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Welcome back to the Amy Egan podcast where
regularly, Lyndon Wood University head

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women's basketball coach Amy Egan talks
about basketball and much, much more.

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We'll talk about games, players, Ohio
Valley Conference, the NCAA, academics,

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careers, and much, much more.

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My name is Gary Stocker.

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This week, we welcome a new member to the
Lyndon Wood University women's basketball

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program, Coach Aaron Beadle.

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Aaron, welcome to St.

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Charles.

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Welcome to Lyndon Wood University.

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Thank you for having me on Gary, it's an
honor to be here.

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Well, good, that's good to hear.

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So basketball, looks like a long time
basketball career.

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Aaron, share your journey to the Newwood
University.

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Well, I still feel pretty young and it is
a pretty young short career right now as

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of now, but I started as a student
assistant under Mark Kellogg at Stephen F.

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Austin State University.

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And I really wanted to dive in headfirst
to be a college basketball coach.

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So next thing I know, I was up in Iowa at
a school called Wartburg College under Bob

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Amsbury.

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a strong mentor of mine, a good friend of
mine and won some games there, got to

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learn and grow for starting out at the
small college level.

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I wanted to learn as much as possible.

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And then that led me to Hardin Simmons
under Kendra Whitehead, won a lot of

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games, learned a lot and had a lot of fun
doing it.

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And next thing you know, I'm here at the
Division one level working under Amy Egan

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at Lyndenwood University.

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congratulations and sounds like a young,
an early young career, a good early young

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career.

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So congratulations on that.

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You know, of course, sounds like you sound
like a talented young man, talented

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basketball coach.

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Why Lindenwood?

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Why Missouri?

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Amy Egan.

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I mean, you know, she she sold she, you
know, sold me on this first phone call

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that we had, I think it was supposed to be
only 20 minutes and ended up being like 52

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minutes.

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I was ready to run through a brick wall
for by the end of the phone call.

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That's the first thing I told my wife and
and then she sold me on Lindenwood

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University, beautiful campus place to be.

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It's growing.

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You know, there obviously, you know,

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within the 15 years they've gone from NAIA
D2 to Division 1.

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So, I mean, she's a recruiter, man.

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She can definitely sell.

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good, that's good to hear.

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So let's take kind of big picture, Aaron.

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And clearly, and Amy and I have talked
about this on other podcasts, that women's

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basketball, particularly division one
women's basketball, something's happening.

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Something's happening that's really big.

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What's your view of NTA division one
women's basketball in the next two to five

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years?

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Well, I've only been a division one
women's basketball coach for two weeks.

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So, but I will say what I've seen is
positive, positive growth.

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I mean, it's great for the women's game
and I'm just honored to be a part of it.

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And hopefully I can be a part of it for
years and years to come.

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Cool.

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And I know it's just been two weeks in,
but how has Coach Egan explained your role

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in helping her make this program more
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just no job is not your job fall in line.

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I mean, this, the staff that I'm coming
into has worked together for the past four

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or five years.

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so it's just fallen in line and, you know,
doing it with the smile on your face and

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working your tail off.

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And that's what I'm all about.

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You know, so, and do you want to tell
them, tell them a little bit about what

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your responsibilities will be?

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Yeah.

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So some of them I'll play a part in
recruiting, post player development,

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fundraising, fundraising, fundraising.

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I love that.

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And also helping around our social media.

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and any other job duties she's assigned to
me during the season.

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So I understand.

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So I understand.

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So this time last year, I was just getting
to understand Amy.

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She and I had been together a couple of
times, I think.

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And I watched her bring together, what was
it, nine freshmen, Amy?

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And I watched, I think I missed one game
last year or something like that.

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And it was fascinating to watch the
development from really August when they

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first started until the end of the season.

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What's your initial impression?

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You talked about Coach Egan being an
excellent recruiter.

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What's your initial impression of the
talent you have seen on the floor in your

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first two weeks here?

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man, I'm really impressed.

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I'm kind of like an all.

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So, I mean, they're honestly great kids,
but just coming from the division three

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level to this level has been, it's going
to be an adjustment and it is an

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adjustment.

