EP 182 Guest Derek Amarillas

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Preseason is in full swing and we're breaking down everything
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But stick around after the break we're spilling some sports
teat hotter than a summer game day in Georgia. And
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Sports lovelies, No, sports lovelies. Here's the X and os,

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the game plan. You came here for one thing, and
I know what it is, and that is to do
what talk sports. Yes, let's get into it. Yes, yes, yes,
the look I told you. The NFL is back. NFL
is back, Falcons fans, is time to get locked in. Listen.

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Friday night at the Mercedes Spin Stadium, Atlanta came up
just short, falling twenty three to twenty to the Tennessee
Titans in their second preseason game. Now, of course, the
Falcons had a strong push in the second half, but
a late Titans fille goal sealed the outcome. Now, rookie
quarterback cam Ward let the Titans, connecting on a thirty
five yard past to fellow Ricky edith Alia Maynard, though

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he finished just two of seven four forty two yards.
Atlanta's two top quarterbacks, Michael Pennis Junior and Kirk Cousins
were not playing that night. Of course, they set it
out while Easton Stick through for sixty seven yards and
a touchdown. Bred and Allen got some snaps and Hoover
to me and close the game. Now the highlight for
Atlanta riocky runner back Nathan Carter now look after a

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scary hurdle incident against the Lions early in preseason. Carter
carries the ball with confidence, ripping off with forty three
yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. Stick then
hit Chris Blair on a fifty two yard strike later
on a quarter to briefly give Atlanta the lead. Now, defensively,
the Falcons capt Tennessee and check for much of the night,

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but the Titans leaned on their ground game late to
drive down for the game winning kick. Now, Atlanta, we're
sitting at one in one in preseason, and we're going
to head to Arlington on August twenty second, two face
the Cowboys before opening the regular season at home at
the Mercedes Bins against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September

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to seventh. You gotta stay tuned because our atl Falcons
look to fine tune their roster and kick off the
season strong. Rise up thirty birds, Rise up in KACAN news. Yeah,
the Hawks, That's what it is. Listen, Hawks fan, the
wait is over. Atlanta tips off the twenty twenty five

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twenty six season on Wednesday, October twenty second at State
for Marina, hosting the Toronto Raptors at seven thirty pm
for Opening Night presented by State Farm. It's going to
be that. Yes, it's gonna be a pack knight, as
the Hawks kick off the season with two of their
first three games at home, including a clash whip the
defending champions Okasey, Yes, Oklahoma City.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Now.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
This season, Atlanta will be featured in thirteen National League
televised games, with the appearances on ESPN, NBC, Peacock and
NBA on Prime and speaking of home games, Market Gallanders,
the Hawks hosts Orlando on November fourth. Their first NBCA
NBC broadcast is nineteen ninety nine plus a showdown with

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the Lakers on November the eighth. Now Look, December brings
a five game homestand including battles against Denver, San Antonio,
New York Minnesota, while January will be a road heavy month,
with ten of sixteen games away from the A. The
Hawks will also compete in the MRI NBA Cup, with
two home games set at special Hawks Cup Nights presented

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by Hara Cherokee Casinos. Tickets for opening night in early
season matchups are unsell now at the Hawks dot com promo,
with full seasons in full season game tickets available August
twenty fifth, so listen for perks, savings, playoff priorities. Hawks

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family memberships start at just ten games, So it's gonna
be so exciting this season. I can't wait. Look, Atlanta,
get ready to cheer on our atl Hawks. Trust me, Yeah,
don't want to miss it because it's going down. So
let's ticket. I can't wait. I'm so excited. But now
we must kick it over to Atlanta United and it's okay. Now,

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look we got some big action happening for our Atlanta
United team. Of course, This past Saturday in Montreal, the
Fike strike spot hard and came away with a one
and one draw at stage so Patoo thanks for the
late header from Alesis Marynchuck in an eighty seventh minute
Now that was his fifth mL US goal for the season,

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of course, seventh.

