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EP 1: MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN LIGHT
4th January 2025 • Dolphins at Midnight • Kim Krans
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Our anonymous dreamcaller from Austin, TX hits us with the DREAMING BUS with a doozy of a four-part dream that rivals the storytelling of Dune (or at least a stoned Carl Jung). Out of this beautiful mess comes the theme song for the show!

Meanwhile, Porsha and Mars set the rules for their new podcast.

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Speaker:

It is 12:01 AM here at the Dolphin House.

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Welcome to the Dreamers, the Midnighters,

the Nocturnals, and the Celestials.

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Somehow amidst the infinite, mysterious

hysteria of the internet, you have

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found your way to us at our secret.

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A clubhouse known as the Dolphin House

here at the edge of the Pacific Ocean

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in a city called Los Angeles, where

the Lakers are on a winning streak and

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there's bioluminescence in the ocean.

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And these precise coordinates, this

dreaming location shall be henceforth

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known as dolphins at midnight.

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This is episode one.

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I'm your host, Kimie Kay, joined

by my two cats, Porsche and Mars.

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You'll get to know Porsche and Mars

over forthcoming episodes, but just know

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that this is their show start to finish.

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I have zero interest in creating a

podcast, but they were adamant that I

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host his show on their behalf because.

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There's those things in the computer where

you have to put your hand and slide it

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around and double click, and they just

don't have the technology figured out

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quite yet for the pads at the cat paws.

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So if there's anyone out there right

now, any listeners in the, in the tech

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industry, entrepreneurs who maybe have

some r and d on that subject, like they

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know how to get the sensitivity of the

cat paw to do the double click thing.

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Just write us, you can go onto

our website and contact us

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and we could go into business.

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We could do like a collaborative, you

know, dolphins at midnight Gear thing

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that's like, it's not like a mouse

because that also confuses the cats.

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We just need like a slidey

pad for the cat paws.

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That's what we're looking for here.

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I don't know what your cats are doing.

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Out there in terms of tech, if

they can do the double click thing.

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But my cats, their maximum tech

capacity is just opening my computer

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and clicking onto the bookmark that I

have for squirrel TV and pressing play.

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But that's as far as they've,

they've gone thus far.

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So on the show, we are

also joined by a dolphin.

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It is a teenage dolphin.

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Her name is Miami.

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She was the first one to sort

of make friends with Mars, which

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is a story for episode two.

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We will get to that.

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She is the producer of the show

and the one facilitating the

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dream interpretations on behalf

of all of the dolphins out there.

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She's really our point of contact.

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And just to keep this in mind, she's

representing like 6 million dolphins.

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That are out there right now, swimming

in the depth of the ocean at midnight.

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And one of the great questions of

the show is what are the dolphins

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doing out there at midnight?

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And the cat's theory is they are

listening to our dreams and potentially

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at the same time, creating our dreams.

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So we're gonna test the theory by

having Dream Callers call in and we'll

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work with the cats and the dolphins.

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There's a couple rules about this

show, in particular, set by Porsche.

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The concept of the show is from Mars and

the name of the show and the branding, but

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Porsche really is the Queen, rule maker.

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So just so you know, the lay of the land.

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Rule number one about this podcast,

it can only be recorded at midnight.

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Because that's when the dolphins and

the cats talk to each other, and that's

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when humans finally shut up and that's

when the world has the most dreams.

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Number two from Porsche is, we

are on cat time in this show, so

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the episodes have to be short.

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I mean, every minute that passes is like

15 ish minutes for a cat, and so a podcast

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that's an hour long is 15 hours for them.

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She's saying if we sit here talking

about like a cold plunge for one hour,

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it's, it's just too, it's too much.

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It's just way too much.

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So she wanted the episodes to be five

minutes long, but we came to a sort

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of compromise at like 20 ish minutes.

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Basically.

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In a nutshell, cats are like Tom

Petty, you know, he said, don't

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Boris, just get to the chorus.

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So that's the memo from Porsche.

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And last most important is.

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We are never allowed to talk about

coal plunges on this podcast.

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We can't even speak those two words,

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so I'm gonna give you a lay of

the land for the dream setup.

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This is kind of the org chart of the

crew here at Dolphins at midnight.

