The Key to a Happy Marriage - It's All About Learning How to Laugh Folks

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Welcome to the Happily Ever Laughter podcast.

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Dynae: A positive space where we try to

find the humor in the craziness of life.

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Matt: Because life is crazy.

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Dynae: That's for sure.

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Matt: I'm Matt.

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Dynae: And I'm Dynae.

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Matt: And now on with the show.

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I haven't taken my

medication this morning.

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Dynae: You should have.

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Matt: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the

first ever Happily Ever Laughter podcast.

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I'm matt.

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Dynae: And I'm Dynae.

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Matt: Welcome.

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Dynae: Welcome everyone.

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We're excited to be here.

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Matt: Indeed.

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Dynae: What are we gonna talk about?

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Matt: I don't know.

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We're gonna talk about this new podcast

endeavor that we're probably going to

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expand this journey of our horizons.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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Well, that was a weird way to put

it, but, , this is actually our, uh,

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Matt: I haven't taken my medication

this morning, so there's a lot of

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stuff happening in my brain right now.

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Dynae: Just so you know, anyone

that has not listened to us in the

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past, because this is actually our

third endeavor in doing a podcast.

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Matt: We should probably start with that.

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Dynae: Yeah, so...

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Matt: And that's part of the

ADHD you're talking about.

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I have ADHD.

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Dynae: And that explains

everything that's happened so far.

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Matt: Yes.

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let's journey to the beginning.

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Okay, so this is our third podcast that

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we've...

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Dynae: Technically, yeah.

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Matt: Technically.

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Dynae: It's been the third iteration.

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Matt: That's true.

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So we basically started our

first ever podcast, which was

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called Couple Thoughts Podcast.

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And Dynae and I are both self

employed small business owners.

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Dynae: Creatives.

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Matt: Creatives.

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So I'm an entertainer for a living.

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I travel around, do comedy and music

and, you know, like normal people.

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Dynae: Yeah, and I'm a photographer

and graphic designer, so work at

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home a lot and do a lot of that

kind of creative work for me.

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Matt: Yeah, so basically the

first iteration of our podcast

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was us trying to give advice to

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Dynae: Well, it happened during the

: 2020

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Matt: For sure.

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Yes.

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Dynae: Because we were literally

locked down, could not work.

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Cause we're non essential workers.

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And so we needed a, we needed a

creative outlet to do just stay sane.

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So that's what we started with.

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Matt: Well, and I bought both

of these microphones we're using

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because during lockdown, I wasn't

able to travel and perform.

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And so I wanted to start trying

to get into voiceover work because

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I've always kind of had, I've

always had that radio voice.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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Matt: So I was like, well,

let me just jump into that.

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So I bought some microphones.

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. You already had a bunch of

stuff for your photography.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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Matt: So it was like, we

already have the capability, why

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don't we just start a podcast?

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We're both relatively

entertaining to listen to.

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Dynae: Hopefully.

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Matt: Hopefully.

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Dynae: If you've made it this far.

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Matt: If anybody has made it 38

seconds into this podcast, welcome.

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Dynae: Woohoo!

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Matt: But yeah, so we were like,

well, let's start a podcast.

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So we started that one.

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That one was all about.

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Self employment.

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Yeah.

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And trying to help small businesses

go through the struggles that

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you and I went through at the

beginning of our companies and how

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we kind of persevered through that.

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So we wanted to help people.

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And then we realized that wasn't

as fun because we could never

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talk about movies or pop culture.

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Or any other stuff?

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Dynae: Really?

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Anything interesting

after a certain point?

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Matt: Cause who wants to listen to

you talk about your business all day?

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Dynae: I mean, no offense.

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There are some very, very good and popular

business podcasts out there for sure.

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Matt: Yes.

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Dynae: We just figured as we were

working on this, we were like, okay,

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that's not really our personalities.

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I mean, we do have a lot

of good advice and we'll.

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Pepper it in here and there.

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Matt: Ooh.

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Dynae: Pepper it in.

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Matt: Delicious.

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Dynae: Get a little spice going.

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It was more just like, you know, after a

while, there's nothing else to talk about.

