The One About Pocket Hugs And Promises w/ Brandy Vega (AUDIO)

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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talking to people that come in
and getting, you know, Messages of

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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

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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,

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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

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Vega is, but he said what's happening
was last week, me and Becks were

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at the creative chamber with CJ.

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Now I'm having a conversation
with CJ as I'm leaving and I

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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?

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Like, is that a wrestler or something?

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What is that?

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Yeah, she's got a catchy name.

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Right?

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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

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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,

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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?

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Like, where do we start with, with Brandy?

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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

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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

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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

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old and it was actually her second time.

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And it was just absolutely terrifying
because we weren't entirely

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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

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it kind of sent me down this dark
path because thankfully her friend

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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
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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

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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

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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

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affairs specialist, reported for
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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
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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

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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

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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

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through things that I never saw.

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And my friends at NBC reached out
and said, will you share your story?

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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
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chance, but there wouldn't be a third.

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And shortly after she woke up and I
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babe, are you glad you're alive or do
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And she said, mom, I
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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

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hope, help, healing, and resources?

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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
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We hit around 400, 000 this year.

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We're on track to hit between two
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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

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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

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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

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second, that if you ever find yourself
in that dark, dark place, that you'll

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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

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Hotline.

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And this is, this is a true testament
to you never know when you're

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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

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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?

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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

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caller trying to get on a radio show.

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So it's, what's your name?

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What city are you in?

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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

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and I'm doing boring radio work and
I sit up and I'm like, Oh my gosh,

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this, this is, this is, This is real.

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This guy, girl, don't want to give
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Is going through something,
and this, they don't think

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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?

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Who was on that other side?

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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

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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

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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,

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it takes 25, 30 seconds.

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I mean, all you're doing is putting
your, in your email and your

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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

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because then we can bring you hope and
resources and events and just different

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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

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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

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on the devices and platforms they
use through They already know trust

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and follow so that's really critical
to us And we're doing a lot of it

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through our pocket hug project too.

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Yes, I wanted to ask you about that.

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Yep

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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?

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Let me jump in right there because
you, if you, if you're watching the

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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

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now you see this share with
others option over there.

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Share it on

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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, because when
you share things, you become a safe space

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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

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makes a promise ahead of time, not
directly related to mental health

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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

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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

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mentioned some mental health during
that because, you know, manipulated

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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

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know who I can reach out to.

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Can I, can I talk to you?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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me on

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that.

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Absolutely.

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You keep it in your pocket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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Like, you know what I mean?

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Like it's, it's a lot for you to
take in and who checks on you?

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Who is the watcher?

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You know?

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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.

390
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Right.

391
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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

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struggling now and need the help.

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That kind of gets me through when
I have people message me and say,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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messaging and you do an event, right?

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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

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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.

429
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Have you been there?

430
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Blane is from Hollywood.

431
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I used to play at Avalon.

432
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Oh yeah.

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Then you should come.

434
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You see this invite?

435
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Grab a ticket.

436
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Let's go.

437
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Let's get you over there.

438
00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:47,404
It's going to be fantastic.

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00:18:47,424 --> 00:18:50,224
I mean, we're putting together an

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incredible

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lineup.

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Come broadcast.

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I come broadcast that.

444
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Perfect.

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Well, we're going to be doing, um,
we're going to be celebrating heroes

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in the mental health community.

447
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So if people have somebody that they
want to nominate, like a leader, an

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advocate, an individual, a business,
Let me know, reach out to me because

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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

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differently is we're live streaming to
multiple, multiple platforms, people with

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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

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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

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some healing through music and media.

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Let people know they're not alone,
encourage them, and then let

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them know about the resources.

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00:19:54,039 --> 00:19:57,229
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

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Music Awards, the HEMAs.

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I'm on their board now.

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00:20:05,599 --> 00:20:06,209
Look at me.

469
00:20:07,379 --> 00:20:07,819
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?