Speaker 3 (06:27):
Across the competition.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
But it was also especial night for summer signings as
one bar Recall and Stephen Aletsee, who both made their
club's debut. Atlanta looked strong in the stretch, but just
couldn't quite find the lead until Marynchuck's timely finished Now
in the roster news, defender Derek Williams has been transferred
to Reading FC in England's League One. While no FeAs

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was involved, Atlanta retains a percentage of any future transfers now.
Williams has been a contributors since joining in twenty twenty four,
starting forty eight of fifty one appearances, and to add
some death for the upcoming match, Atlanta side sal massaari
Hiro in a short term agreement ahead of Saturday's matchup

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against Colorado Rapids at dick Sportings Goods Park. Now that
actual match, our team fell three and one to the Rapids.
Maryrinchuck struck again with a curling finish from distance, giving
him goals in three straight MLS match, but Colorado Raphael
Navarro proved too much, scoring twice in the second half

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to steal the loss. Now, of course, our Atlanta United
team sits fourth and twelve and ten with twenty two
points in their back at the mercedespen Stadium on Sunday,
August twenty fourth two hosts Toronto FC at four pm. Now, look,
we're looking and we're hoping our Atlanta team and bounce

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back in front of their fans at the Benz Stadium.
So it's just stay tuned, stay tuned for more updates.
We still have faith and we believe in our Atlanta
United team. Let's go, five stripes, let's go now. Of course, look,
we had to switch it over from you know, Mercedes
Benz to now we're heading to the ice.

Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (08:23):
With our Atlantic Gladiators news and announcements, there has been
some big roster news out of Duluke as our Atlantic
Gladiators continue building their twenty twenty five twenty six squad. Now,
the team has acquired defenseman Ryan Conroy from Adiront Thunder.
Now Conroy coming off a strong wikie season where he

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scored twenty nine points. In seventy one games, leading all
Thunder defensemen. Now the glass also resigned for Joey Seppalone,
who finished last year with fifteen goals and thirty four points,
second on the team in scoring, now joining the lineup.
It's going to be the first pro season forward Raleigh

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at Pelt, fresh out of Gret mc ewan University, where
Alex Young returns after a productive stretch in Atlanta late
last season. Italian eight points in just eleven games. Now
mark your calendar. Sports Levelies, player signings are being announced
live on Gladiators YouTube channel every Tuesday and Thursday at
seven pm Eastern Standard Time, so make sure you subscribe

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Tuesday up to date as the roster comes together. Now,
Sports lovelies and Gladiator fans, the Countdown two puck drop
is officially on opening night, goes down October eighteenth. First Utah,
the puck drops on season twenty three with Gladiator things,
specialty jerseys, hyped energy in a building that's gonna be rocky. Now,

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let's talk about Sunday, October nineteenth. It's gonna be time
for kids to take over. Play's gonna be in the building.
The Angle Blue game return and trust me the little
ones aren't going wanna lose it.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
Now.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
Moving into November, market calendars for Glass Fight Cancer Night
on the twenty second, a powerful evening where they're gonna
honor survivors, remember those three philosophy and rally behind the fight. Now,
of course you know what's going down. It's happening again.
College Nights are back with discounted tickets for students on

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multiple nights. We're talking November twenty sixth, February fourth, March
the eighteenth. It's gonna be time to throw in your
school colors and squat up. Yes, we're college nights. Now.
We've got MAT's Holidays party, right, he's gonna be at
the building and we're gonna celebrate in December, Marvel Night
on December nineteenth, Country Night on December twenty seventh, and

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he has there's even the Star Wars Night, Yes, Star
Wars January third, So may the fourth be with our
glass and don't sleep on. Teddy Bear Toss Night, one
of my faves, right February fourteenth, which is of course
the Love Day, the day of levels Valentine's Day, So
bring your Teddy Bears and if we're gonna toss it

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on the ice after the first Glads goal. It's gonna
spread some love to the kids in need. Now, look,
they're gonna close it out for fan appreciation Night April tenth.

