The One About Pocket Hugs And Promises w/ Brandy Vega

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Alright, it's Just Blane here.

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And I'm Becks.

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It's Radio Daybreak.

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The best podcast in Utah.

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Now, we gotta get to something serious here.

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September is Suicide Awareness Month.

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Or Suicide Prevention Month.

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I guess it's both.

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Yes.

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And first up, 988, that's the number you hit.

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If you've got any issues, please call that number.

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They made it a whole lot easier.

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Yeah, full resources are available there if you are struggling.

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Absolutely.

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This episode is very special.

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We recorded this a little bit ago, and it's with a very special person that we met at a another place.

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in Utah, the Lake House.

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Yeah.

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Studios.

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Yeah.

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Miss Brandi Vega.

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She's absolutely awesome.

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What she's doing.

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And I didn't even know who she was until we met her.

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And now she's one of my favorite people.

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So you're going to hear me say, I don't know who you are in a joking way, of course, because yeah, I love our guest.

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She's, but she is the head of promise to live.

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That's right.

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And I actually have, let me find it in my pocket here.

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I've got your pocket hug.

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Now look at this.

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This is the promise to live.

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We might not get it focused in there, but on the back of this, it says Colortex 988.

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When you are struggling, when times are tough and you don't know what to do, here is a hug from me to you.

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Yeah.

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She gave us these and the more we talked to her and found out what she was doing, we basically got involved with an event.

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We are going to a huge event in LA this weekend.

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We're flying out.

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The event is actually on.

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National Suicide Awareness Day, which is September 10th.

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And, um, again, it's going to be at Avalon Studio.

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So we are taking Radio Daybreak out there.

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We will be participating in that.

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And tell them more, Blane.

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Yeah, we're going to be out there doing red carpet interviews and talking to people that come in and getting, you know, Messages of hope from whoever comes through.

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I've seen, I've seen the list.

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I can't even name off some of these people, but the list was long.

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Yeah, they've got a massive talent list.

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There will be some celebrities there, some guests.

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I mean, the whole LA scene, red carpet event.

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It's going to be right off.

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So we're going to be out there hosting that right off of Hollywood Boulevard at the Avalon.

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We're going to have footage for that next week, but right now let's go.

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Go ahead.

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You got one more.

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I do.

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They can still get tickets.

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Yes, we will share the link where you guys can get free tickets.

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Come and join us out in LA.

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It will be an amazing event.

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All of those proceeds go to her charity.

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And again, to purchase more of those pocket hugs and, um, for suicide tools, awareness, and spreading the message.

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Yeah, because that's what it's all about.

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So, more about the message right here.

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Let's go to the interview we did with Brandy.

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We'll see you guys in Hollywood.

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Let's do it.

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All right.

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We got our guests right now.

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And let me, let me just tell you that I'm not really sure who Brandy Vega is, but he said what's happening was last week, me and Becks were at the creative chamber with CJ.

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Now I'm having a conversation with CJ as I'm leaving and I see Becks over there and I just.

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Chop it up.

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And later I find out, Brandy.

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Becks comes to me and she's like, That's Brandy Vega.

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And I'm like, Brandy Vega? Like, is that a wrestler or something? What is that? Yeah, she's got a catchy name.

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Right? I love the name.

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But Becks, Becks told me a little bit more about her and I was like, well, we got to get her on, got to get her on like ASAP.

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Becks, please introduce her to us as you did to me.

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Yes, absolutely.

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First off, Brandy, thank you.

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I know you are a busy lady and you wear lots of hats.

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Um, but yes, we've got Brandy Vega here in studio.

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Brandy, again, wears lots of different hats.

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She's involved in many amazing organizations and businesses, um, namely Promise to Live.

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So we're going to talk a little bit about that today.

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Uh, Dan Can, and then also Vega Media Studios.

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So again, Brandy, thank you so much for joining us today.

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Well, thank you guys for having me.

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It's fun to connect.

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Yes.

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Awesome.

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Where do we start? Like, where do we start with, with Brandy? No, I, I really, well, you know, we're in the month of August.

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Here we are.

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August is here.

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National Suicide Prevention Month is coming up.

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In September, I, let's dive into, um, her work and what she's doing with promise to live campaign.

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It has an incredible, it's so incredibly impactful.

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Um, Brandy, assure us how you got started with this initiative.

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Well, I think often when people get involved in something, It's because they have a purpose behind it.

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So I almost lost my child to suicide about three years ago and she was just 14 years old and it was actually her second time.

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And it was just absolutely terrifying because we weren't entirely sure if she was going to make it through for a couple of days.

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And if she did, if she would have permanent disabilities and, um, So it kind of sent me down this dark path because thankfully her friend had the courage to call 9 1 1.

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We found her in time.

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We got to primaries, but they didn't even have a bed because they had so many children attempting to end their lives, and I was just devastated.

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I actually volunteered at the hospital at IHC doing spiritual care and nobody dies alone for seven years.

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And I'd sat with a lot of patients, but when you're looking at your baby, It's just, it hurts so bad.

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It just hits different.

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And, um, I was just begging God to save her.

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And I actually did my most vulnerable video.

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My background, I was in the army.

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I served the military from 95 to 03 as a broadcast journalist, public affairs specialist, reported for Fox News at just 20 years old.

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Got to interview the president.

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I did a lot of cool things in my career.

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I worked in TV news for about 15 years and then I founded Vega Media.

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Um, and I, I founded my nonprofit in 2015.

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The nonprofit's called Good Deed Revolution.

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Our campaign and initiative is a promise to live.

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So I founded that in 2015 after so many years of working in news and covering, you know, if it bleeds, it leads type stories that are very sad.

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And PTSD and all the things.

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So we were just kind of going through this and when, when I almost lost my daughter, um, I did a video in my car and I just said, I need help.

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I don't know where to go.

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I don't know what to do.

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Um, and I know some of you have been through it.

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And that video on my personal Facebook page got 12, 000 views overnight.

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I had hundreds of messages from people.

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I would have never thought people like you or whoever going through things that I never saw.

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And my friends at NBC reached out and said, will you share your story? I said, no way.