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You've already hit all

of the basic things.

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And then it's just like, okay,

well, what else can we talk about?

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We're also entering our

forties and have teenagers now.

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And so we've got three kids

and , well, we should, we do like

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more parenting kind of content.

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Matt: That was before the first one.

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We are now both into our forties.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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That's true.

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Yeah...

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boo

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Matt: So basically a couple thoughts

then turned into Self Made Misfits

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because where we live, , we kind of

feel like we don't certainly fit in.

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There's a lot of whether it be political

differences or all kinds of just different

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stuff that we have, you know what I mean?

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Like we just felt like we didn't belong.

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Kind of in our area.

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And then we had a lot of other

things happening, which we

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might get into in this podcast,

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Dynae: Which we will, I believe

that was kind of the evolution

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of how everything's been going.

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, because at first you're like, well, we

want to keep things you know, certain

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things in our life private and probably

should remain that way but at the other

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time there is a lot of stuff that we've

been going through personally that I think

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Is helpful To the greater conversations

that are happening in the world today

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Matt: That is true.

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Dynae: And so while we don't want to

get our podcast name is Happily Ever

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Laughter we have a healthy dose of

comedy and humor going on in here because

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you're literally a comedian for a living

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Matt: well, and that's my trauma

response is anytime something

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goes wrong or something is rough.

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I tend to be like, I'm going to

do something funny because I want

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to make everybody feel better.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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Matt: Lighten the mood.

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Dynae: And so while there's that,

we also want to talk about the

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real stuff and let's just say

shit that has been going on.

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Matt: Oh my goodness.

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Dynae: Yeah.

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I threw it out there.

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This isn't going to be

like a mostly PG 13.

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Matt: I was going to say, we didn't

say any swear words in our first two

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iterations and you were right off the bat.

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Dynae: Yes, we did.

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You had to put explicit on

the last one a few times.

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Matt: What?

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Dynae: Yep.

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Matt: Okay.

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I see how it is.

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Dynae: So while we do take a humorous

approach to life in general, I mean,

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that's, I feel like go back even further.

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We're high school sweethearts.

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Matt: Yep.

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Dynae: We met when we were 15, 16.

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I

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Matt: was 15.

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I think you were 16.

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Dynae: Yep.

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And we were friends for a little

while and then just started dating and

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we've been together ever since that.

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So this has been a like, what?

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I was calculating it up, 25 years

we've been a couple, something like...

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Matt: you remember when we met

each other in high school...

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Dynae: Anyway, we're coming up,

this next year will be our 20th

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year married, which is just like

mind blowing to me a little bit.

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Matt: Is it?

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Dynae: Yes.

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Matt: Oh.

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Dynae: So there is definitely the

relationship component of like, , people

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always ask us, how did we make it?

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, what makes a good relationship last?

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Matt: Hmm.

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Dynae: So we can talk about a

lot of stuff like that, about

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like how we navigate stuff.

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Matt: Yeah.

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Dynae: You know, and deal with everything.

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The biggest thing is that we're

just partners and friends.

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We love certain things and we're

on the same page about certain

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things and that certainly helps

our relationship in general.

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Matt: Correct.

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. So that's basically why we've

decided to do this third iteration

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of Happily Ever Laughter because now

we can talk about whatever we want.

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Dynae: Don't feel like we're boxed in.

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Matt: Yeah, for sure.

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Dynae: It's one of those things.

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There's so many different topics that

we'd like to talk about, which is like

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movie reviews, but also the real in depth

stuff and like mental health and things

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that we've been going through in our

personal life that is tough and relatable.

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And I feel like there's just

a lot of people that could use

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that support out there too.

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Matt: Yeah.

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And because we've gone through a lot

of different stuff with us or with the

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kids or going through therapy or some

of these things that we feel like.

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Man, this has really strengthened

a lot of family dynamics, the

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way we interact with the kids.

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You know, there's kind of that no handbook

that they ever give you when you become a

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parent to be like, Hey, this can happen.

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And then this can happen.

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And then how do you handle it?

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Dynae: And we have been

thrown some curve balls.