Speaker 3 (11:17):
It's gonna be the final home game of the season and.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
A bit thank you to the loudest, proudest fans of
ec h L. Now, seriously, there's something for everyone this season.
Theme jerseys, kid frieling games, community vibes, and none stop
action on ice. So grab your tickets, plan your fits,
and we'll see you at Glass South Arena. That's correct, guys, Yeah,

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South Arena is going down. Let's go, Glads, let's go. Now. Listen, guys, Blessen,
do you feel the vibe? I feel the vibe. So
coming up after break, we got some volleyball vibe news.
So guess what. Stay tuned because we'll be Bye Loach

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love back sports and Lee's volleyball fans Big news. Esta
Atlanta VIT kicks off the twenty twenty six free agency
by resigning three of their biggest stars, Leah Edmunds, Corey Lewrens,
and of course Aco Jones, all returning to anchor the
team's championship run next season. Now Leah Edmunds is coming

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off of stellar twenty twenty five season, finishing second and
kills and service aces and earning first team All League honors.
Now Ricky of the Year Corey Lewis dominated at the
net with league leading kitty efficiency, and opposite hitter Aco
Jones showed versatility on both offense and defense. Now here's
a ground bag update. Four professional women volleyballs in the

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un Now, the Pro Volleyball Federation and Major League Volleyball
are merging into one unified league officially branded as Major
League Volleyball or MLV. This news MLV will be the
longest running pro women's volleyball league and US history. With
independently owned teams in market, it brings enhanced governance, modern

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ownership standards, and a fresh approach to player and fan engagement.
The league's first two seasons have been huge. Listen over
eighty million social impressions, nearly one million engagements, two hundred
and fifty thousand followers, and seven hundred and fifty thousand
fans attending games, plus forty five nationally televised matches, including

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four hundred and forty five thousand viewers All Star Match
on CBS The newly unified MLV official lunches this January
twenty twenty six, marking the start of its third season
with teams in Atlanta, Columbus, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Omaha, Orlando,
and San Diego and plans to expand in twenty twenty seven.

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The Twitter twenty sixth season is here, and it kicked
off free agency that started on August seventh at five
o'clock PM Eastern Stendard time. But listen as teens and
new rosters for the championship chase. You gotta stay tuned
right here for all the latest vibes, updates and for
big news as the Twitter twenty six mov season heats up.

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The sports lovelies up next, we got the hottest sport tea. Yes,
a multi talented actress is clapping back at her ex,
a former atl Braves player, over his claim about why
they split. Now listen, she got oscars, the style and
now the clap back. You definitely don't want to miss this.

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Stay tuned will be bad. Oh I'll go back by

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the back. Sports levelies. Okay, okay, I know you are
thirsty for the latest schoop. Now, who needs cooking? And
cleaning with you got receipts right now listening multi talented.
After she has fired back at her ex, Yes, former
Atlanta Brays player over their breakup.

Speaker 3 (15:42):
That is correct, and we're talking about Halle Berry.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
Now. She has clapped back at her ex, David Justice,
claimed that he divorced her because she wasn't motherly like,
excuse me, yes now. The former Major League Baseball star
made his remarks during a conversation with former NBA player
Matt Barnes on their All the Smoke podcasts Now listen.

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He said, unquote, I was just in the moment. It
caught me off guard. We're getting along, we're vibing again.
We're only five months in and we're still in the
honeymoon stage, he said. Now, David and Hallie are both
fifty eight. They were married from nineteen thirty three to
nineteen ninety seven, and in their union, they did not
produce any children. Now this is where the clan gets

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really interesting. Now. He claimed that he ended the marriage
because marry didn't cook. Clan or is if what he
considered nurturing are motherly qualities? Yeah, excuse you. Of course,
you know he has been dragged up and down social media,
so we don't need to do that right now. But
his comments were just of course rightly criticized period. You know,

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many calling this misogynist state and of course outdated. But
here's the thing, Barry Hone, Barry has clap back and
she said this Larry eloquently and look. In a post
on social media, she shared her photo of herself and
her longtime boyfriend lounging in bed together and here's the caption, Phew, cooking,

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cleaning and mothering. The mom of two captured in a photo.
Can I think she looks absolutely fabulous? Yes, it looks
like Halle Berry. There's not only serving up receipts, but
she also serving up recipes. Now, that is your sports
tea for the week coming up after the break, it's
my w NBAS stay tuned, will be very oh welcome back,

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wal I'm ACKs for its levely. It's that time WNBA news. Yes, yes, yes,
So let's dive into the latest from our Atlanta dream.
Now Atlanta sitskin Win Street came to an end in
Seattle as the dream fell to the storm. Eighty to
seventy eight. N A nail bider Ryan Howard made history
becoming the franchise all time leader in career three pointers