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Not too private, personal, painful, not going to happen.

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But I was also begging God to save my daughter.

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And I felt, you know, the second day I got this message that I'd get a second chance, but there wouldn't be a third.

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And shortly after she woke up and I was holding her hand and I just said, babe, are you glad you're alive or do you really wish you would have died? And she said, mom, I didn't really want to die.

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It was just too late.

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And we know people don't want to die.

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They just want to kill the pain.

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And this kind of journey of my background has been producing media TV.

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And I remembered back to Live Aid in 1985.

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And I thought, wow, what if we could do a show where we deliver hope, help, healing, and resources? You know, Utah does a great job of disagree better.

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My mission is to collaborate when it counts.

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And I think most people should be in that mindset.

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And so we created this show.

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Our first one was almost three years ago, and we actually, we hit 160, 000.

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We hit around 400, 000 this year.

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We're on track to hit between two and a half and 10 million people.

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We're doing the show in Hollywood.

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We're working with celebrities, influencers, bands.

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We have some folks from Pink Floyd, from Foo Fighters, from just all kinds of different groups, the Simpsons.

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And it's exciting, but, but just briefly, and I know I'm talking a lot.

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I'm sorry.

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Every 40 seconds, somebody dies by suicide.

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Yeah.

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I don't know if you guys knew that every 40 seconds, somebody dies by suicide.

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In 25 or 30 seconds, what we ask people to do with promise to live, because we have to shift this from awareness.

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We're all aware there's a problem to action and accountability.

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Yeah.

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So we ask everyone, whether or not you struggle to make a promise right now, this second, that if you ever find yourself in that dark, dark place, that you'll reach out to a friend, a family member, a trusted resource like AFSP, NAMI J.

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Ed Trevor live on or call or text 988 and 988 is a 911 for mental health.

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That's been out two years that only 20 percent or so of people know about.

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So that's kind of our mission.

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We're doing a lot of really cool things and it's just, it's amazing.

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Yeah.

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I mean, truly just absolutely amazing.

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And you know, I am a retired ER nurse.

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I am ashamed to say, I didn't know about 988.

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I didn't know that.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I didn't know that.

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It's been out two years.

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That's probably why.

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I'm retired out of, you know, medical about three years ago.

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I've got a wild story.

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I have a wild story.

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Go ahead, Blane.

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It's on Hotline.

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And this is, this is a true testament to you never know when you're going to really help somebody.

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I worked at a radio station.

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I was working overnight shifts and our phone number, I didn't know this at the time.

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Our phone number was a 186 number.

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1866.

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It was one digit off from the suicide hotline, right? Did not know this at the time.

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So I answered the phone at three in the morning, and I think it's a caller trying to get on a radio show.

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So it's, what's your name? What city are you in? And it kind of took them aback.

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They were, they were like, uh, so I get to chatting with this, with this individual.

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And I, I literally go from almost asleep cause it's three in the morning and I'm doing boring radio work and I sit up and I'm like, Oh my gosh, this, this is, this is, This is real.

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This guy, girl, don't want to give any more information than that.

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Is going through something, and this, they don't think they're calling a radio station.

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That's when I looked it up.

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Sure enough, it was like 1 866 something something something something.

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One digit away.

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Yeah.

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And I said, hey, whatever you're thinking, don't do that.

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I'm not the one to talk to.

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Call this other number right now.

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But I knew, I knew, I knew.

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It felt different when I started talking to this individual.

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They were going through something.

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So you never know when something like that will come up.

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It was to this day, it's still, it's still, you see me.

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I'm a little bit rattled.

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It kind of rattled me that I was that individual that they ran into.

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And I never answered a phone call on the radio station anymore with a, who are you? Who was on that other side? Yeah.

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Gives you a different perspective.

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Yeah.

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That was, but that's.

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Back to 988 is, is relatively new, um, two years ago.

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988 is the number one.

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Yeah, 988 is the 9 1 1 for mental health.

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You can call, you can text 24 7, and so we're really trying to get that out there.

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In fact, you know, I, when you make the promise to live, you go to promise number two, live.

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org.

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Yeah, you can, um, when you go there and you make the promise, it takes 25, 30 seconds.

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I mean, all you're doing is putting your, in your email and your phone number if you choose to, and then you click the, I promise.

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And, um, you can opt in for our information, which is really great because then we can bring you hope and resources and events and just different things that are happening, like our global live stream, September 10th.

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And then we ask you to share that on social media because the deaths have gone up 71 percent in youth since 2010.

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So our mission at Promise to Live is to reach people where they are on the devices and platforms they use through They already know trust and follow so that's really critical to us And we're doing a lot of it through our pocket hug project too.

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Yes, I wanted to ask you about that.

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Yep Yeah.

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So that's, that's one of the ways we're doing it.

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Yeah.

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You want me to tell you more about it? Let me jump in right there because you, if you, if you're watching the video feed, you saw me just make that promise as she was talking about it.

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It's that it was that easy to make the promise.

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It's that easy to do that.

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But now you've got to follow through.

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And I think that's where we're now you see this share with others option over there.

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Share it on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, because when you share things, you become a safe space and that safe space helps stop stigma.

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And it starts conversations.

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And that's what we're really, really trying to do.

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We got to let people know that it's okay.

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Mental health, addiction, trauma, all of this, it's okay to talk about it.

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We're humans and it doesn't, it's brave.

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So we want people to help us stop the stigma by making the promise to live.

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And there's actual studies out there that shows, you know, if somebody makes a promise ahead of time, not directly related to mental health or suicide, and this isn't a suicide pact, this is a promise to reach out.

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If you find yourself struggling, friend, family member, resource.

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Um, so we just, we want everybody to do it and share it and become that safe space.

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Cause like you were talking about, I get people reaching out to me all the time.

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I mean, I get a text or an email every day.

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I had somebody on LinkedIn the other day, just message me and say, Hey, I met you one time.

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At an event for Dan Can, my tech company, where we were doing a panel, but I had mentioned some mental health during that because, you know, manipulated media and sex torsion and, and all these things can lead to suicide as well.

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But he goes, I'm really struggling right now and I don't know who I can reach out to.