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So a dreamer is gonna call in live with

a Dream, and the cats are gonna ask

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the dreamer a few follow up questions.

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Then the cats are gonna translate to me.

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What the dolphins are saying via Miami.

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So it's a little bit of telephone

tag that's going on here, folks.

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So just be really kind of kind

with this sort of inner species eco

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dream translation that's going on.

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Because here's the thing, I can

hear what the cats are saying.

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But I cannot hear what

the dolphins are saying.

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I'm not even gonna pretend that I

know what the dolphins are saying.

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They're like clicking and humming

and singing, but the cats can

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hear what the dolphins are saying.

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So when the dreamer calls in,

all of us are gonna be listening.

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You are gonna be listening.

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I'm gonna be listening.

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The cats and the dolphins.

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And then the dolphins are gonna do

what's called a dreaming mirror.

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They'll send that message to the cats.

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The cats will send it to me and then

I'm gonna speak it through English

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into the mic so we all can hear it.

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So it is definitely telephone tag.

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I'm not totally sure how

this is all gonna go.

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It's a bit of a experiment.

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So if there are discrepancies of

any kind, just be patient with us as

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we refine our process of listening.

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And just in the end, you know me as

the host, don't shoot the messenger.

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And let's just remember,

we're just here for the theta.

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We're here for the theta waves.

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And actually in LA right

now, there's bioluminescent

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waves out there at the ocean.

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I mean, when I went out there before the

show started, the waves were crashing in

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the dark and the the white part of the.

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Crashing wave was glowing, like it had a

glow stick inside of it like Burning Man.

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And I was sitting there like, how is

there Burning Man glow sticks inside

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the waves, like what's happening here?

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And then I remembered that my

friend had said a couple days ago,

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there's bioluminescence in the, in

the ocean right now in Los Angeles.

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And I was like, weird.

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That is in conjunction with the Lakers

having like a total winning streak.

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So our question here is, does

the Lakers winning streak make

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bioluminescence in the ocean or does

the bioluminescence in the ocean make

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the Lakers have a winning streak?

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This we don't know.

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We also don't know if that bioluminescence

is from a natural phenomenon or if

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it's just a very particular combination

of toxicities that are in the ocean

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that are making it glow for now to

get back to the theta, we all know

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that theta is the dream wave state.

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So that's what we wanna

get into on this show.

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It's super healthy for us.

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It's restorative.

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It's good for the brain,

it's good for your skin.

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It's good for your sex life.

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On that note, hopefully by the

time this podcast airs, we're

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gonna have some theta themed merch

and some dolphins at midnight.

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Merch available@dolphinsatmidnight.com.

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We can also sign up in parentheses,

donate to the show to have your

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dream entered into the dream.

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Caller raffle.

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So someday your dream could be

interpreted live on the show.

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That, by the way, was not a commercial.

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That was just my cats telling you

that theta is the only wave to be in.

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This is a quote from Mars.

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Thea is the only way to be

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okay with this.

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We welcome the very first dream caller.

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Onto the line Dreamer, if you

are out there, please give

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us a ring on the cat phone.

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Dreamer, welcome to Dolphins at midnight.

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You are our very first dream caller known

henceforth as dream caller number one.

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Your name will remain unknown, but

can you please tell us what city and

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state you're calling from tonight?

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I am calling from Austin, Texas.

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Austin, Texas?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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I think that the closest

dolphin is probably a ways away.

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But that doesn't mean that Miami,

the dolphin can't communicate

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with the dolphins over there

that are closer to you.

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So I think we're gonna be okay

with your, with your dream.

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Me too.

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Okay, great.

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So I wanna share with you a few

tips on sharing your dream with us.

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Number one, please tell your dream

like it's a story in the present tense.

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For example, I'm in a car,

or I'm eating cat food.

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Two, just let the dream speak for itself.

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There's no need to assess or explain

why you picked it or what you think of

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it, or what you think the symbols mean.

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And then lastly, this is

a really important one.

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When your dream is finished,

please indicate the completion of

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the dream with the phrase I am.

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Complete those three words.

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Are kind of like magical triggers

that create this chain response

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between the cats and the dolphins.

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Understood.

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And they will know that your dream

has been spoken and shared and

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that the dream mirroring can begin.

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Do you have all that?

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Perfect?