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So it's definitely not a one size fits

all when it comes to parenting and

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everybody's different and everybody

has different life experiences.

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But I feel like at the same time,

we can all learn from each other

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and help each other through the hard

times when you realize that you're

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not the only one going through it.

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Matt: Correct.

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And I've actually had family members and

, , well, I should go into what I do too.

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I was headlining.

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on a Disney cruise.

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Me and my buddy have a show

called Buckets N Boards.

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Dynae: There's a lot of people that

are probably listening that kind of

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already know this, but obviously for

new listeners, for people who have never

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heard of us and know what we're all

about, that's what you do as your day job.

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Matt: Well, and the reason I brought

that up, I will go into Buckets N Boards

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here in a second, but one of my friends

who is sign language interpreter on

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the ship, Was asking me what are you

guys gonna start your podcast back?

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Dynae: Oh, cool

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Matt: so I already had somebody

within this last week going Hey,

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when is your podcast coming back?

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Cuz I really miss listening to you guys

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Dynae: and honestly It's taken us a song

because life just got in the way life,

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Matt: life is life

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Dynae: and we got a lot busy The kids got

busy and you know how it is When you're

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a parent or just in general, , with

job changes or anything that happens,

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we were building our whole recording

studio in the basement of our house.

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Matt: So we're sitting in an

area right now where our oldest

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Camryn and I do a YouTube . It's

called Matt and Camryn react.

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Dynae: You have a channel.

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Matt: A YouTube channel.

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Yeah.

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So it's all heavy metal

reactions for the most part.

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And so we were trying to set that

up and then I travel so much for

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work, so I'm editing those videos.

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I'm doing my own work.

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I'm doing my own graphics

for the business.

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, Dynae's going to kind of take

over a little bit on the podcast,

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so let her know how she's doing.

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Dun, dun, dun.

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I'm going to teach her how to edit all

of these , so it should be really fun.

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Dynae: We like to learn new things.

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Matt: Yeah.

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Like, I'm always interested in, , what

is something new that I can learn?

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I recently, six months ago, bought a...

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3 D printer.

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That's the most fun I've

ever had in my life.

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Dynae: By the way, if there's a person

in your life that has ADHD, that's

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probably the best thing you could

ever buy them is something like that.

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Cause he's just like constantly,

I have a new project I can do.

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Matt: Well and the cool thing is

if there's something in your house

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you're missing and you're going,

man, I wish I had a part for this.

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Guess what?

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Dynae: You can make it.

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Matt: I can just go design it

and print it in my own house.

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Dynae: The amount of time since

he's gotten this thing, he's come

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to bed at night being like, I just

can't believe what I just did.

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Has been hilarious.

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Matt: So if you have an ADHD person

that needs to feel amazed with

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themselves, get them a 3D printer.

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They'll enjoy it.

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Dynae: It'll, , return its

investment , quite thoroughly for you.

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Matt: For sure.

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So we were talking about Buckets N Boards.

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I was talking about the Disney Cruise.

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I might as well go into that.

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For those of you who are joining

us once again, if you ever

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listen to Couple Thoughts or

Self Made Misfits, welcome back.

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We are super excited

to have you guys again.

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But I am a professional entertainer.

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So I'm a comedian, musician.

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My show is called Buckets N

Boards Comedy Percussion Show.

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And my buddy and I, it's a two

man comedy show, all based around

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rhythm and that type of stuff.

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We've been together for

16 years doing our show.

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Mainly, a lot of stuff now is

touring around the United States.

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We've headlined for Disney

Cruise Lines for about 12 years.

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As some of their featured

headline entertainers.

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It's just been a crazy journey that I get

to professionally goof off and get paid.

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One of our main numbers in our show,

we play recorders like you do when

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you're in school, but we play them

out of both nostrils while beatboxing.

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Dynae: And there's videos online

if you want to go check that out.

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Matt: True story.

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Dynae: It is so funny when we

try to explain to people what

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your show is like as well.

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What generation are you from?

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Because, , if you're older, then you might

recognize the name Smothers brothers.

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Matt: And that was a big inspiration

in what we started the show with.