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Can I, can I talk to you? And he just, a person I met one time on a, you know, at an event I attended.

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And so it's happening all the time.

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And that's kind of why we've done these.

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Pocket hugs.

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I think this is the cutest, coolest thing.

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So this is a promise to live pocket hug.

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It has our website on the front and on the back it says, when times are tough and you don't know what to do, here's a hug from me to you.

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And we're on a mission to do a hundred thousand of these this year.

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We've already done about 40, 000 of these that we've given out.

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Kevin Bacon's group got 5, 000.

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The YSA, the young single adults did it as a service project.

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So they put out, um, about 16, 500 and then just all these various groups.

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So people can go online and get these if, if you want.

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And we're doing letters, handwritten, heartfelt letters of love that go out.

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But these pocket hugs are so nice.

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So we ask people make the promise to live, and then you get a coin to keep, and you get a coin to give.

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We want you to connect.

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The Surgeon General says there's an epidemic of loneliness.

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We, this is a, this is a calling card.

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This is a tool to reach out and give to somebody in the drive thru or at the market or wherever you go at your church.

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Love that.

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Love that.

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And again, to find those promise to live dot com dot org.

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for correcting me on that.

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Absolutely.

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You keep it in your pocket and you know, the way these came about real quick.

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Sometimes the stuff we do is heavy.

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You know, and, and I had, um, I had a friend who sent me a letter with a generic pocket hug.

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I'd never seen one.

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And I just thought, wow, that was nice.

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She goes, I just want you to know you're loved cause you're sometimes doing the hard things and maybe you're struggling.

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And I put it in my pocket.

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I had it there for a month and every time I reached in there, it was winter.

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I would rub it, feel it kind of gave me courage.

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It was that tactile, you know, something I could fidget with.

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My friend's 35 year old son died by overdose and they asked me to speak at his funeral.

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Um, Yeah.

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And I'd already spoke at their daughter's funeral nine years earlier.

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And I was sitting there getting ready to speak and was talking to the mom and I was feeling this in my pocket for comfort and I just felt inspired to give it to her.

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So I reached in and I said, you know what, I want you to have this.

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And she took it and she read it and she cried.

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And the next week she wrote me back after the funeral.

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And she said, that coin, that pocket hug got me through the whole week.

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I felt like you were with me.

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It gave me the comfort and the courage.

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And And right there, the idea was born that we have to give people hope and resources in their pocket.

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Let them know they're loved, but also a way to connect.

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And find resources.

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So I absolutely love that.

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Incredible stuff.

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You're doing like, it's, it's a lot.

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Like you said, it's heavy.

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How do you, how do you cope? Like, you know what I mean? Like it's, it's a lot for you to take in and who checks on you? Who is the watcher? You know? Yeah.

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Dr.

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Pepper.

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Here.

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I was my best friend.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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I, uh, you know, I have a great support team.

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We have amazing advocates and ambassadors on my advisory team and in the community.

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I, I just, I wake up every day with a sense of urgency and DaVinci said it best.

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He said, I've been impressed with, with the sense of urgency.

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Knowing is not enough.

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We must apply.

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Being willing is not enough.

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We must do.

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So I've been gathering doers because literally, I know People are struggling now and need the help.

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That kind of gets me through when I have people message me and say, I'm here because I made the promise.

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I know what I'm doing matters and it's hard.

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It's hard because we're a small nonprofit.

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We have a global reach of, we had 117 countries come to our site.

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We're doing all of this with a volunteer army because we don't have budget to hire people yet.

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We're getting there, but, um, it, it's just, you know, the love and the comfort that comes from knowing you're making a difference and hearing it.

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It's the ROI.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I know, as I mentioned, you know, with your intro, that National Suicide Prevention Month is just right around the corner.

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So we really wanted to get you on the pod to, you know, talk about your messaging and you do an event, right? You've got an event coming up on the 10th, which is I am so excited about it.

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So excited.

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Go ahead.

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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There you go.

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It's our third annual Promise to Live Global Livestream and Gala at the iconic Avalon Theater in Hollywood, like where the stars are, Hollywood Boulevard.

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All right.

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I love Avalon.

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So fun.

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I love Avalon.

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Have you been there? Blane is from Hollywood.

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I used to play at Avalon.

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Oh yeah.

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Then you should come.

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You see this invite? Grab a ticket.

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Let's go.

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Let's get you over there.

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It's going to be fantastic.

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I mean, we're putting together an incredible lineup.

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Come broadcast.

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I come broadcast that.

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Perfect.

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Well, we're going to be doing, um, we're going to be celebrating heroes in the mental health community.

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So if people have somebody that they want to nominate, like a leader, an advocate, an individual, a business, Let me know, reach out to me because we're looking for heroes to honor.

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This'll be an annual event we do every September 10th.

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Our current reach, like we mentioned is 250 million globally, because what we do differently is we're live streaming to multiple, multiple platforms, people with a hundred thousand, a million followers.

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And so we'll be just live streaming on, on TV and broadcast and radio networks.

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We've teamed up with Dash radio, which is now lit live.

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They're going to be, um, streaming our show, just a lot of cool things, but we want people to tune in to learn about 988 AFSP, all these different groups.

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Our partners are listed there, but that's our mission is to, to bring some healing through music and media.

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Let people know they're not alone, encourage them, and then let them know about the resources.

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Yeah, just, so yeah, you can get tickets online for Promise to Live.

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It's gonna be, we have a red carpet.

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Like, I did the red carpet.

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I was there a couple of weeks ago for the Hollywood Independent Music Awards, the HEMAs.

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I'm on their board now.

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Look at me.

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Anyway, it was fun.

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It was my first time walking a red carpet.

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I didn't know what to do.

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I walked out there and I like, smiled at all the cameras.

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They're like, no.

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Smile at this one.

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Stop here.

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It was fun.

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So we're going to have that red carpet event.

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It's going to be a great, great night full of incredible people.

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And guess what? Every single one of our performers or speakers, they're donating or volunteering their time because this means something to them.

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We couldn't afford to put this show on.

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I mean, we pay for production and everything, but we couldn't pay the amount of talent.