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we have three hundred and twenty six, while also leading
the team with twenty one points. Alicia Gray reached a
huge milestone of her own, joining the exclusive four thousand
career point club, becoming just the twenty second player in
WNBA history to do so. Now. Breonna Jones kept her
strong season rolling with her tenth double double, and bj

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Brittany Grinder added ten points in three blocks. Despite outscoring
Seattle in the four, Atlanta came up short. The Dream
will look to bounce back tonight when they faced the
Golden State Valkyries at ten o'clock PM at Chase Center.
Now off court, the Dream made some major front office moves,
announcing the hiring of Tracy Messier as Vice president of

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Communication and It's sended affair now. Messire brings more than
twenty years of experience in public relations and sports media,
most recently with US Soccer. She will play a key
role in shaping the Dreams connection with fans, media, and
the community. Now listens where it's lovely. So we're moving
on to another topic at hand. May we speel about

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yes icon legend Candis Parker now listen. Candace has talked
about this to a very you know, very interesting topic,
you know, and this is kind of something we should
all speak about. But here's the Dame Cannas Parker, you
know who she is. She used to find the era
of WNBA. Now earlier this year, she retired after sixteen

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remarkable seasons and leaving high three WNBA championships, two MVPs,
seven All Star appearances. Now truly one of the all
time greats. Right for WNBA. Now listen, But here's the thing.
Here's something you might not know. Parker dominates dominants just
wasn't limited.

Speaker 3 (20:14):
To the WNBA.

Speaker 1 (20:16):
You know. From twenty ten to twenty fifteen she played
overseas in Russia for UMMC at Kerberg. But here's the thing,
winning five championships doing that's when and according to Parker,
the experience wasn't just about basketball, it was about a lifestyle. Now,
she said in Russia in quotes, in Russia, we had chefs,

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we had amazing apartments, we had drivers, we flew charter,
we traveled around Europe as the number one team, and
we're compensated as such. My black diamonds are from Russia.
They were given to me as a birthday gift. My
daughter got black diamonds, I got a Rolette watch, and
Parker shared on.

Speaker 3 (20:58):
A post moves pots.

Speaker 1 (21:00):
Now here's the thing. In her words, she raised some
eye opening points.

Speaker 3 (21:05):
Right. While the WNBA may.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
Showcase the best women's basketball talent, Parkers expers is always
just kind of suggests that there's in terms of treatment
and perse the Russian League might actually be ahead of
the game. Now, look, this is very interesting, and we've
said this before. You know, there's always that issue of compensation.

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You know, it does not equal to a big brother.

Speaker 3 (21:31):
But here's the thing.

Speaker 1 (21:33):
We will reach there. We're going there slowly, but surely,
hopefully we will get there.

Speaker 3 (21:39):
For our women, especially the women, it's worst.

Speaker 1 (21:42):
And that's it for now, So make sure you stay
tuned for updates for WNBA News dream of course as
they continue to push in the second half of the season,
So stay tuned. That's your WNBA needs for the week.

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All I will say is coins, coins, coins, stay tuned
will be better.

Speaker 3 (23:19):
What my god?

Speaker 2 (23:23):
Oh no she didn't.

Speaker 1 (23:25):
Oh no she didn't.

Speaker 3 (23:27):
Oh oh no, that's for Journey.

Speaker 1 (23:36):
By the Back, Welcome back sports Lovelysis that time my
smhor owned moment is uppon us. Now listen. Oh my goodness,
this has really happened. Smhor sports fans, grab your wallets,
hold on to your seats because this one is wow.
A single basketball card featuring none other than m J

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that's Michael Jerny and of course, Kobe Bryant is currently
sparking a bidding war that could top six million. No,
let's see that is correct. Now, according to TMZ Sports.
The card is the two thousand and seven two thousand
and eight upper Deck Exquisite Collection and featuring autographs from
both legends, including alongside that NBA logo path is Kobe's

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with blue and white and red and MJ's and gold
and white. Now, as of Saturday morning, bits are just
over five million, but experts are expected it's a sore
pass six point one million in option. Now here's the thing, guys,
with Kobe's tragic passing in twenty twenty, it's said that

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it's going to be one of a kind piece.

Speaker 3 (24:44):
The co signer even turned down multiple.