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We wanted it to be kind of a...

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Smothers Brothers vibe where

they're always kind of, uh,

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messing with each other.

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And then that evolved from us messing

with each other to messing with the crowd

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and then getting the crowd involved.

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Dynae: And then also like

if you're our age, you might

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recognize Flight of the Concords

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Matt: or Tenacious D

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Dynae: Tenacious D that kind of vibe

back and forth on each other where

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it's musical, but also comedies,

you know, throughout the whole show.

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Matt: One of our social media

pages says, Tap and Percussion

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Duo of Unparalleled Duo-ness.

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Dynae: It's just really funny, but

it's one of those things, you know,

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you originally created it cause you

and Gareth, your business partner

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are both, , entertainers by trade.

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You went to school for it, . And you met.

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In another show, but you

wanted to create something.

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We were starting to have kids about the

time that you guys all met and you wanted

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to create something that was family

friendly, but also our kind of humor.

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And there was nothing in

our area that was like that.

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We come from an entertainment town.

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So it's one of those things.

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I was like, what would our kids

want to watch and sit through?

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Matt: That was literally the

way we created the show was

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going, what would I want to see?

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And what would my kids think is funny?

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So our show is like a live action

Shrek movie in a way where....

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The kids are loving it, there's

lights, there's glow in the

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dark, there's a lot of things.

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But every once in a while, Gareth and

I throw in these little jokes that

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just go over their heads that are

specifically right to the parents.

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Dynae: Yeah, that's super fun.

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So, , you could go to their

website, bucketsnboards.com.

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We can put that in the show

notes , and you can check out some

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of their demo videos if you want to.

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Matt: Buckets, the letter N, Boards.

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com.

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Dynae: Honestly, it will help

explain a lot of what happens.

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of while you're listening to us.

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Matt: That's true.

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Or you can go to our YouTube

channel and watch some videos and

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that'll probably make sense too.

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Dynae: and then there's me on the other

side, which I'm the creative graphic

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design and taught you how to do it.

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So now you can do it on your

own and all of that good stuff.

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I'm kind of like the backbone.

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Taking care of the kids when you're

gone and all that kind of stuff.

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Matt: Oh, I have one more on here.

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I should probably read through your notes.

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That's another thing

we're going to realize.

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Sometimes I don't read

the notes before the show.

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So I go off script a lot.

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I like to wing it.

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And that's kind of what I do in my show.

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Dynae: Though at the same time, I have

to give you an outline of some sort, or

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we will completely go off on tangents.

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Matt: That is very true.

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So, one of the other things we have down

here, and I did kind of talk about it,

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is you can also go, I have a voiceover

page, it's just MatthewLevingston.

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com, , Dynae will put

that in the show notes.

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I also do voiceover work, and that's

something that I've been doing

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outside of the Buckets N Boards show.

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Dynae: Not that we're trying to pitch

everything we do here, but it explains...

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Matt: that's what it is...

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Dynae: All of the different things

and outlets that we have creatively,

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and obviously with all these different

things you can be like, yep, That's

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a neurodivergent family right there.

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Yeah.

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Matt: By the end of it, you'll go,

how many hobbies do these people have?

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Dynae: Too many.

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That's the answer.

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Too many.

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Matt: Indeed.

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Dynae: And so we kind of talked about

that's where we're at with this whole

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thing and then, , , what's our main goal

for this whole podcast to begin with now

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that we're into this third era, I guess.

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Matt: And I believe this

will be the FINA era.

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Did I say FINA?

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Dynae: You did.

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Matt: This'll be the final era.

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Final era.

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Dynae: He also beatboxes

from time to time.

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Sorry about that, guys.

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Matt: So if you're in

your car, you're welcome.

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Dynae: Mm hmm.

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Matt: No, we're hoping

this is the last rendition.

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Dynae: I feel like we finally

found our podcasting personality.

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Matt: That's really what it was.

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The first two podcasts were

to find out what we do best

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and what we like to do best.

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Dynae: And what our listeners

wanted to hear out of us.

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Matt: That's true.

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Yeah, we did gain a pretty decent

fan base throughout those first two.