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00:20:35,614.6377312 --> 00:20:41,54.6377312
I mean, last year, if we had paid our talent, For everything, we'd be in the millions of dollars, and this year even more.

369
00:20:41,574.6377312 --> 00:20:42,754.6377312
Easily, I'm sure.

370
00:20:42,814.6377312 --> 00:20:43,294.6377312
Yeah.

371
00:20:45,184.6377312 --> 00:20:47,134.6377312
Alright Blane, mark your calendar.

372
00:20:47,354.6377312 --> 00:20:50,324.6367312
I want to put this up too, because it's a way to donate for you.

373
00:20:51,84.6377312 --> 00:20:51,464.6377312
Oh yeah.

374
00:20:52,134.6377312 --> 00:20:54,594.6377312
Well, Thank you.

375
00:20:54,594.6377312 --> 00:21:01,454.6377312
Yeah, it's hard to ask for money, but I don't think this, this is, this is like money to, uh, to humanity.

376
00:21:01,914.6377312 --> 00:21:04,384.6377312
It's, it's, you know what I mean? Like that to me, that's what it feels like.

377
00:21:04,384.6377312 --> 00:21:10,774.6367312
So not soliciting people for money, but if you want to give some money, like do it right here.

378
00:21:10,784.6377312 --> 00:21:11,734.6377312
It is.

379
00:21:11,974.6377312 --> 00:21:22,454.6377312
Well, I think, I think it's one of those situations where it's like, if you haven't been impacted by suicide in your life or a loved one, it's, you're one of the very lucky few.

380
00:21:22,759.6377312 --> 00:21:29,379.6377312
Right? I mean, it is so prevalent to your point earlier, Brandy, with every 40 seconds, another person takes their life.

381
00:21:29,689.6377312 --> 00:21:30,399.6377312
That's massive.

382
00:21:30,829.6367312 --> 00:21:31,559.6367312
That's massive.

383
00:21:31,559.6377312 --> 00:21:34,509.6377312
So if you feel compelled, here's the ways to donate.

384
00:21:34,749.6377312 --> 00:21:40,479.6377312
Blane, thank you so very much for throwing that up because it, I personally have been impacted by this.

385
00:21:40,489.6377312 --> 00:21:43,749.6377312
So it's means a lot, you know, it's a, it's a hard topic.

386
00:21:43,909.6377312 --> 00:21:44,789.6377312
It means a lot.

387
00:21:44,879.6377312 --> 00:21:47,29.6377312
And thank you for getting the awareness out, Brandy.

388
00:21:48,294.6377312 --> 00:21:51,324.6377312
Yeah, for sharing that.

389
00:21:51,324.6377312 --> 00:22:01,574.6377312
And I hope what people know too is the money donated, we're, we're getting these pocket hugs and we're getting them into schools and colleges and universities and we're giving them out wherever we are.

390
00:22:01,624.6377312 --> 00:22:03,344.6377312
So, you know, that's where some of it goes.

391
00:22:03,744.6377312 --> 00:22:05,854.6367312
Some of it goes for education and training.

392
00:22:05,934.6377312 --> 00:22:07,414.6377312
Some of it goes for counseling.

393
00:22:07,424.6377312 --> 00:22:08,664.6377312
Some of it, yeah, there you go.

394
00:22:09,134.6377312 --> 00:22:09,924.6377312
Production.

395
00:22:09,964.6377312 --> 00:22:12,584.6377312
Um, so we sure, we sure appreciate that.

396
00:22:12,584.6377312 --> 00:22:13,914.6377312
We're working to create.

397
00:22:14,984.6377312 --> 00:22:17,184.6377312
content so people can find peer to peer.

398
00:22:17,704.6377312 --> 00:22:20,744.6377312
You know, my, my daughter tried to end her life five days before her appointment.

399
00:22:20,774.6377312 --> 00:22:29,364.6377312
We waited three months for, and so there's just a lack of providers and, you know, no faults of their own, but the system's a little bit broke.

400
00:22:29,684.6367312 --> 00:22:39,874.6377312
So we believe in peer to peer AI, self guided online, all these different things that we can kind of implement beforehand and AFSP these guys, they have great programs.

401
00:22:39,964.6377312 --> 00:22:40,529.5377312
We want to.

402
00:22:40,919.6377312 --> 00:22:44,449.6377312
Put a fence at the top of the mountain instead of bringing an ambulance to the bottom of it.

403
00:22:44,549.6377312 --> 00:23:11,989.6377312
Yeah, so that's kind of our goal We've teamed up with Resilient you they go to schools and they work with the K through 6 and it's amazing teaching them resilience and watch on that Yeah, your work that you're doing in the school We hadn't talked a whole lot about that, which is absolutely great that you're getting in early, right? You're getting in early K through 6, which is wonderful because we're finding younger and younger individuals, right, are, you know, more attempting suicide.

404
00:23:13,549.6377312 --> 00:23:14,259.6377312
So sad.

405
00:23:14,569.6377312 --> 00:23:21,279.6377312
We had a day last year where I was, I work with the fraternal order of police to like, we're forming a partnership there.

406
00:23:21,579.6377312 --> 00:23:35,999.6377312
They're great to do wonderful work, but on that same day, they had lost an eight year old to suicide and we lost an 80 year old same day, uh, an older grandmother who was just done and a little eight year old boy, and I have a seven year old and I think about that.

407
00:23:35,999.6377312 --> 00:23:39,729.6377312
Like, how do they even know? And people will often say not my kid.

408
00:23:39,799.6377312 --> 00:23:40,669.6377312
My kid's fine.

409
00:23:40,679.6377312 --> 00:23:41,499.6372312
My husband's fine.

410
00:23:41,499.6372312 --> 00:23:42,359.6377312
My mom's fine.

411
00:23:42,554.6377312 --> 00:23:42,974.6377312
They're not.

412
00:23:43,404.6377312 --> 00:23:44,684.6377312
So here's what you need to do.

413
00:23:45,294.6377312 --> 00:23:48,604.6377312
You need to stop what you're doing and ask people point blank if they're feeling suicidal.

