, loving father. Alice Cooper still tours to
this day. My daughter and I saw him in twenty
twenty four. It was a fantastic show, and Cooper remains
one of the greatest living showmen I've ever seen. I
recommend his show to everyone, including families. Satanic panic was

(46:13):
ridiculous back then, and it is ridiculous now and laughable.
And Ozzie walked right through it untouched, like he was
some sort of a metal god. And now the world
knows what it had because it's gone. Rest in peace, Ozzy,

(46:34):
and now it's time for sports. In March twenty nine,
twenty eighteen, the Chicago Blackhawks were playing in Winnipeg. They
were playing the Winnipeg Jets when their emergency goalie, Scott Foster,
the thirty six year old accountant, was unexpectedly call and

(46:55):
in action. Both of Chicago's main goalies were injured, so Foster,
who'd only played in recreational leagues, was signed as an
emergency backup as required by NHL rules. Everyone assumed he'd
just sit on the bench, but in the third period,
the backup goalie got hurt too, and Foster had to

(47:16):
step in. He played fourteen minutes, made seven saves, and
didn't allow a single goal, earning First Star the Game honors.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
Foster became an.

Speaker 3 (47:27):
Instant legend, going from Beer League to the NHL Spotlight
in one unforgettable night.

Speaker 1 (47:35):
And that's going to do it for this week.

Speaker 3 (47:38):
Sports Today Quote of the Week.

Speaker 1 (47:46):
It's from none other than Ozzie Osbourne himself.

Speaker 3 (47:51):
This week's Ozzie Heavy, because Ossie's heavy on our minds.
And the quote came from an episode of The Osbourne's
and I remember it well. There was chaos over something
in the kitchen slash living area in the house, and
everyone was talking over everyone and yelling and screaming until
there was a pause, and then Ozzy said, quote.

Speaker 1 (48:12):
I love you all. I love you all more than.

Speaker 3 (48:14):
Life itself, but you're all efing mad end quote sweet huh?

Speaker 1 (48:22):
You know what else is sweet? Sugar?

Speaker 3 (48:27):
Especially that watermelon sugar. That's right, it's time for sugar.
Have you ever This is a weird one. I didn't
know how to put it in an episode, so I
just made it sugar because I liked the story. Have
you ever heard of the North Pond Hermit? The man
known as the North Pond Hermit's a guy named Christopher
Thomas Knight, a resident of Maine who spent twenty seven

(48:50):
years in isolation in the woods, making his story one
of the most astonishing instances of solitude in recent history.
Who was he well? His name was Christopher Knight. He's
born December seventh in nineteen sixty five. Came from Albion, Maine.
Knight came from a tight knit family and was both

(49:12):
reserved and intelligent. When he turned twenty years old, Knight
drove into the forest, left his car keys on the dashboard,
and vanished without telling a soul. How did he survive
for twenty seven years. He had a secret camp site

(49:35):
next to North Pond in central Maine's wilderness. To stay alive,
he took food, clothing, propane, and supplies from a nearby
cluster of summer.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
Homes and a youth camp.

Speaker 3 (49:50):
Over the years, he was involved in more than one
thousand thefts, always being careful to avoid encounters. He never
started a fire to remained unnoticed even in the harsh
winters of Maine. During his years of solitude, he read extensively,
listened to the radio, and spent countless hours in silence.

(50:12):
In April of twenty thirteen, he was found breaking into
the pine tree camp, which serves children with disabilities. Due
to years of unexplained thefts, a game warden had installed
surveillance gear to catch the culprit. Upon his arrest, Night
told officers he had only communicated with one individual in

(50:35):
twenty seven years, a hiker he nodded too. In the nineties,
he faced charges for burglary and theft. He expressed regret.
He pleaded guilty and spent seven months behind bars, followed
by probation with requirements that included mental health treatment and

(50:56):
a ban on returning to his campsite life. My life
story gained significant attention, inspiring the twenty seventeenth book Stranger
in the Woods, authored by Michael Finkel, who spent extensive
time interviewing Night. Knight turned into a a a representation
of profound isolation, prompting thought of themes like loneliness, society,

(51:20):
mental health, and self sufficiency. While some regarded him as
a modern the row, others labeled him a common criminal.
He himself dismissed any romantic views of his way of existing,
instead describing it as a as challenging and solitary. To me,
it sounds like how it would be deleting all of

(51:42):
my social media apps. And that's not a bad proposition.
And that's why the North Pond hermit is this week, Sugar.
That was a felt like a quick episode, was it?
Between do you want to talk about something else? Need
talk about American eagle in the Sydney Sweeney ad, No,

(52:04):
no one does. It's nothing burger, but have a listen anyway.

Speaker 8 (52:08):
The secret of life lies hidden in the genetic code.
Genes are fundamental in determining the characteristics of an individual
and passing on these characteristics two succeeding generations. Occasionally, certain
conditions produce a structural change in the gene which will
bring about the process of evolution. This may occur in

(52:31):
one or more of the following ways. Firstly by selective mating,
in which a single gene type proof superior and transmitting
its genes to future generations. Secondly by gene drift, in
which certain genes may fade away while other genes persist,
And finally by natural selection, which filters out those genes

(52:55):
better equipped than others to endure in the environment. This
may result in the origin of an entirely new species,
which brings us to calvins and the survival of the
fittest Calvin kleinb jeans.

