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Daddy Issues

Seth King

Mentioned 4 months ago

DONKEY: Professor Caught On Hot Mic Making Racist Remarks About Black Students

This title was quoted in relation to a comment about training a black person well enough to know to use the back door, though the context suggests it might be a misattribution or a specific reference within the discussion rather than a widely known book.

apparently not Dave King said it.

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Mentioned 5 months ago

FULL SHOW: Michael Jackson Estate Is NOT Feeling Sexyy Red's 'Beat It' Cover + Carl Anthony Payne Interview

This was described as an award-winning film and a bold, feverish reimagining of the classic novel, perfect for Valentine's Day. It followed the forbidden, intoxicating, and ultimately mad love story between the characters Kathy and Heathcliff.

It's from Warner Brothers Pictures. It's an award-winning film by filmmaker Emerald Fennell? It stars Margaret Robbie and Jacob Elordi in a bold, feverish reimagining of Emily Bronte's classic.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics)

Roald Dahl

Mentioned 5 months ago

IDKMYDE: The First Home Security System Wasn't a Company—It Was a Black-Woman

Roald Dahl was mentioned as the creator of Willy Wonka, and the speaker questioned whether he was a spy before writing his stories.

You know Roald Dahl. He thought up Willy Wonka and the BFG.

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The BFG

Roald Dahl

Mentioned 5 months ago

IDKMYDE: The First Home Security System Wasn't a Company—It Was a Black-Woman

The book was mentioned alongside Willy Wonka as one of the creations of Roald Dahl.

You know Roald Dahl. He thought up Willy Wonka and the BFG.

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'Til Death Do We Parent

Jess Hilarious

Mentioned 5 months ago

FULL SHOW: Sexyy Red Reworks “Beat It,” Tony Yayo Responds to Ja Rule Plane Incident + Trick Daddy Interview

Jess Hilarious mentioned that people could pre-order her new book on her website.

And don't forget to pre-order my new book, Till Death Do We Parent. All on my website.

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Relationship Goals

Michael Todd

Mentioned 5 months ago

FULL SHOW: The Breakfast Club Reacts To J. Cole's 'The Fall Off’ + DaBaby, Pastor Michael Todd & Natalie Todd Interview

The book was first released during the pandemic and quickly became a New York Times best seller for 13 weeks. It originated from a sermon series that Pastor Todd created to help people dealing with toxic relationships and pain around dating and marriage.

So he'll be here to talk about that. Also, furthermore, I want to tell y'all, don't call up here with no J. Cole reviews. That album came out five hours ago. It's early. It's six hours ago. It's an hour and 41 minutes long. Of course they stay on. So it ain't no way.

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Becoming

Michelle Obama

Mentioned 5 months ago

DONKEY: Caller Gives Himself Donkey Of The Day For Getting Fired

A caller complained that Netflix removed the documentary about Michelle Obama's book from the adults' list to the kids' list, coinciding with the release of the current First Lady's documentary. The documentary surged in views but was reportedly removed from the top ten ranking altogether after the initial push.

So I'm giving the biggest he-haul to Netflix for removing the Michelle Obama's documentary Becoming from the adults list to the kids list.

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A Study of American Intelligence

Carl Campbell Brigham

Mentioned 5 months ago

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This book was mentioned as the one Carl Brigham wrote in 1923, where he argued that the decline of American intelligence was due to race mixing and immigration, using Army test scores as proof.

In that book, he argues that the decline of American intelligence was due to race mixing and immigration. And he used those Army test scores as proof.

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The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets

Roald Dahl

Mentioned 5 months ago

When Sorry Isn’t Simple ( Is The NAACP Accepting of Kanye Apology)

The speaker mentioned that Roald Dahl, the writer known for works like Willy Wonka and Matilda, was also a spy. The podcast series explored the hidden, controversial chapters of his life, including his work as an agent, playing poker with Harry Truman, and having an affair with a congresswoman before he became a children's author.

You know Roald Dahl, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?

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Shot Ready

Stephen Curry

Mentioned 7 months ago

50 Cent’s Never Before Seen Video of Diddy Could Effect His Appeal! Let's Talk!

This book was presented as a powerful, never-before-seen look into the mindset that changed the game of basketball. It was described as rewriting what it means to succeed and being a playbook for chasing potential, containing over 100 never-before-seen photos.