414
00:23:48,644.6377312 --> 00:23:50,74.6377312
Honest questions, honest answers.

415
00:23:50,74.6377312 --> 00:23:51,334.6367312
You're not going to plant an idea.

416
00:23:51,394.6377312 --> 00:23:52,404.6377312
Studies prove that.

417
00:23:52,934.6377312 --> 00:24:00,764.6377312
So I would challenge anyone and everyone within the sound of this voice, check on the people you love today and ask them that honest question.

418
00:24:01,34.6367312 --> 00:24:02,804.6377312
We teamed up with MTV this year.

419
00:24:03,144.6377312 --> 00:24:07,684.6377312
Um, on some activations and MTV, they have a campaign called ask ASK.

420
00:24:08,954.6377312 --> 00:24:18,764.6367312
So people are often afraid because what if they are, what do I say? What do I do? You acknowledge that's the a, you support that's the S and you keep in touch.

421
00:24:18,844.6377312 --> 00:24:19,374.6372312
That's okay.

422
00:24:19,374.6372312 --> 00:24:22,194.6377312
Just ask knowledge, support, keep in touch.

423
00:24:23,214.6367312 --> 00:24:26,584.6377312
And you know, and then nine, eight, eight, and just reaching out and things like that.

424
00:24:27,554.6377312 --> 00:24:40,489.6377312
And when you talk about people not knowing or being involved, one of the guys I reached out to who's now heavily involved in our show, September 10th, When I first reached out to him two years ago, I said, we're doing this really great thing.

425
00:24:40,499.6377312 --> 00:24:43,359.6377312
He's a musician and a producer director.

426
00:24:43,889.6377312 --> 00:24:44,919.6372312
Do you want to participate? Yeah.

427
00:24:44,919.6372312 --> 00:24:45,789.6377312
I care about that.

428
00:24:45,799.6377312 --> 00:24:47,179.6377312
Teen mental health is important.

429
00:24:47,379.6367312 --> 00:24:47,509.6367312
Yeah.

430
00:24:47,509.6377312 --> 00:24:48,269.6377312
That's a good cause.

431
00:24:48,969.6377312 --> 00:24:52,109.6377312
A year later, Brandy, my daughter tried to end her life.

432
00:24:52,409.6367312 --> 00:24:53,199.6372312
I want in.

433
00:24:53,199.6372312 --> 00:24:53,799.6377312
I want to help.

434
00:24:53,799.6377312 --> 00:24:54,889.6367312
I want to do whatever I can do.

435
00:24:54,899.6377312 --> 00:24:57,569.6377312
How do I do this? How do I navigate? You've been through it.

436
00:24:58,99.6377312 --> 00:24:58,609.6377312
Wow.

437
00:24:58,639.6377312 --> 00:24:59,449.6377312
To you Becks.

438
00:24:59,549.6377312 --> 00:25:01,439.6377312
If you haven't been through it yet.

439
00:25:01,739.6377312 --> 00:25:02,189.6377312
Yeah.

440
00:25:02,399.6377312 --> 00:25:03,39.6377312
Stand by.

441
00:25:03,609.6377312 --> 00:25:07,129.6377312
Fortunately, but we're trying to prevent that we're trying to prevent that.

442
00:25:07,129.6377312 --> 00:25:11,439.6377312
So have these conversations now, you'll never regret a conversation you have now.

443
00:25:12,319.6377312 --> 00:25:15,689.6367312
And I love that you said step one, honest conversation.

444
00:25:15,709.6367312 --> 00:25:20,9.6367312
Are you feeling suicidal? Sometimes that is a very hard question to ask.

445
00:25:20,454.6377312 --> 00:25:30,494.6377312
Right? I mean, even with my nursing background in the ER, often we got those crisis situations as they're coming in the door, right? And, or after the attempt has already been made.

446
00:25:30,544.6367312 --> 00:25:33,794.6377312
So I love what you say about prevention and everything that you're doing.

447
00:25:34,314.6377312 --> 00:25:35,724.6367312
Um, Blane, you have a question.

448
00:25:35,724.6377312 --> 00:25:35,914.6377312
Yeah.

449
00:25:35,914.6377312 --> 00:25:42,734.6377312
No, I just, before we get out, I got to throw some respect towards Becks, because I have seen you ask that question.

450
00:25:43,104.6377312 --> 00:25:48,804.6377312
Yeah, I have seen you do that to someone and it's not easy.

451
00:25:48,854.6377312 --> 00:25:49,404.6377312
Good job.

452
00:25:49,854.6377312 --> 00:25:51,364.6377312
I've seen that in person.

453
00:25:51,434.6377312 --> 00:25:54,544.6377312
I've seen you do that and that takes so much courage.

454
00:25:56,244.6377312 --> 00:25:57,234.6377312
There was other people around.

455
00:25:57,384.6377312 --> 00:25:58,744.5377312
I'm sure other people were thinking it.

456
00:25:59,24.6377312 --> 00:26:00,524.6377312
Want to ask it, but she did it.

457
00:26:00,914.6377312 --> 00:26:03,74.6377312
So gotta give her respect for that.

458
00:26:03,314.6377312 --> 00:26:12,414.6367312
Um, Brandy, Whatever, whenever you want us, you want to come on, whatever you got, come on, let us know.

459
00:26:12,474.6377312 --> 00:26:14,224.6377312
Shoot us a text, shoot us an email.

460
00:26:14,904.6377312 --> 00:26:16,834.6377312
We'd love to get the word out even more.

461
00:26:17,344.6377312 --> 00:26:23,879.6377312
Um, Well, I want to switch gears a little bit, just if that's okay.

462
00:26:23,909.6377312 --> 00:26:30,269.6377312
And I, I want to congratulate Brandy, because I know that you just received a 40 under 40 awards.

463
00:26:30,329.6377312 --> 00:26:32,59.6377312
So congratulations on that.

464
00:26:32,539.6377312 --> 00:26:37,249.6377312
And I want you to touch a little bit on, because we talked about you do wear multiple hats and multiple businesses.

465
00:26:37,259.6377312 --> 00:26:41,879.6377312
So, um, please share a little bit of that with us and let us celebrate with you.

