2MC Podcast Eps 62 - Adults Can Craft Too Ya Know

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MAK
Hey, everybody. We're back. And you know what rhymes with that.

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Courtney
MAK

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MAK
That's me. And this is Courtney.

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Courtney
Hi. Welcome back to 2MC it's our weekly podcast. We have all things Martin County

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MAK
Such cool stuff to talk about today I'm excited. Yeah right. We do not have a meeting this week. Nope. No guests.

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Courtney
We do have one.

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MAK
It's coming up April 7th.

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Courtney
That's right there. Yep.

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MAK
Well, anyway.

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Courtney
You're going to say we got a lot of events happening.

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MAK
We do. We have cool stuff, important things and fun things. I can't wait to talk about that. Oh, good.

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Courtney
Let's dive in.

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MAK
Okay.

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Courtney
All right, so our mosquito control team has been doing these tire roundups.

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MAK
Yes.

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Courtney
Forever for a very long time.

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MAK
Okay. Talk to me about what does mosquito control.

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Courtney
And what.

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MAK
Do they have to do year? Year? Yeah. What do they have to do to protect him from? What do they have to do with each other?

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Courtney
Well, I'll have you know that tires hold a lot of mosquito larvae because they hold water and mosquitoes like sitting water.

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MAK
So that's where they breed.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Gross.

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Courtney
In order for that not to happen.

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MAK
We collect tires.

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Courtney
Mosquito control, collects and recycles the tires.

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MAK
Yep. And they do. They have one drive in every, every location and not every location in the county, but throughout the county will say yes. Right.

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Courtney
So, it is open to Martin County residents. You're only allowed to have ten passenger vehicle tires for the household. No commercial, no tractor. Try to talk about, tractor tires.

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MAK
Tractor truck tires. Right, right. Truck.

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Courtney
Tractor tires.

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MAK
Tractor tires.

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Courtney
And there's no point maintenance and.

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MAK
Nope, you just show up and they help you. It's the coolest thing ever.

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Courtney
And you might be saying, okay, when is this happening?

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MAK
Well, it starts April 4th and the last one is May 9th.

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Courtney
And it's on Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Yep.

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MAK
And we're going to drop all the specific dates and locations down in the show notes. But the first one's at New Monrovia Park in Stuart

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Courtney

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MAK
Right. And it's free.

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Courtney
It is free.

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MAK
I love it.

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Courtney
And this week we finished up our second day of our CARES session.

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MAK
You want to talk about cars quick. Like what does that mean.

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Courtney
Cares behind the scenes. Look into your local county government how it works.

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MAK
Get an inside.

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Courtney
Transparent of how things work. Yeah. Like it's.

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MAK
Cool. Yes. Yeah it's cool because, Well.

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Courtney
We're the host. I mean, that does make it pretty cool.

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MAK
But registrants, participate in five weeks. They go. We're doing.

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Courtney
We did a field trip day.

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MAK
Yes, we did field trips this week, which was super fun. Public works, airport transfer station.

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Courtney
Tropical farms, water treatment plant.

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MAK
Oh, yeah.

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Courtney
All the good stuff.

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MAK
All the good stuff? Yep. And then we'll be back at it next week.

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Courtney
We will? Yes. It's a five week program. Yep. And this is the last session of the year. But don't worry. Next year we will have two more sessions that you'll be able to sign up for.

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MAK
Yeah. Cool.

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Courtney
Water park is open until we get back officially open.

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MAK
That was my, like, blinking sign. Open right.

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Courtney
Are open?

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MAK
Yes, on the weekends. They had a successful spring break.

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Courtney
They did? Yes.

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MAK
They've got some cool stuff going on. So weekends be there.

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Courtney
Yes. They have family fun Fridays 1030 to 2, and then Saturdays and Sundays, 1030 to 5.

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MAK
I love it.

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Courtney
Yeah. So we'll drop that down in the show notes for you guys to get your tickets.

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MAK
And this is something we haven't talked about in a while. I think just as cool programing that our MCTV staff does. Pets on parade.

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Courtney
Yes. Right. So I love the name of this only because when you watch it they're like so happy. They're like, oh hi.

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MAK
It's me. The dogs in particular, right? The tails wagging. I keep asking Mike, well, let's talk more. Okay. What is Pets on Parade?

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Courtney
Okay, so Pets on Parade is, animals that are at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast that are available for adoption, looking for their forever home.

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MAK
Yeah, because while we love the folks at, Humane Society, the Treasure Coast, that that is not the place they want to live forever. No, they want a home. Yeah, they want to be in a different home. Yeah. So the folks there are so good and kind and take amazing care of them. And they let us come in, like, what do they do that, William, is that once every month.

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MAK
Okay. We'll say once a month. And, we go out there, shoot it.

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Courtney
Right. Yeah. So if you're looking for an animal, cat, dog, guinea pig.

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MAK
You just got married. It's probably time for you to get a pet.

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Courtney
All the thing.

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MAK
I like it. Oh, can we go there and find your pet? Would Frank be mad?

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Courtney
Yeah. I don't think he would enjoy that very much.

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MAK
Okay. Probably would probably won't do that.

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Courtney
But you can check the YouTube videos out and you can see them there, or you can go there and see them in person. Yeah.

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MAK
I will warn you, if you go in person, you're probably coming home with an amazing pet.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
It's hard to walk by them.

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Courtney
Speaking of pets.

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MAK
Okay. I don't know who created this next event, but you're. I got to go, right? Yeah, it's a hedgehog craft for adults.