From NBA champion Stephen Curry comes Shot Ready, a powerful, never-before-seen look at the mindset that changed the game.

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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

Rheeda Walker

Mentioned 1 year ago

FULL SHOW: John Amos' Family Suspects Foul Play In Death, Kamala Harris' Husband Doug Accused Of 'Forcefully Slapping' Ex-Girlfriend + More

This book was mentioned in passing during the host's positive note about their fourth annual mental wealth expo, featuring the author as a speaker.

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Eric Idle

Mentioned 1 year ago

The 85 South Show: KARLOUS, DC & CLAYTON in the Trap!

A recent episode featured a conversation with Julianne Hough, who discussed her book and how she felt whole after unraveling a lot in recent years.

I feel really whole. I feel like the last few years I've really unraveled a lot which is part of what this book is about. And I really feel so content which is a word that used to scare the crap out of me and I love that word now.

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Donald J. Trump

Trump

The Art of the Deal

Piers Morgan read it multiple times before competing on 'The Apprentice'; it reveals Trump's philosophy of "punching back ten times harder" when attacked.

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go and read his book, The Art of a Deal, which I read several times before competing in his show.

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Piers Morgan read it multiple times before competing on 'The Apprentice'; it reveals Trump's philosophy of "punching back ten times harder" when attacked.

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go and read his book, The Art of a Deal, which I read several times before competing in his show.

It's probably why I want it, because I used to talk to him like it was him.

somebody punches you, punch them 10 times back.

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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Boxed Set Collection

The Cat in the Hat; One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish; Green Eggs and Ham; Hop on Pop; Fox in Socks

Marlon Wayans' mom joked that even in 'Green Eggs and Ham,' she would find Marlon if she wanted to. She couldn't even read the book, but Marlon spells backwards.

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And that's my mother like, no, I can't even read green eggs and ham. I'm like, I spell backwards. My.

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Marlon Wayans' mom joked that even in 'Green Eggs and Ham,' she would find Marlon if she wanted to. She couldn't even read the book, but Marlon spells backwards.

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And that's my mother like, no, I can't even read green eggs and ham. I'm like, I spell backwards. My.

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Matthew Perry

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

A Memoir

The book was mentioned in relation to Matthew Perry's struggles with addiction, which were discussed in the podcast following his death. A caller noted learning about his addiction and struggles through the book in the days following his passing.

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He wrote a book about it. He talked about it.

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The book was mentioned in relation to Matthew Perry's struggles with addiction, which were discussed in the podcast following his death. A caller noted learning about his addiction and struggles through the book in the days following his passing.

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He wrote a book about it. He talked about it.

Everything I've learned about Matthew Perry I've learned in the past 48 to 72 hours.

He talked about his relationship with his dad. He talked about that and all that. And like you said, I heard that on the news.

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Patricia Williams

Rabbit

The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

The book was mentioned and the host said he read it before Ms. Pat appeared on the show.

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I read Rabbit.

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The book was mentioned and the host said he read it before Ms. Pat appeared on the show.

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I read Rabbit.

I had read Rabbit already.

I'm glad I had read the book.

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Ryan Holiday

Discipline Is Destiny

The Power of Self-Control (The Stoic Virtues Series)

Charlamagne mentioned Ryan Holiday has written this book which is about stoicism. He speaks about how Ryan Holiday is a fantastic writer.

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He wrote Discipline Is Destiny. Fantastic writer.

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Charlamagne mentioned Ryan Holiday has written this book which is about stoicism. He speaks about how Ryan Holiday is a fantastic writer.

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He wrote Discipline Is Destiny. Fantastic writer.

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Ryan Holiday

Right Thing, Right Now

Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. (The Stoic Virtues Series)

Ryan Holiday was invited to the show to discuss his new book, "Right Thing Right Now." It is about integrity, and includes topics like pragmatism, loyalty, being your own referee, and making good trouble.

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He has a new book, Right Thing Right Now.

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Ryan Holiday was invited to the show to discuss his new book, "Right Thing Right Now." It is about integrity, and includes topics like pragmatism, loyalty, being your own referee, and making good trouble.

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He has a new book, Right Thing Right Now.

You got a new book, Right Thing Right Now. Good values, good character, good deeds.