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Yes.

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Okay, great.

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And then the cats are gonna ask you

some questions and the the dolphin is

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then gonna offer you a dreaming mirror.

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Perfect.

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It makes complete sense.

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Okay, great.

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Do you have any questions

before we begin that can't be

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answered by simply beginning?

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No.

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Okay.

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Great.

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Dream caller number one.

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Please share with us your dream.

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I am in a stairwell and I'm walking

down and I start to hear, I.

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Incomprehensible beautiful music,

and I see that it's coming from a

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phone, and I go and I pick up the

phone and I, it looks like I'm looking

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at Spotify and it's a new song.

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And the cover art is, uh, by

Kim Kranz, but it's something

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that I haven't seen before.

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And the name of the song is more beautiful

than Light, and the image is, um.

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Like darkness and going

into, uh, like a crystal.

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And then coming out the other side

is the full spectrum of, uh, theba.

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And it's so beautiful.

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I start crying and then the dream

changes, and now I'm at like the

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base of like a slow sloping hill.

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It's like a huge park and it's,

it feels like it's the west coast.

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And it's the evening and the sky is

ablaze and it's very mythical feeling,

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and I'm talking to my therapist

and we're underneath a pavilion

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and we're talking about my parts.

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And like my internal family

system parts, and it feels

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very, um, like good and healthy.

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And then the dream changes.

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And now I'm at the peak of the slow

sloping hill and it's a basketball court.

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And it's like, um, right next to like a

huge cliff that goes out into the ocean.

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And I'm playing basketball

with three other people.

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One of the three other people is Kim.

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And um, it's just a

beautiful feeling dream.

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And then the dream scene changes

again, and it's all black.

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And it feels like I'm listening to Kim

talk to somebody else, and the felt

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sense of the, I don't remember what it

said, but the felt sense is that, um,

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like that Kim is being asked to trust,

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I am complete

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dream caller.

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We hear your dream.

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Thank you for sharing it.

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Mars would like to ask you a

direct question in relation to

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the first section of the dream.

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He wants to know how long has it been

since you listened to Pink Floyd?

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Um, many months.

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He senses there might be a key there

because of the album artwork with the

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refracting rainbow from the prism.

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Beautiful.

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Thank you.

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Morris

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Mar also wants to know why is it

that you don't play basketball

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with three people regularly?

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They really want to.

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Why don't you?

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What comes to mind is workaholism.

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Okay.

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One more question from Mars and then

Portia is Porsche's on the line.

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Mars wants to know more about the cliff.

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The first thing that comes to

mind is, um, selt the school.

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Have you ever been there?

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I haven't.

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Do you know if they have

a basketball court there?

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I'd be willing to bet they don't,

but I don't know if they do.

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You might wanna play three on three

there while listening to Pink Floyd.

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That's, that's the memo from Mars.

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I'm gonna pass the mic to Portia.

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Perfect.

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Portia has some concern about the song.

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Of the opening of the dream

that hasn't been created yet.

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Mm-hmm.

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Is there an instrument in your

house that you're not playing?

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I have a trumpet that I don't play,

and the song didn't sound like it had

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anything to do with the trumpet, but, you

know, heard there's no other instruments

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in the house that I haven't played.

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No.

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So, I mean, I guess anything could

be an instrument, but I think

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it might be a, a vocal sound.

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I think she wants you to

play the vocal instrument.

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Have you heard of that?

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I have.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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That, that was a sincere

question from Portia, if you'd

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ever heard of the vocal sound.

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Well, coming through Kim's tone.

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It didn't sound completely sincere,

but I believe you, Porsche.

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Um, I think, well there's one

more thing from Porsche then we're

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gonna drop into the dolphins.

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She wants you to explain the

fourth section of the dream

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where you drop into darkness.

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Can you just take us

through that one more time?

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The unique quality of that

dream is, or that part of the

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dream was that there was no.

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Imagery and it felt like I was

almost eavesdropping on something.

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It felt like I was not a

character, and it felt distinctly

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like not of the dream.

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But like the dream had ended,

but the consciousness was still

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extending and it felt like I was, um,

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listening to someone give Kim advice.

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Okay.

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Porsche says, thank you.

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With that additional description,

we're going to drop into the dolphins.