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Courtney
Like that never happen.

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MAK
Never.

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Courtney
And it's never get craft time.

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MAK
And it's in the Hobe

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Courtney
It is in the Hobe. So it's a do it yourself adult hedgehog craft Saturday.

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MAK
You say that three times. No. Do it yourself. Adult hedgehog craft.

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Courtney
Yes. Saturday, April 4th starts at 230 at the Hobe Sound Library. Now, this is what's interesting. It's a book that you turn into a hedgehog.

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MAK
I you know I'm doing this okay.

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Courtney
I'm, I can't wait for you to bring it in for us.

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MAK
We used to have a hedgehog. Jen. Jen. Really? Yes.

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Courtney
They're pretty.

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MAK
Cute. I know they're cute. They're nubby little tails. They live, I believe, predominantly in England. In the hedges.

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Courtney
Okay. Now we know, I think. Well, if she's wrong, let us know. Speaking of cool animals.

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MAK
I wondered where you were going with that one.

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Courtney
The secret Life of Gopher tortoise is nature walk.

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MAK
This is fun.

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Courtney
I know explore natural more.

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MAK
Earth day at 9 a.m.. Can we do that? William?

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Courtney
It's Thursday. Okay. April 9th at 9 a.m.. How? Patio key. It's on the eve of National Gopher Tortoise Day.

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MAK
I knew that date sounded familiar. April 10th. National on.

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Courtney
Your calendar.

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MAK
It is on my calendar. I know right? Do you know? There. Well, they're an incredible species.

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Courtney
They are? Yes. And,

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MAK
I did not know they were mysterious. Nor did I know they had interesting lives. But that's what it says right here.

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Courtney
I mean.

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MAK
You know, they share their burrows with other animals.

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Courtney
I do know that their burrows help other animals survive.

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MAK
Yes. Even mice and stuff.

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Courtney
And snakes. Like the indigo snake, I'm pretty sure.

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MAK
Yes.

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Courtney
Yeah. This walk will be joined by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission tortoise specialist.

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MAK
Okay. I feel like we should go.

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Courtney
I think we should. Okay. Now it is a free event, but you do need to register, so we'll drop that down in the show notes for you.

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MAK
I love it. Okay. Now this is. I feel like everything's been really cool we're talking about today, but you're.

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Courtney
Welcome.

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MAK
Yes. Thank you for putting that together. We have talked about this a little bit in the past. The half cent sales tax voted on by you, by you, Martin County residents, to conserve lands in Martin County. And they have been busy working on busy little. Yes on finding properties. And I think we are now up to or just over around 2000 acres.

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Courtney
I think it's more than now. Yep. Yeah. Okay.

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MAK
I'll take that. Anyway, we're having a huge celebration, and you're invited.

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Courtney
Yes. And it is Friday, April 17th at 9 a.m. at time of Powers Park. And you do need to RSVP, by April 13th. So we'll drop that down in the show notes where you do that at.

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MAK
But yeah.

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Courtney
Yeah, you should definitely be there.

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MAK
Can learn more about the conservation efforts and how those are funded because, our, our, staff and that you lot committee are working to stretch those tax dollars by partnering them with funds from other agencies, state agencies, federal. Yeah. And that's actually, I think part of how we acquired our most recent,

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Courtney
Conservation easement at Barbee Ranch.

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MAK
Barbie Ranch. You heard it here first. Yep. Anyway, I think it's it's a really amazing thing that we're doing.

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Courtney
I think so, too.

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MAK
And we like the community. That's what I mean. Like everybody.

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Courtney
Yes. Water ambassador virtual webinar is coming up soon.

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MAK
April 21st at noon.

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Courtney
Yes. And this one is Monica Wilson. Discussion discusses Operation Trap.

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MAK
Trash reduction for aquatic preserves. Oh, this is really good.

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Courtney
Yeah. So registration is required. We'll drop that down in the show notes. But I think it's a great webinar that you should attend.

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MAK
It's very relevant to, you know, our community. I mean we have waterways. We do throughout our communities, throughout our entire county. And trash reduction is good for everybody.

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Courtney
Yes. And that's a program that UFS water ambassador helps put together. So I love.

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MAK
It. Be an ambassador.

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Courtney
I thought you were about to go be aggressive. Yeah. So I was like, whoa, cheerleader here.

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MAK
Do you have more pages?

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Courtney
No. That's it. That's all we.

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MAK
Had. Wow. That was a lot of really cool stuff.

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Courtney
I know, I feel like we have a lot of cool, fun events coming up.

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MAK
I'm going to go sign up for the hedgehog craft, and I'm going to bring it back here next week.

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Courtney
We'll all be waiting.

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MAK
Do you want to go?

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Courtney
I didn't I forgot the date already. I'll have to check.

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MAK
It's this Saturday at 230, I think. You didn't really forget, did you?

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Courtney
Did you? Did you?

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MAK
Saturday, April 4th at 230. Hope sound library.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Could also. You know what else you could do there? You can check out the brand new mural.

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Courtney
That's true. The new art in public place.

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MAK
Yeah. Anything else?

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Courtney
Yeah. Don't forget to, like, subscribe and follow. Share.

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MAK
And you know what? A reminder that folks can listen.

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Courtney
Yes. Yes. If you don't want to watch, you can listen, right?

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MAK
I have it on my Spotify playlist.

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Courtney
I do too. You do? Yes I do. And you guys should too. All right. That's all we got for you. We'll see you next time.

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MAK
Bye.