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It's a process.

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But I see the growth.

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I see the vision.

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And I believe Amy Egan and we'll put the
pieces together.

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I think probably his first comment to me
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These kids are a lot bigger.

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The size is different.

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I mean, you know, I mean, it's, you know,
just looking at Brooke coffee, and it's

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like, Okay, well, she and coaches like,
Yeah, she's a three player.

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So I'm like, Okay, that's great.

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Well, so no, it's it's awesome.

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But the kids are great.

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I mean, it's, you know, she has a good
culture going here.

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So, you know, I would say to Gary, you
don't know this, and I know you'll stop by

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practice soon.

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And everyone's kind of asked me and Erin
wasn't here last year, but looking at

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where we were last year to this year is
just night and day.

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I mean, you know, walking in practice and
our kids knowing what we're doing and how

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we're doing it and the intensity that you
got to do it with, the drive that you got

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to do it with, the focus you got to do it
with, the teammates that they are.

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I mean, I can't even explain how much
further we are ahead than last year.

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And I know, you know, I felt like last
year we had the right kids in the right

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group.

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And, you know, I think we've added some
good pieces, but I do think that we are so

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much further ahead in every aspect of our
program than last year that, you know,

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it's fun right now to see that.

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And it's exciting to see that.

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But it's also a challenge in the fact that
we got to find ways to continue to take us

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to the next level and take that next step
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But it's been a fun.

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Fun couple of weeks here on campus, that's
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Well, that's good to hear.

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I think I'm stopping by tomorrow morning
to watch some of the practice.

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So next question, Aaron is recruiting.

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And we've talked about that a little bit
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It's a big deal.

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But we know how good Amy, Coach Egan is at
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What's your philosophy?

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How do you establish relationships with
players and their families that you and

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Coach Egan might want to bring to
Lindenwood in the future?

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Well, just first establishing a genuine
relationship and I'm always going to be

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myself.

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And, you know, it's a it's a different
process here because usually Division

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three, you're not offering any
scholarships.

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So you're having to sell the university,
sell your head coach and also pay, you

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know, there's a forty thousand dollar
sticker price that you're going to have to

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pay.

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But but now it's it's the same way here.

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So like, I'm just going to be myself and.

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sell coach Egan and Lindenwood University
and sell the vision because I do believe

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and I do believe what she is saying we
they have taken a tremendous jump I mean

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And she has won everywhere.

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She's been so I don't doubt that we'll do
it here.

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So we will we will do it here

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Okay, and then finally you mentioned your
wife.

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Tell us about your family.

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man.

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that's a that's a good one.

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Because just thinking how I'm here in this
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She worked three jobs at my first job
because I was making no money.

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And I literally mean no money.

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But, you know, I had to I had to
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My mom and dad, my dad's a janitor and my
mom's a hairstylist.

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So they're both hardworking people.

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And my wife as well, she's a staffing
agency and I get my work ethic from her.

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She shows me up on a daily basis.

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But now I love my wife so much.

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I'm not here without her.

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I name is Vince.

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He's a beautiful baby boy.

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He's seven months old.

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He's a stud.

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I mean, just like his dad.

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So Now, well, it's probably better than
mine.

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But I've seen him make Gary, I have seen
him make two baskets his whole time here.

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Two baskets.

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I'm pulling up from the parking lot.

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No, I mean, he's gonna be awesome.

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He's gonna be a way better person than I
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And I mean, it's but no, but yeah.

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Well, Aaron, welcome to Lindenwood.

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Welcome to St.

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Welcome to Missouri.

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It's a pleasure to have you here.

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It's great to meet you on camera.

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We'll do that in person probably tomorrow
morning sometime, but don't step away from

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your practice.

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So we've come to the end of this podcast
episode with Lindenwood University, Head

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Women's Basketball Coach Amy Egan and new
assistant coach Aaron Beadle.

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We'll be back again soon and we'll talk
then.

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This is Gary Stocker for the Amy Egan
Podcast.

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So long for now.

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Thank you for having me, Gary.

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And we -