Good values, good character, good deeds.

He has a new book, Right Thing Right Now.

We're still kicking it with Ryan Holiday. Charlamagne? You know, it's interesting, right? Because the 48 Laws of Power, you have a chapter called Keep Your Hands Clean in the new book, Right Thing Right Now.

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Big Sean

Go Higher

Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace

Big Sean announced that he had a book coming out in the fall, called "Go Higher".

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And he got a book coming out this fall called Go Higher. So we sat down early this week and we talked about everything.

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Big Sean announced that he had a book coming out in the fall, called "Go Higher".

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And he got a book coming out this fall called Go Higher. So we sat down early this week and we talked about everything.

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S. E. Hinton

The Outsiders

It was mentioned as a movie that Rob Lowe starred in, but there was no further discussion about the book.

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The Outsiders came out in the 90's

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It was mentioned as a movie that Rob Lowe starred in, but there was no further discussion about the book.

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The Outsiders came out in the 90's

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Steven Phillips

Chronic

The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again

The album was referenced in a discussion about the impact of Tupac's death on the reception of Glasses Malone's *Machiavelli* album and Snoop Dogg's *Doggystyle*.

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Snoop didn't have the benefit of that. He just, Dre skipped on.

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The album was referenced in a discussion about the impact of Tupac's death on the reception of Glasses Malone's *Machiavelli* album and Snoop Dogg's *Doggystyle*.

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Snoop didn't have the benefit of that. He just, Dre skipped on.

It doesn't have Dr. Dre because now Dr. Dre is gone and you dissing him.

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Richard Lloyd Parry

People Who Eat Darkness

The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up

The book was mentioned as being a New York Times bestseller. It was also called "Wallow" and was said to have good intentions.

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Salute the wallow wallow just made the New York Times best sellers.

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The book was mentioned as being a New York Times bestseller. It was also called "Wallow" and was said to have good intentions.

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Salute the wallow wallow just made the New York Times best sellers.

Look at this book. I'm a good intentions drop on a clues box for drink chance.

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Jordan Belfort

The Wolf of Investing

My Insider's Playbook for Making a Fortune on Wall Street

It was described as the purest book on investing, offering advice on how to get wealthy in the stock market; the opposite of what the author did before going to jail. It focuses on long-term investments and avoiding short-term trading.

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You know, the first thing people will say is, why should you listen to him? It's a good question.

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It was described as the purest book on investing, offering advice on how to get wealthy in the stock market; the opposite of what the author did before going to jail. It focuses on long-term investments and avoiding short-term trading.

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You know, the first thing people will say is, why should you listen to him? It's a good question.

I wrote what I consider to be the purest book of investing. That's so like on arguably the right way for someone to get wealthy in the stock market.

It's nothing in here that's revolutionary. It's just I wrote it in a really funny, I kind of laugh out loud, irreverent way so people would kind of turn the page you made into a story.

The cornerstone of your portfolio should be this. And there's no fees attached. So you put your money in, you let it ride. So it's like set it and forget it's passive investing.

The book is really explains how to do it, you know, a little bit more about the taxes and stuff and it's a great read.

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Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad Poor Dad

What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

This book was referenced in a discussion about understanding business ownership and challenging conventional ideas about career paths for athletes.

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It's simple. It's in the book of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It's a title that says, What's Your Business? And you ask a person, they say, oh, I'm a teacher.

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This book was referenced in a discussion about understanding business ownership and challenging conventional ideas about career paths for athletes.

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It's simple. It's in the book of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It's a title that says, What's Your Business? And you ask a person, they say, oh, I'm a teacher.

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Joseph Nguyen

Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition)

Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering

It was mentioned as Charlamagne Tha God's second national bestseller, detailing his experiences with mental health; he was doing a book signing for it at the Low Country Mental Health Conference.

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So I'll be signing copies of my book, uh, Shikwan Anxiety, Playing Tricks on Me, which is my second national bestseller that talked about my experiences with mental health.

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It was mentioned as Charlamagne Tha God's second national bestseller, detailing his experiences with mental health; he was doing a book signing for it at the Low Country Mental Health Conference.

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So I'll be signing copies of my book, uh, Shikwan Anxiety, Playing Tricks on Me, which is my second national bestseller that talked about my experiences with mental health.