Speaker 1 (24:47):
Seven figure private offers because they believed it could set
a new world record when the hammer falling drops. So
if you got it's enough money, you know, some coins
to maybe beer six million just lying around under your
you know, Mattress's talking about this might be your shot
to own basketball history or at least brag about it,

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you know, in the richest groups that you know, others
chat about that I don't even know about. So here's
the thing. Look, I think it's amazing. I don't know
about six million, But here's the thing. It's he's a legend,
you know, Unfortunately he's no longer with us, and the
thing about it, pieces of that sort does end up being,

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you know, quite expensive. So yeah, I'm just like, I
can't level up, but if you can level up and flats,
go ahead. I'm not mad at you.

Speaker 3 (25:43):
And that is my estimate owned you moment for the week.

Speaker 1 (25:48):
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is my special guests. Stay tuned, will be bad. My

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next guest is a compassionate creator from Texas who brings
vibrant characters and adventure stories to life his book Soco
the Flamingo with Tennis Shoes The Like Kids ages forty
eight with animal adventures and a touch of humor. Sports Lovelies,
please welcome Derek and Maria as too Chicks in a Sport. Derek,
congratulations on your debut. Now I just need to ask

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you what inspired you to write Soco the Flamingo with
tennis shoes And how did this story come together?

Speaker 4 (26:58):
Well, that's a very interesting quequestion. But to answer it,
the story was born as a gift for my mother
in law and it was supposed to be a tribute,
and you know, for her birthday, I wanted to get
her something special, and you know, I wanted to say, well,
let me just write her a story I've been writing
for many years, and she knew, she knows I write,
so it was something I wanted to put together. The

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tennishoe component from it came from my husband loves tenny shoes.
He says, this excellent shoe game, and so I figured, okay,
if it's a story for her who loves flamingos, I
knew I wanted to have a flamingo, and then secondly
to kind of put into it character and components of
the family. I had my mom who loves marshmallows, and

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my husband who loves tennis shoes. So that's how the
idea came together. Conceptually, I wanted to write a story
about a flamingo who wore tenny shoes.

Speaker 1 (27:52):
Oh my gosh, that is so adorable. But most importantly,
Saga is just a unique character. And tell me just again,
why a flamingo? And of course you taught us about
the tennis shoes, but what is the message or things
were important for you to share through this story?

Speaker 4 (28:09):
So first, sneakers, you know, as a symbol. My husband
wears them, not as decoration but almost sometimes as a declaration.
And so I like the Tenning shoe of symbol, how
it symbolizes like contemporary self expression. So I wanted to
make sure that the Tenning shoes were important, and the

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flamingo was because it's a quirky bird, and I figured,
you know, and since I wanted to write a story
about something that I knew something because I'm kind of
represented as Saco when I think about my childhood and
my learning experiences, what better way to kind of explore

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this concept with a bird. It's already kind of awkward
and often misunderstood and unique, very unique. And I wanted
to write a story celebrating my mother in law first
with her love of flamingos, my husband and his love
of tennis shoes, and then myself, you know, my love
of my uniqueness. So what better way to kind of
put a story together. So that's how it all came,

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you know through conceptually.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
Oh my gosh, that is so amazing. But I'm looking
here at just kind of your story and your background.
So before becoming an Arthur, you worked in finance. Now
that's quite a leap O. Can you share what motivated
you to transition into children literature?

Speaker 4 (29:33):
Yes, so I want to you know, first, you know,
clarify that I was a writer before I went into finance,
but finance happened, you know, from my education, I wrote
for myself personally, and it wasn't until a friend of
mine who was going through some personal trauma. I guess

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she really lost a really close friend who was close
to her. She came to visit me and I to
tell that she was off. So I let her read,
you know, a story that I thought would help her,
and it did, and she was so impressed with my writing.
I mean, everybody knew I wrote, but I guess how
well I wrote, you know that it was so layered
and you know what she got from the story. So
she was the one encouraged me to publish. And so

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since I had already written this story as a gift
for my mother in law, I figured Okay, Well, since
this one was already written to share, I figured, okay,
let's go ahead and and share this story. So this
was the first introduction, you know, that I've had with
my writing to the world, and I want to say
it's been very liberating. Right in finance, Yeah, in finance,

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there's a lot of structure and strategy, and so that
was like my whole professional world, you know, Creativitally, I
think creativity is more you know, survival. It's it's not
a luxury, it's more of a survival instinct. And so
being able to now focus on my creative aspect, it's
been so liberating to have this book come out.