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The unfortunate thing with this one

is we're going to have to wipe all the

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other ones and just start this one fresh.

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Dynae: We might talk about some of the

same concepts and topics and stuff that we

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did before, obviously, as we were kind of

finding ourselves, I guess, so to speak.

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Matt: Finding ourselves.

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Dynae: it'll be interesting for us going

back even a year or two removed how things

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have changed and, , what we think now.

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Matt: It's true.

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Dynae: Some of these topics I

was going back and looking at.

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I was like, yeah, we

definitely need to redo that.

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We definitely should talk about that

again and, you know, build on them.

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Matt: Correct.

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Dynae: It'll be interesting

for us too, guys.

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Matt: Yeah, for sure.

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Dynae: More than anything, I feel

like Our main goal is to just build

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community, talking about all these

things, helping each other through these

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crazy times, because I don't know about

everybody else, but I know Matt and I,

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we've talked about this a lot as we've

entered our 40s now, dun, dun, dun.

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That things feel even more chaotic,

and let's be honest, The world is

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chaos right now, it feels like,

if you're, on social media at all.

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A lot of that is balancing this growth

that we've had from being high school

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sweethearts and meeting when we were

15 and like how we've grown as a

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couple and managed to navigate all of

this now that we're entering midlife.

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It's just been a crazy kind of ride

and I feel like helping other people

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try to navigate that and maybe our

opinions and things have changed quite

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a bit on what have you I mean religion

politics life in general how we parent

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Matt: Yeah

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Dynae: You know we've evolved a lot

over the past few years and kind of

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landed where we are and sometimes it

feels like we're alone in it We're

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like, are we in the twilight zone?

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This can't be, we're not the only

people that are thinking these things.

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Matt: So we kind of started the podcast

to put our own stuff into the universe

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because we know there's other people.

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That are similar to us

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Dynae: and we've gotten that feedback.

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I mean like it's very relatable the

stuff that you guys talk about And so

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that's our goal is to really just be

relatable But also pepper in that humor

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that like guys you can't get through

this life the way that it is without

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that humor either Yeah, you know, we

want to spread that positivity We want

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to have a good sense of humor about even

the bad stuff that happens while still

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recognizing All of the stuff that happens.

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Matt: For sure.

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So we want this to be a

community thing together.

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So follow our social medias if you

haven't yet, because every podcast will

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: 00:16:34

also kind of have its own personalized

spin if you guys throw us information

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or if you go, Hey, you should do

a podcast about a haunted mansion.

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: 00:16:44

Dynae: Well and that's

getting into the next step.

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I was like, so what, what are

some of the things that you're

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going to hear from this podcast?

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: 00:16:49

Matt: Oh, did I jump ahead?

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: 00:16:50

Dynae: Just a tiny bit, but it's like

one of those things like here's what

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to expect and I'm gonna warn you right

from the jump It's gonna be all over the

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place because that's kind of how we are.

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So Matt what some of the things

that we love that we built on this

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: 00:17:03

that we want to keep talking about?

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: 00:17:04

Matt: Well one thing that we are huge

in our family is we're big into movies

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: 00:17:09

Dynae: And, and TV, , that kind of

thing now that there's streaming

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services and all of these series

and stuff that's come out.

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: 00:17:15

So there will be probably a lot

of reviews that we end up doing

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.

Matt: That would be fun

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: 00:17:19

Dynae: Because it's just fun for us.

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: 00:17:20

Yeah.

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: 00:17:20

So kind of palate cleansers

in between the heavy stuff.

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: 00:17:23

Matt: But that's something we do really

big time as a family, like us and the

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: 00:17:27

kids will all sit down and have movie

nights because that's something we

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: 00:17:30

found that's very bonding that the

kids really enjoy that we really enjoy.

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: 00:17:34

We get to have that time with them.

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: 00:17:36

Dynae: Yeah.

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: 00:17:36

It's kind of our family time.

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: 00:17:38

A lot of that is.

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: 00:17:39

So lots of stuff like that.

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: 00:17:40

, , spooky season is our favorite.

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: 00:17:41

So we're coming back

right in the thick of it.