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D.R. Perry

Make Yourself (Messing Psychic Academy Book 1)

The author wrote about their relationship with their wife of 29-30 years, including their early struggles with intimacy and how they overcame them. The author shared this to help other men, and it prompted many conversations.

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I wrote a book about me and my wife's relationship.

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The author wrote about their relationship with their wife of 29-30 years, including their early struggles with intimacy and how they overcame them. The author shared this to help other men, and it prompted many conversations.

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I wrote a book about me and my wife's relationship.

We've been together 29 years 30 years and I talked about an early on I couldn't make a orgasm. I didn't know. We were 16 and 15.

There were memes. They made fun of me but it was me expressing how I was.

opened the door because there were so many men that he knew what to do.

So it was 16 but I used to watch porn so I thought sex was bang bang bang bang done.

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Brittney Griner

Coming Home

Griner's book details her experience being held in a Russian prison for 10 months. The podcast discussed an interview where she described her ordeal and feeling like a "zoo animal."

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you wrote a chapter called putin's pond did you get the immediate senses once you had Russian lawyers I wonder from you came very close to I'm did it become clear to you and to them that Putin was gon...

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Griner's book details her experience being held in a Russian prison for 10 months. The podcast discussed an interview where she described her ordeal and feeling like a "zoo animal."

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you wrote a chapter called putin's pond did you get the immediate senses once you had Russian lawyers I wonder from you came very close to I'm did it become clear to you and to them that Putin was gonna use you oh yes 100 percent I mean the few times that I would get the guards to say something to me when I'm like where am I going am I the only one in the cell I knew that the American basketball player had to be by themselves unlike well this is this is weird cuz normally now you go you go into the holding tank with everyone else you're in a cell you you don't have a room to yourself I'm in the beginning your you're with a lot of people so I already knew that there was little things going on and then the check ins the the top guard was always there the warden the deputy warden was always there so I knew that there was some special treatment

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Carl MFG Heavy-Duty Punch, 2-Hole, 6mm, 100 Sheet Capacity, Silver/Blue (CUI62100)

A caller, Lose, said that he and his wife had recently finished reading Heavy's second book, which discussed raising children.

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me and the wife just finished the second book. We talked about raising our kids.

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A caller, Lose, said that he and his wife had recently finished reading Heavy's second book, which discussed raising children.

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me and the wife just finished the second book. We talked about raising our kids.

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Kevin Trudeau

The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About

Devon Franklin mentioned he and Megan Good co-authored a book titled "The Weight," which offers advice on finding love and life fulfillment. He stated that he does not regret writing it, despite his subsequent divorce.

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You and Megan wrote a book called The Weight, A Powerful Practice of Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love. Do you regret that?

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Devon Franklin mentioned he and Megan Good co-authored a book titled "The Weight," which offers advice on finding love and life fulfillment. He stated that he does not regret writing it, despite his subsequent divorce.

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You and Megan wrote a book called The Weight, A Powerful Practice of Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love. Do you regret that?

No, of course. Why would I? We wrote that book. It'll help somebody when they're in that moment. Listen, the value of delayed gratification is always going to be a message that's going to help somebody. And we put that message into the world from a place of love. And that's where we were.

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The Four Agreements

A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

The governor said that she gave this book to her children for Christmas and that it is a book she often reads. She was happy that DJ Envy mentioned the book.

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We have a chapter called Take Nothing Personally. And that's also one of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

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The governor said that she gave this book to her children for Christmas and that it is a book she often reads. She was happy that DJ Envy mentioned the book.

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We have a chapter called Take Nothing Personally. And that's also one of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

I love that you raise The Four Agreements. I love that book. That's a book that, you know, I've often I've read frequently and I actually just gave to all my two kids and my three step sons for Christmas this last year. I gave it to all of them.

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Monica Norby

The Nebraska Sandhills

The speaker mentioned being a fan of the "Nebraska-era" Bruce Springsteen and mentioned how everyone can be a "butch" if you squint.

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On my dating profile, I had something about being a fan of Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen.

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The speaker mentioned being a fan of the "Nebraska-era" Bruce Springsteen and mentioned how everyone can be a "butch" if you squint.

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On my dating profile, I had something about being a fan of Nebraska-era Bruce Springsteen.

It's like you squint and everyone can be a butch.

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