Speaker 2 (31:02):
Now I'm like, what else do I want to share?
What's my next story going to be?

Speaker 4 (31:06):
And so I feel very liberated, you know, going through
this process that I'm really enjoying.

Speaker 3 (31:12):
That is amazing.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Now, you know what you did mention a passion for
bringing joy to others, especially children. How do you hope
SOCCO connects with young readers and the adults who read them.

Speaker 4 (31:24):
Well, you know, stories can be gives, right, and I
hope that my readers can take away a couple of things.
One that Soaco strets for anyone who's felt too bright
for room and chose not to din right. I want
to remind children or parents that weirdness, softness, and visibility

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deserves celebration. So we need to embrace, you know, our uniqueness,
embrace our individuality because the world needs more of that, right,
we need more sparkle in the room. So I think Soaco,
you know, stands for a lot of people who've kind
of felt out of place. I had to carve a

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space out where there was none originally. So that's what
I hope they get from it, as well as it's
just a fun story, and it's very layered, so subject
to interpretation, you know, if you don't get anything from
it other than hey, it's fun and engaging and it
was cute, more power to you. But I feel like
there's more to it that can be implied, you know,

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and I try not to underestimate the power of you know,
the the mentality of young children. I don't want to
you know, say that you know, they know what they're reading.
So I kind of figured it, you know, let's be
a beacon or hero for them.

Speaker 1 (32:45):
Absolutely absolutely. So my questure to you now is just
what's next for you? Can readers look forward to more
adventures from Socco or maybe some new characters.

Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yes, absolutely, I do have another book and production. It's
called Genevieve, the Fairy Chef and the Magic Cookbook, and
that's just it was just a fun story for my
love of cooking, and it's just about a young fairy
who wants to be a really great chef and she
doesn't really get there until she meets this magic cookbook

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that she finds in her attic.

Speaker 2 (33:18):
So that's next.

Speaker 4 (33:20):
And I'm also in the process of creating a universe
of Socco, if you will, with other characters, you know,
being introduced, so a lot of storytelling that I'm hoping
kind of acts as mentorship, you know, for young minds
and readers.

Speaker 1 (33:39):
So, oh my gosh, this is so exciting. But you
know what, Dari, I definitely want you to go ahead
and implug in. How can we find out more information
on purchasing your book and also your social media page
so we can definitely stay up to date on everything
that's happening with you and the new adventures of Sokko
and of course the new trilogies that are coming out.

Speaker 4 (34:00):
Absolutely so social wise, Soco the Flamingo at allsocials dot com.
We'll get you all of the social media content that's
been developed for Socco and the book Socco the Flamingo
with Tennis Shoes is available where all books are sold
exclusively at hardback and paperback exclusively at Amazon, but the

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paperback version is available where all books are sold.

Speaker 1 (34:24):
Awesome, Oh my gosh, this is so amazing and plugging
your social media a.

Speaker 4 (34:29):
Soco the Flamingo at allsocials dot com.

Speaker 1 (34:32):
Perfect awesome, you heard it here first. Listen, sports lovelies,
this is so fun. I love this Soco the Flamingo
with Tennis Shoes.

Speaker 3 (34:41):
This is amazing.

Speaker 1 (34:42):
Thank you so much, Derek for coming on. Sure, thank
you so much, and listen, stay cool out there in Texas.

Speaker 2 (34:50):
I'm gonna try my best, sports Lovely.

Speaker 1 (35:06):
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I have always said I am the Queen of elves
taken l's lacking, right, I swear if there was any
such person, I am she and she is not. But listen,

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in all fairness, I can say the same about winning right.
I've had some major wins throughout my life, which has
always been my motivation to keep pushing for it. So
if you ever find yourself feeling like me, remember an
l it's just an ois shape w And it's all
about your mindset, okay. But most importantly, sometimes you have

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to just lose to win in the game of life. Remember,
dreams don't come try until you do what you wake
up and do the work that you never need the same, okay,