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: 00:17:43

Matt: So starting right at Halloween

is kind of a perfect timing.

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: 00:17:46

Maybe our next episode will

be about Halloween movies.

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: 00:17:49

Dun, dun, dun.

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: 00:17:51

Dynae: We're also, we've got

the three kids we mentioned

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: 00:17:54

and we've got three cats.

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: 00:17:55

So occasionally if we're yelling at

a cat, that's why they like to try

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: 00:17:59

to get in here because they don't

like being behind closed doors.

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: 00:18:01

Matt: Correct.

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: 00:18:02

Dynae: So that's always fun.

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: 00:18:03

Matt: if you hear George, Fred,

or Katniss, those are the cat's

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: 00:18:07

names, or Camryn, Chloe, or

Cora, those are the kids names.

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: 00:18:12

Dynae: And it's difficult now that

we're old to keep them all straight.

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: 00:18:15

Matt: But I just wanted to let you know,

so once we start yelling, You'll know

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: 00:18:18

if we're yelling at a child or a feline.

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We are also huge Kansas City Chiefs fans.

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: 00:18:23

I know when we started the podcast,

that was kind of still okay.

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: 00:18:28

The Chiefs were bad for so long

and we won our first Super Bowl

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: 00:18:32

when we started our first podcast.

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: 00:18:34

Dynae: Yeah.

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: 00:18:34

Matt: So we kind of talked

about that a little bit.

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: 00:18:36

Now we're to the point of how I feel

about Patriots fans because they were

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: 00:18:41

so good for so long that they're like,

we don't want to hear about it anymore.

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: 00:18:44

So we'll try to keep our chief stuff.

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: 00:18:45

Dynae: Yeah, we'll keep it to a minimum

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: 00:18:47

Matt: at this point

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: 00:18:47

Dynae: now It's hard with the

whole Taylor Travis stuff going on.

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: 00:18:50

Matt: Oh, there's nothing I want

to talk about more than Taylor and

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: 00:18:53

Travis And that's not being facetious.

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: 00:18:55

That's true.

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: 00:18:56

Dynae: We are we're also

swifties a little bit

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: 00:18:58

Matt: Funny story.

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: 00:18:59

I took chloe our middle

daughter to school this morning.

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: 00:19:03

We have to leave at about 6:50am

I got back, uh, I took a nap and

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: 00:19:07

I had a dream and you and I were

hanging out with Travis and Taylor.

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: 00:19:10

Dynae: You always have

dreams about celebrities.

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: 00:19:12

Matt: I do.

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: 00:19:12

Dynae: I don't get it.

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: 00:19:13

Matt: We were at this

big, long table and it

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: 00:19:15

Dynae: Oh no, here we go guys.

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: 00:19:16

Was just, it was just so, we're going

to also do dream interpretations

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because Matt dreams so much.

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: 00:19:20

Matt: If anybody listening is a dream

interpreter, I have the most vivid,

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: 00:19:25

Dreams almost well, sometimes they're

lucid and I can control them this

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: 00:19:29

one I kind of knew I was in as well

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: 00:19:31

Dynae: I would hope so because we

don't really know them in real life.

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: 00:19:33

Matt: We don't know Travis and Taylor

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: 00:19:35

Dynae: not in real life sad.

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: 00:19:36

I know.

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: 00:19:37

, there's a lot of people that wish they did

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: 00:19:38

Matt: that's true But we

were at this big long table.

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: 00:19:41

They kind of sat us down It was me at

the end, you were next to me, Taylor was

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: 00:19:46

next to you, and Travis was next to her.

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: 00:19:49

And so we had these conversations.

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: 00:19:51

Dynae: I think that my interpretation

is that you've just been

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: 00:19:54

watching too many videos on the

pair since this all went down.

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: 00:19:57

Matt: That's probably true.

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: 00:19:58

Dynae: Anyway, it is hilarious to see a

grown man come to me and be like, I am a

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: 00:20:06

giddy school girl about this whole thing.