466
00:26:41,929.6377312 --> 00:26:42,109.6377312
Congrats.

467
00:26:44,569.6377312 --> 00:26:45,429.6377312
Well, thank you.

468
00:26:45,459.6377312 --> 00:26:46,629.6367312
I actually got the 40.

469
00:26:46,749.6377312 --> 00:26:52,409.6377312
Over 40 award, which is, there's a funny story there because I won 40 under 42 years ago.

470
00:26:52,429.6377312 --> 00:26:54,979.6377312
And they're like, congratulations, you're 40 under 40.

471
00:26:55,139.6377312 --> 00:26:57,129.6377312
And I was like, I am so excited, but I'm 44.

472
00:26:57,719.6377312 --> 00:27:00,59.6377312
Do I still win? And they're like, just kidding.

473
00:27:01,99.6377312 --> 00:27:01,529.6377312
Move.

474
00:27:02,569.6377312 --> 00:27:06,729.6377312
So this year I got the 40 over 40 and I'll be pushing 47.

475
00:27:06,729.7377312 --> 00:27:10,919.6377312
So I was, I was thankful for that, but yeah, I run Vega Media Studios.

476
00:27:10,949.6377312 --> 00:27:13,474.5377312
I've been doing production, as I mentioned early on for almost 30 years.

477
00:27:13,724.6377312 --> 00:27:14,654.6377312
30 years.

478
00:27:14,684.6377312 --> 00:27:15,844.6377312
I can't believe I'm that old.

479
00:27:15,854.6377312 --> 00:27:19,284.6377312
I started at 17 military professionally.

480
00:27:20,44.6377312 --> 00:27:21,4.6377312
Um, but I love it.

481
00:27:21,44.6377312 --> 00:27:22,444.6377312
So I have a video production company.

482
00:27:22,444.6377312 --> 00:27:25,404.6377312
We do training, education, product commercials.

483
00:27:25,464.6377312 --> 00:27:28,4.6377312
You can see some of our commercials at Megaplex.

484
00:27:28,4.6377312 --> 00:27:29,414.6377312
You can see them on the billboards.

485
00:27:29,464.6377312 --> 00:27:31,344.6377312
I mean, we, we do everything.

486
00:27:31,444.6377312 --> 00:27:32,34.6377312
It's fun.

487
00:27:32,249.6377312 --> 00:27:37,899.6377312
Which is part of the reason I'm able to do the show is because I understand production and how it all works.

488
00:27:37,899.6377312 --> 00:27:41,849.6377312
And I'm connected pretty well in to various industries and people.

489
00:27:42,249.6377312 --> 00:27:46,229.6377312
And then I have a new company that I'm super excited about, and I hope people will check out.

490
00:27:46,229.6377312 --> 00:27:49,119.6367312
It's called Dancan, D A N C A N dot AI.

491
00:27:49,909.6377312 --> 00:27:53,739.6377312
And that stands for Digital Authentication Network, Certified and Non Negotiable.

492
00:27:53,979.6377312 --> 00:27:59,9.6367312
Essentially, I'm sure you guys have seen it, but you, you can't believe anything you see, hear or read anymore.

493
00:27:59,89.6377312 --> 00:27:59,799.6377312
You just can't.

494
00:27:59,819.6367312 --> 00:28:03,869.6367312
Not with the advancements of AI, deepfake, synthetic, manipulative media.

495
00:28:04,309.6377312 --> 00:28:08,834.6377312
So what my company does, is we authenticate content.

496
00:28:08,964.6377312 --> 00:28:13,534.6377312
So, you know, a hundred percent truth, trust, and transparency with the stuff you're seeing.

497
00:28:13,794.6377312 --> 00:28:22,824.6377312
So if anybody edits your footage at all, a pixel, a frame, manipulated media, anything like that, you're going to know that it's, that it's been edited.

498
00:28:23,254.6367312 --> 00:28:27,994.6377312
And so this is our way of authenticating content, letting people know where the truth lies.

499
00:28:29,409.6377312 --> 00:28:31,719.6377312
Because it's dangerous and destructive.

500
00:28:31,749.6377312 --> 00:28:40,919.6377312
I mean, people release deep fakes with Zelensky and people died, you know, and elections have been lost because he releases a deep fake video or audio.

501
00:28:40,939.6377312 --> 00:28:43,959.6377312
And literally with one minute and 1.

502
00:28:44,459.6377312 --> 00:28:48,489.6377312
We could take anybody in the world and, and have them say anything we wanted them to say.

503
00:28:49,389.6377312 --> 00:28:51,99.6377312
We did it with the governor just as a joke.

504
00:28:51,249.6377312 --> 00:28:51,599.6377312
Right.

505
00:28:52,59.6377312 --> 00:28:54,279.6377312
And, and so we have to fight that.

506
00:28:54,309.6377312 --> 00:29:03,674.5377312
And that's part of my mission in, in media and production is we want to know what, where the truth lies and it's going to come to a point where.

507
00:29:04,404.6377312 --> 00:29:08,884.6377312
You're going to have to say you can't believe anything you see unless you see it on my side as authenticated.

508
00:29:08,944.6377312 --> 00:29:09,904.6377312
And it's a drag and drop.

509
00:29:09,934.6377312 --> 00:29:15,894.6372312
We have, is it real? Is it fake? Um, those aren't, uh, totally operational because it's going to take a minute to get it out to the community.

510
00:29:15,894.6372312 --> 00:29:19,44.6367312
We're working more B2B right now, but it'll be B2C as we grow.

511
00:29:19,614.6377312 --> 00:29:20,14.6377312
Yeah.

512
00:29:20,364.6377312 --> 00:29:29,404.6377312
That's, that's how we're going to have to know to look at it and say this, Oh, that video actually came from Brandy or somebody, you know, overseas manipulated it and uploaded it as her.

513
00:29:29,794.6377312 --> 00:29:37,444.6367312
And with organizations that care about reputation and, you know, there's a company in China, they lost 25 million over a deep fake video.

514
00:29:37,694.6367312 --> 00:29:38,944.6377312
Oh, 25 million bucks.