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Perfect.

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And you can just.

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Take this dolphin mirroring as a

kind of blessing or instruction.

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It's likely there won't even be a

question or anything to relay back

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and forth, but rather it's really

just the dolphins speaking to you

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so you can just lay back and close

your eyes and take this in almost as

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a secondary dream in and of itself.

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Beautiful.

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Dream caller number one.

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This is a message from the dolphins.

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You're backstage now

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behind the curtain of the dream.

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This is the place that people barely find.

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It's the ocean below the ocean

and the cave behind the cave.

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You've gone backstage

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from this place.

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There's a sound, a healing song

on the stage, and they're missing

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you, your voice, your singing.

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So you're at this Choice Point backstage,

part of the architecture of the

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production, and it's a choice point.

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Do you pivot and open the curtain and

walk on stage and sing, or do you stay.

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In the depth of the darkness

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where you are also needed orchestrating

the delivery of the creation.

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This is a question for you to ponder.

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What would it feel like to pivot?

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What would it feel like to hear your song?

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There is one more thing I must speak to.

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It's the basketball game.

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It also has a backstage, the locker room.

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These are the same formations.

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Study them.

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Who are you when you're in the

locker room with your best friends?

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And who are you on the court?

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There is one more thing I

want to tell you, but I don't

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think it's quite the moment.

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I will send you another dream.

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Please ask for it explicitly

when you sleep tomorrow night.

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That image will clarify your decisions.

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Blessings.

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We are the dolphins and we are complete.

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Dream caller number one.

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That wraps the dreaming portion of the

show, and I want to thank you infinitely

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for the courage to share your dream

as the first caller, and I suggest as

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the Dolphins did directly to you, that

if you have any further questions,

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you can just ask the dream.

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Just ask right at midnight.

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You know when the clock turns from 1159

to midnight and just, that's when you

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say, Hey, dolphins, can you send me

a little clarifying information now?

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Is that by midnight in Texas

where there aren't dolphins?

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Or is it midnight and LA

where there are dolphins?

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It's a great question.

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We haven't done a and B

testing on this podcast yet.

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We are really just getting started.

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And this episode is already too long and

the cats are getting really agitated.

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I think the, the podcast is seven

and a half hours long for the cats.

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We're, we're at the 30 minute mark.

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Well then I will go.

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Thank you so much.

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Okay.

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Blessings to the dreamer and the dream.

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Till next time.

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Until next time.

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Okay, listeners.

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Wow.

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I am just gonna say that

our very first caller.

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Did hand us a four part

dream to try to work with.

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That was like some advanced situation.

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We just got thrown.

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We kind of got thrown under the

dream bus just like a little bit.

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I respect the dream bus, but

that was like, that was a lot.

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So we did a great job.

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I wanna thank the Dolphins and the cats.

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Scratch that.

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Friends, we can't stop the show there.

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This is Kimie Kay interrupting

the ending of that program by

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interjecting with a new segment.

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This is for emergency situations only.

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When we get hit really badly by the

dreaming bus, we're gonna call this

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segment the morning after morning after

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we use this segment, when we

wake up kind of hungover from

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the Dolphins at midnight live.

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Experience and I woke up this morning

and was like, that was a big dream.

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Not only a big dream for the

dream caller, but also for me.

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I was in it like three out

of the four dream sections.

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So I felt like I couldn't just put

all of the onus on the dream call or

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all the homework is just theirs to do.

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And I realized.

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What the dream was asking me to do was

to write the theme song for this show.

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So today, that's what I'm doing

folks, and I'm gonna end this first

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episode, fading out into what Now

exists because of the Dream caller.

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This song that he mentioned that was

called More Beautiful Than Light.

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It is a high bar to aim for

with a song, especially a theme

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song, but I'm gonna go for it.

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So here's my attempt.

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To follow the Dream song

assignment that was sent to us from

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Circuitously, from Austin, Texas.

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Thank you so much to the dream color

for the precision of your visions.

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Thank you to the Dolphins.

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Thank you to Porsche and Mars, and

to the insomniac tech support behind

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the scenes here at the Dolphin House.

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Listeners, we already love you.

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I hope you are out there right now singing

your own unsung Dream song, and if you do.

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Please send it to us.

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We will see you next time at midnight.

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