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: 00:20:08

Matt: There's nothing more

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: 00:20:09

Dynae: that you want more world right now

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: 00:20:11

Matt: currently than for this

relationship to succeed because I've

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: 00:20:16

already loved Travis for 10 years.

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: 00:20:19

Being a Chiefs fan, I

know how hilarious he is.

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: 00:20:22

I know what a good dude he is.

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: 00:20:23

. And it's just crazy now to be

like, oh, he's now dating the most

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: 00:20:26

famous person in the entire world.

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: 00:20:29

Dynae: Yeah, arguably the most, for sure.

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: 00:20:31

Matt: And the fact that all of the

Swifties are now jumping on the bandwagon.

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: 00:20:35

Dynae: And learning football.

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: 00:20:36

Matt: And learning football and

learning how amazing Travis is.

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: 00:20:39

So it makes me happy just to see all

of the happiness that they're bringing.

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: 00:20:44

Does that make sense?

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: 00:20:45

. Dynae: Well, and with all the

crud that's happening in the

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: 00:20:46

world, you just need something.

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: 00:20:48

You know, joyful.

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: 00:20:49

Matt: Right.

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: 00:20:50

And I think that's why I became a comedian

to begin with, is I feel like my whole

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: 00:20:53

purpose in life is to make people happy.

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: 00:20:56

Whatever they're going through,

that's part of why I did the show.

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: 00:21:00

I just want to make people forget

about whatever's happening in

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: 00:21:02

their life for that little two hour

span that they come and watch me.

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: 00:21:05

Dynae: And just feel some joy.

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: 00:21:06

Matt: And just laugh , and remember

they had a great experience.

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: 00:21:09

Dynae: Yeah.

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: 00:21:09

Matt: So that's also what

we want with you guys.

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: 00:21:13

Are you having a great experience

right now listening to this podcast?

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: 00:21:16

Dynae: Let us know.

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: 00:21:17

Matt: Leave a review.

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: 00:21:18

Dynae: So other than keeping tabs

on Taylor and Travis, we're also

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: 00:21:23

very interested in psychology and

all of that kind of stuff too.

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: 00:21:26

So we'll be talking a lot about mental

health and the, , kind of stuff that

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: 00:21:30

we deal with personally, but also just

in general, because that stuff's just.

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: 00:21:33

For sure from everything from

the psychology of like conspiracy

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: 00:21:37

theories to you know I listen a

lot of true crime stuff and that

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: 00:21:41

Matt: well and another thing we want to

do with this iteration of the podcast

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: 00:21:44

is I would like to personally have

more interviews and more people come

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: 00:21:49

on because we have a Really good friend

of mine from high school named Addie

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: 00:21:53

Dynae: Mm hmm,

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: 00:21:54

Matt: and we did a whole episode on

tarot cards and readings and doing

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: 00:21:59

that because she does that stuff now

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: 00:22:01

Dynae: Mm hmm,

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: 00:22:01

Matt: and there were some audio issues

and it never got posted and it was

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: 00:22:04

actually a really good episode So I

maybe we can see if she'll want to come

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: 00:22:07

on again and we can try to rerecord

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: 00:22:09

Dynae: Yeah, all of the kind of things

that's like very interesting to us I'm

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: 00:22:12

gonna bring to you guys as well because I

just feel like we're not the only ones and

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: 00:22:16

it's like things that were I don't want

to say necessarily taboo, but things we

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: 00:22:20

never got into or questioned about when

we were younger is interesting to us now.

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: 00:22:25

As you get older, I hope

that you keep a curious mind.

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: 00:22:29

I hope that you stay open minded

because there are so many more lived

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: 00:22:35

experiences than your own out there.

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: 00:22:36

And I just find it incredibly interesting.

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: 00:22:38

Matt: Right.

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: 00:22:38

We find psychology fascinating.

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: 00:22:40

We find , the unknown fascinating.

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: 00:22:43

Dynae: The paranormal.

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: 00:22:44

Matt: Paranormal stuff.

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: 00:22:45

I'm hoping that we can get

into some paranormal stuff.

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: 00:22:47

Dynae: So, you know, and that's the

goal here is like, it would be funny

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: 00:22:51

for us if this, , ends up going

anywhere to be able to take trips

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: 00:22:55

and . Would you go to a haunted house?