Speaker 3 (53:09):
Oh crap, sorry, that was fifteen year old Brookes Shields
and a Calvin Klein had in nineteen eighty. And that
wraps up Episode one ninety seven of the Soapbox Champion podcast.
Thanks for listening to everyone, cool that you do appreciate it.
You can watch the podcast as well. You can do
that over on my rumble channel. Keep up with me
on social media, all of them, damn near all of them,

(53:31):
but I'll probably go heavy on X and Facebook, whatever.

Speaker 1 (53:35):
Just follow me if you want. It's up to you.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
I got an idea for a topic for an episode.
Got a complaint, you want to argue with me, It's fine,
leave a voicemail eight one two six one zero nine
zero zero five or compose an email send it to
info dot Soapbox Champion at gmail dot com. And remember
that Suicide and Christ's Lifeline available to everyone, twenty four

(54:00):
hours a day, absolutely free. I support that funding at numbers.

Speaker 1 (54:05):
Nine eight eight. You can't even text it if you.

Speaker 3 (54:07):
Want, you know, if you're not ready to talk, talk
nine eight eight.

Speaker 1 (54:13):
Take care of yourself and one another, no matter what
their brand of.

Speaker 3 (54:16):
Jeans, and I'll talk to you next Tuesday.

Speaker 7 (54:19):
We'll see you.

Speaker 1 (54:33):
What I'm doing a crossword puzzle?

Speaker 2 (54:37):
Come here.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
Playing a bit of dragon?

Speaker 6 (54:46):
Have you been playing my record?

Speaker 5 (54:50):
So?

Speaker 6 (54:50):
Didn't I tell you the procedure?

Speaker 5 (54:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (54:53):
You told me all about a treaty.

Speaker 6 (54:54):
They have to be in alphabetical order, and what else?

Speaker 3 (54:58):
Done have to be filed alphabetically and according to year
as well.

Speaker 1 (55:04):
And what else?

Speaker 5 (55:08):
What else? I don't know?

Speaker 1 (55:11):
You don't know? Well, let me give you a hint.

Speaker 6 (55:13):
Okay, I found my James Brown record filed under the
JS instead of the B. I don't know who taught
you to alphabetize, but the top it off, he's in
the rock and roll section instead of the R and
B section. How can you do that?

Speaker 2 (55:28):
It's too complicated, Shrevy.

Speaker 1 (55:30):
See, every time I pull out a record, there's this whole.

Speaker 4 (55:33):
Procedure I have to go through.

Speaker 7 (55:35):
I just want to hear the music, that's all.

Speaker 6 (55:37):
Is it too complicated to just keep my records in
the category?

Speaker 1 (55:41):
Okay?

Speaker 6 (55:41):
Just put the rock and roll in with the rock
and roll, Put the R and B in with the
R and B. I mean, you're not gonna put Charlie
Parker in.

Speaker 1 (55:49):
With the rock and roll? Would you.

Speaker 5 (55:52):
Would you.

Speaker 7 (55:53):
I don't know who is Charlie Parker.

Speaker 1 (55:58):
Jazz?

Speaker 6 (56:00):
He was the greatest jazz saxophone player that every day.

Speaker 7 (56:05):
What are you getting so crazy about?

Speaker 2 (56:07):
It's just music.

Speaker 1 (56:09):
It's not that big a deal it is.

Speaker 6 (56:11):
Don't you understand this is important to me?

Speaker 3 (56:16):
Treat me? Why do you yell at me?

Speaker 5 (56:20):
No?

Speaker 1 (56:21):
I never hear you yell at any of your friends.

Speaker 6 (56:23):
Look, pick a record, okay, what just pick any record?

Speaker 1 (56:28):
Any record? Okay, what's the hit side?

Speaker 5 (56:35):
Good?

Speaker 1 (56:35):
Golly, miss Molly?

Speaker 6 (56:36):
Okay, Now ask me what's on the flip side? Why
just just ask me what's on the flip side?

Speaker 1 (56:43):
Okay?

Speaker 6 (56:44):
What is on the flip side? Hey? Hey, hey, hey,
nineteen fifty eight specialty records.

Speaker 1 (56:53):
See, you don't ask me things like that. Do you
know you never ask me what's on the flip side?

Speaker 7 (56:59):
No, because I don't give a shit.

Speaker 6 (57:02):
Shreat me.

Speaker 2 (57:02):
Who cares about what's on the flip side of a record?

Speaker 6 (57:04):
I do?

Speaker 1 (57:07):
Every one of my records means something.

Speaker 6 (57:10):
The label, the producer, the year it was made, who
was copying whose styles?

Speaker 1 (57:16):
Who was expanding on that?

Speaker 7 (57:17):
Don't you understand?

Speaker 6 (57:19):
When I listen to my records, they take me back
to certain points in my life. Okay, just don't touch
my records ever. The first time that I met you
Modell's sister's high school graduation party, right nineteen fifty five,
and ain't that a shame was playing when I walked
in the door.

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