515
00:29:39,34.6367312 --> 00:29:42,704.6377312
We fake the entire conference and conference call and all this stuff.

516
00:29:42,704.6377312 --> 00:29:44,704.6377312
And then why are the money out? That's wild.

517
00:29:44,754.6377312 --> 00:29:45,334.6377312
I saw that.

518
00:29:45,524.6377312 --> 00:29:46,124.6377312
Oh my gosh.

519
00:29:46,234.6377312 --> 00:29:47,624.6377312
It's only going to get crazier.

520
00:29:47,634.6377312 --> 00:29:48,34.6377312
That's all it is.

521
00:29:48,44.6367312 --> 00:29:49,144.6377312
It's going to get crazier.

522
00:29:49,164.6377312 --> 00:29:50,84.6377312
I'm on top of this.

523
00:29:50,809.6377312 --> 00:29:51,889.6377312
I love what you're saying, Brandy.

524
00:29:52,99.6377312 --> 00:29:56,277.1877312
Brandy, man, you need to link up after this because We need to link up.

525
00:29:56,277.1877312 --> 00:29:59,499.6377312
We got Well, we also fight piracy with that.

526
00:29:59,619.6377312 --> 00:30:01,879.6377312
Just so you know, like, we can fight piracy.

527
00:30:02,39.6377312 --> 00:30:05,629.6377312
We can record content and then if anybody's something that's stealing it, we can fight that.

528
00:30:05,659.6377312 --> 00:30:07,439.6367312
So, yes, please.

529
00:30:08,489.6367312 --> 00:30:13,324.6377312
Yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm all about Getting rid of misinformation out there.

530
00:30:13,334.6377312 --> 00:30:14,684.6377312
I got a journalist background.

531
00:30:14,684.6377312 --> 00:30:17,844.6377312
I graduated from University of Memphis in journalism and broadcasting.

532
00:30:18,74.6377312 --> 00:30:19,614.6377312
Been doing this for 20 plus years.

533
00:30:19,624.6377312 --> 00:30:19,954.6377312
Awesome.

534
00:30:20,304.6377312 --> 00:30:22,334.6377312
Produced, went to Hollywood, did the whole thing.

535
00:30:22,354.6377312 --> 00:30:28,514.6377312
And it's, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm looking at this and I'm like, whoa.

536
00:30:28,774.6367312 --> 00:30:29,694.6377312
So needed.

537
00:30:29,754.6367312 --> 00:30:30,344.6367312
Yeah.

538
00:30:30,664.6377312 --> 00:30:32,354.6367312
So absolutely needed.

539
00:30:32,804.6367312 --> 00:30:34,124.6377312
But I'm not against AI.

540
00:30:35,904.6377312 --> 00:30:36,514.6377312
I'm not against AI.

541
00:30:36,544.6377312 --> 00:30:37,324.6377312
No, I love AI.

542
00:30:38,294.6377312 --> 00:30:40,84.6377312
It's a, it's a great tool to use.

543
00:30:40,834.6377312 --> 00:30:41,374.6377312
Not for this.

544
00:30:42,34.6377312 --> 00:30:47,4.6377312
Not for, not for the deep fakes and getting people killed and getting people bankrupt.

545
00:30:47,44.6377312 --> 00:30:48,384.5377312
Like that's not what it's here for.

546
00:30:48,564.6377312 --> 00:30:56,544.6377312
Um, I think it's here to help humans basically do stuff that is monotonous or whatever.

547
00:30:56,714.6377312 --> 00:30:57,374.6377312
Whatever you want to do.

548
00:30:57,574.6367312 --> 00:31:00,944.6367312
Or, to me, I think put something in it and get a creative idea sparked.

549
00:31:01,594.6367312 --> 00:31:02,714.6367312
There's a lot of stuff you can do with it.

550
00:31:03,764.6377312 --> 00:31:04,274.6377312
Not that.

551
00:31:04,424.6377312 --> 00:31:06,454.6377312
I use AI all the time in my company.

552
00:31:06,674.6377312 --> 00:31:07,404.6377312
It's amazing.

553
00:31:07,689.6377312 --> 00:31:10,9.6377312
But the problem is you just have to have some regulations.

554
00:31:10,39.6377312 --> 00:31:10,899.6377312
There's no oversight.

555
00:31:10,929.6377312 --> 00:31:12,49.6377312
It's like the wild, wild West.

556
00:31:12,59.6377312 --> 00:31:13,839.6377312
Anyone can do anything, anywhere right now.

557
00:31:14,369.6377312 --> 00:31:17,769.6377312
And we, we don't know truth, especially for some of our older population.

558
00:31:17,909.6377312 --> 00:31:22,89.6367312
They just, you used to live in a world where you could, if you saw it, you'd believe it, you're going to see it.

559
00:31:22,89.6377312 --> 00:31:23,59.6367312
with my own parents.

560
00:31:23,199.6377312 --> 00:31:23,499.6377312
Yep.

561
00:31:24,744.6377312 --> 00:31:39,174.6377312
It's crazy the stuff that they think because they find it on the internet, you know, and, and some of the things not to jump into politics or anything like that, but they believe this, this or the other because they've seen it online or they've seen video.

562
00:31:40,394.6377312 --> 00:31:41,394.6377312
Oh my gosh.

563
00:31:41,584.6367312 --> 00:31:42,504.6377312
It is wild.

564
00:31:43,624.6377312 --> 00:31:47,834.6377312
I got to go earlier this year to Iowa for the warrior rising.

565
00:31:48,414.6377312 --> 00:31:52,834.6367312
So I got top 10 in the country for new startup, new tech, new tech company.

566
00:31:53,514.6377312 --> 00:31:54,824.6377312
So we're on a mission there.

567
00:31:55,144.6377312 --> 00:31:57,414.6377312
Because it's just, we have to, and we're on the cutting edge of it.

568
00:31:57,424.6377312 --> 00:31:58,814.6377312
So we need to get it out there now.

569
00:31:58,984.6377312 --> 00:31:59,184.6377312
Yeah.

570
00:31:59,184.6377312 --> 00:32:01,264.6377312
This, this, this is an amazing, this is amazing.