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: 00:22:56

Matt: Now?

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: 00:22:57

Dynae: Yeah.

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: 00:22:57

Matt: You mean like a real

one, not like a fake Halloween?

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: 00:23:00

Dynae: Hey, well, I know you

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: 00:23:00

won't go to the fake ones

because you don't like those.

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: 00:23:03

Matt: Well, I used to be, but

then we went to Universal.

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: 00:23:05

Dynae: Not the like dark tourism where

you have to sign the waivers and they're

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: 00:23:09

gonna basically torture you right.

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: 00:23:11

Matt: Why would you do that?

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: 00:23:13

Dynae: I don't know but people

have a waiting list for like two

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: 00:23:15

years for these things I don't know

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: 00:23:17

Matt: If people really, really

wanted it for the podcast

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: 00:23:21

and we became popular enough.

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: 00:23:22

Dynae: I'm not doing that.

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: 00:23:23

I'm just going to go out

there on a limb, guys.

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: 00:23:25

I'm not going to go that far.

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: 00:23:26

If I have to sign a waiver for

my life to go to a haunted house,

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: 00:23:30

probably not going to happen.

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: 00:23:31

Matt: Maybe not sign a

waiver for my life, but

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: 00:23:33

Dynae: I'm not going to

eat my own vomit either.

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: 00:23:35

They do that in these things.

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: 00:23:36

We're going to do a whole episode

on one of these at some point.

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: 00:23:39

Matt: We're going to do a whole

episode on eating your own vomit.

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: 00:23:42

Dynae: No, On these types of like

crazy haunted houses and stuff.

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: 00:23:45

Matt: Oh my goodness.

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: 00:23:47

Dynae: they're nuts, man.

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: 00:23:48

Matt: So you've already realized

how scatterbrained we are just

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: 00:23:51

in this first episode explaining.

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: 00:23:54

How scatterbrained we are.

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: 00:23:55

Dynae: I was going to say I'm

going to try to keep it on task,

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: 00:23:58

but I go off on tangents too.

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: 00:24:00

Matt: That's true.

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: 00:24:01

So for this first episode, this is

basically what wanted to get into.

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: 00:24:05

Who we are, why we started this

third iteration of the podcast

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: 00:24:08

Dynae: What you can expect.

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: 00:24:09

Matt: What you can expect.

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: 00:24:10

We're very excited to have all of

you guys along for the journey.

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: 00:24:14

Feel free to find our social media

pages, write comments or post, let

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: 00:24:18

us know what you want to hear about.

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: 00:24:19

We are more than welcome to do specific

episodes that people recommend.

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: 00:24:24

Dynae: So yeah, go follow us on Instagram

at Happily Ever Laughter podcast.

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: 00:24:28

Yep.

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: 00:24:28

Uh, we got a Facebook page called

Happily Ever Laughter podcast.

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: 00:24:32

Matt: What?

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: 00:24:33

Dynae: you can email us if you've got

topic suggestions or stories yourself

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: 00:24:37

that you'd like to share, email us at

happily ever laughter podcast at gmail.

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: 00:24:41

com.

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: 00:24:42

And we're also on TikTok right now.

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: 00:24:44

It's at self made misfits because

I cannot for the life of me.

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: 00:24:47

They will not change our

name for some reason.

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: 00:24:49

Matt: That's weird.

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: 00:24:50

Dynae: They keep telling me, okay,

every 30 days you can change it.

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: 00:24:53

I try and then they say

I already changed it.

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: 00:24:55

So it's been stuck there.

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: 00:24:56

Matt: So eventually our TikTok will go

to Happily Ever Laughter podcast as well.

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: 00:25:01

Dynae: Yep.

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: 00:25:01

But right now it's at Self Made Misfits

if you're looking for us on that.

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: 00:25:05

So that is how you get in contact with

us and we hope to hear from you guys.

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: 00:25:10

Matt: Yes.

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: 00:25:10

Thank you for joining us and we

will catch you on the next episode.

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: 00:25:13

Episode of the Happily

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