571
00:32:01,264.6377312 --> 00:32:04,584.6377312
This is going to, this will be, make your, make your, your billion dollars right here, Brandy.

572
00:32:04,594.6377312 --> 00:32:06,4.6377312
This will be your billion dollar.

573
00:32:06,104.6377312 --> 00:32:08,64.6377312
This is her uniform.

574
00:32:09,364.6377312 --> 00:32:09,644.6377312
Yes.

575
00:32:10,624.6377312 --> 00:32:11,394.6377312
Really, really.

576
00:32:11,394.6377312 --> 00:32:18,164.6377312
I'm not, this is the forefront of, this is, this is the, the wall.

577
00:32:18,174.6377312 --> 00:32:39,879.6377312
This is the security, the checks and balances for the AI to keep it from Becoming, what, sentient? And becoming, uh, what was, uh, Skynet? Becoming Skynet from the Terminator? Like this, yeah, but, but in all realness, this is, this is cutting edge, like you said, full front for sure.

578
00:32:40,709.6367312 --> 00:32:41,549.6377312
I'm gonna, I can't wait.

579
00:32:42,229.6377312 --> 00:32:45,306.6007312
I'm gonna be, I'll be on the watch for this over the next year.

580
00:32:45,854.7002312 --> 00:32:47,24.7002312
Uh, because it, it will be.

581
00:32:47,34.7002312 --> 00:32:50,174.7002312
We're gonna be like, yeah, totally.

582
00:32:50,174.8002312 --> 00:32:50,606.7402312
I see that.

583
00:32:50,606.7402312 --> 00:32:51,38.6802312
Let's do it.

584
00:32:51,38.6802312 --> 00:32:52,24.7002312
I didn't see this happening.

585
00:32:54,224.7002312 --> 00:32:55,154.6997312
You said Terminator.

586
00:32:55,154.6997312 --> 00:33:03,764.7002312
Guess who's going to be at our global live stream? Is Arnold going to be there? Is Arnold going to be there? I don't know yet.

587
00:33:05,174.7002312 --> 00:33:17,414.7002312
We've got a lot of people who may or may not be there, but we have some really great people on our list right now, and uh, the producer director From some of these movies you just mentioned might be there too.

588
00:33:17,419.7002312 --> 00:33:17,829.7002312
Awesome.

589
00:33:17,834.7002312 --> 00:33:18,104.7002312
Awesome.

590
00:33:18,254.7002312 --> 00:33:19,394.7002312
So it's gonna be a good time.

591
00:33:19,394.7002312 --> 00:33:25,34.7002312
You guys need to come and, and deck out and join me on the red carpet and enjoy a, a great show or at least live stream.

592
00:33:25,34.7002312 --> 00:33:27,674.7002312
And, and we're getting tickets right after we end this pod.

593
00:33:27,674.7002312 --> 00:33:28,454.7002312
We're getting tickets.

594
00:33:28,769.7002312 --> 00:33:29,69.7002312
I'm good.

595
00:33:29,379.7002312 --> 00:33:29,869.7002312
Alright.

596
00:33:29,869.7002312 --> 00:33:30,189.7002312
Thank you.

597
00:33:31,29.7002312 --> 00:33:31,429.7002312
I love it.

598
00:33:31,909.7002312 --> 00:33:38,274.7002312
I almost see, I'm glad I threw it back to Becks because I almost cut outta here before I even get to that.

599
00:33:38,274.7002312 --> 00:33:40,494.7002312
And that's right here.

600
00:33:40,494.7002312 --> 00:33:42,804.7002312
I'm telling you what, this is the hard part about my life.

601
00:33:42,869.8002312 --> 00:33:47,719.7002312
I want to bring you back on and do a whole show on Dan Can.

602
00:33:48,499.7002312 --> 00:33:52,719.7002312
I think that's and Vega Media Studios.

603
00:33:54,149.7002312 --> 00:33:54,589.7002312
Yeah.

604
00:33:54,589.8002312 --> 00:33:55,89.7002312
Need to jump.

605
00:33:55,399.7002312 --> 00:34:09,489.7002312
And you know what? We didn't even get, we didn't even get a talk about when I was a surrogate mom six years ago and when I adopted my little boy from foster care, like I love talking about foster care, surrogacy, all the things like, let's just, Continue sometime.

606
00:34:09,689.7002312 --> 00:34:10,569.7002312
There's the teaser.

607
00:34:10,969.7002312 --> 00:34:12,499.7002312
Part two is on the way.

608
00:34:12,529.7002312 --> 00:34:14,759.6002312
Part two is coming.

609
00:34:14,939.7002312 --> 00:34:15,639.7002312
Thank you, Brandy.

610
00:34:15,659.8002312 --> 00:34:17,319.6992312
We really will.

611
00:34:17,599.6992312 --> 00:34:18,269.6992312
We'll be in touch.

612
00:34:18,269.6992312 --> 00:34:18,999.7002312
We'll see you around.

613
00:34:19,639.7002312 --> 00:34:20,499.7002312
Come to some events.

614
00:34:20,499.8002312 --> 00:34:24,959.6992312
We'll do whatever we can to get the word out about PromiseToLive.

615
00:34:25,219.7002312 --> 00:34:30,859.6992312
org and Dan Camp, because I'm just as interested in that, on another level.

616
00:34:30,979.6992312 --> 00:34:33,774.7002312
You know, like that's to me is That's touching.

617
00:34:33,814.7002312 --> 00:34:35,474.7002312
That's touching my heart on another level.

618
00:34:35,634.7002312 --> 00:34:39,924.7002312
So yes, I love all that you're doing.

619
00:34:40,44.7002312 --> 00:34:42,54.7002312
Um, come back and see us.

620
00:34:42,64.7002312 --> 00:34:42,634.7002312
Thank you.

621
00:34:42,984.6992312 --> 00:34:43,354.7002312
Thank you.

622
00:34:43,694.6992312 --> 00:34:44,434.7002312
Thanks again, Brandon.

623
00:34:44,454.7002312 --> 00:34:45,4.7002312
Anytime.