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Every single one of our performers
or speakers, they're donating or

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volunteering their time because
this means something to them.

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We couldn't afford to put this show on.

483
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I mean, we pay for production
and everything, but we couldn't

484
00:20:34,294 --> 00:20:35,344
pay the amount of talent.

485
00:20:35,614 --> 00:20:38,534
I mean, last year, if we had
paid our talent, For everything,

486
00:20:38,534 --> 00:20:41,054
we'd be in the millions of
dollars, and this year even more.

487
00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:42,754
Easily, I'm sure.

488
00:20:42,814 --> 00:20:43,294
Yeah.

489
00:20:45,184 --> 00:20:47,134
Alright Blane, mark your calendar.

490
00:20:47,354 --> 00:20:50,324
I want to put this up too, because
it's a way to donate for you.

491
00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:51,464
Oh yeah.

492
00:20:52,134 --> 00:20:54,594
Well, Thank you.

493
00:20:54,594 --> 00:20:55,024
Yeah,

494
00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:58,584
it's hard to ask for money, but
I don't think this, this is, this

495
00:20:58,594 --> 00:21:01,454
is like money to, uh, to humanity.

496
00:21:01,914 --> 00:21:02,994
It's, it's, you know what I mean?

497
00:21:02,994 --> 00:21:04,384
Like that to me, that's
what it feels like.

498
00:21:04,384 --> 00:21:08,524
So not soliciting people for
money, but if you want to give

499
00:21:08,524 --> 00:21:10,774
some money, like do it right here.

500
00:21:10,784 --> 00:21:11,734
It is.

501
00:21:11,974 --> 00:21:12,214
Well,

502
00:21:12,214 --> 00:21:16,234
I think, I think it's one of those
situations where it's like, if you

503
00:21:16,284 --> 00:21:20,364
haven't been impacted by suicide
in your life or a loved one, it's,

504
00:21:20,464 --> 00:21:22,454
you're one of the very lucky few.

505
00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:23,049
Right?

506
00:21:23,089 --> 00:21:27,389
I mean, it is so prevalent to your
point earlier, Brandy, with every 40

507
00:21:27,399 --> 00:21:29,379
seconds, another person takes their life.

508
00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:30,399
That's massive.

509
00:21:30,829 --> 00:21:31,559
That's massive.

510
00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:34,509
So if you feel compelled,
here's the ways to donate.

511
00:21:34,749 --> 00:21:38,659
Blane, thank you so very much for
throwing that up because it, I

512
00:21:38,669 --> 00:21:40,479
personally have been impacted by this.

513
00:21:40,489 --> 00:21:43,749
So it's means a lot, you know,
it's a, it's a hard topic.

514
00:21:43,909 --> 00:21:44,789
It means a lot.

515
00:21:44,879 --> 00:21:47,029
And thank you for getting
the awareness out, Brandy.

516
00:21:48,294 --> 00:21:48,664
Yeah,

517
00:21:50,704 --> 00:21:51,324
for sharing that.

518
00:21:51,324 --> 00:21:56,024
And I hope what people know too is the
money donated, we're, we're getting these

519
00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:59,984
pocket hugs and we're getting them into
schools and colleges and universities and

520
00:21:59,984 --> 00:22:01,574
we're giving them out wherever we are.

521
00:22:01,624 --> 00:22:03,344
So, you know, that's
where some of it goes.

522
00:22:03,744 --> 00:22:05,854
Some of it goes for
education and training.

523
00:22:05,934 --> 00:22:07,414
Some of it goes for counseling.

524
00:22:07,424 --> 00:22:08,664
Some of it, yeah, there you go.

525
00:22:09,134 --> 00:22:09,924
Production.

526
00:22:09,964 --> 00:22:12,584
Um, so we sure, we sure appreciate that.

527
00:22:12,584 --> 00:22:13,914
We're working to create.

528
00:22:14,984 --> 00:22:17,184
content so people can find peer to peer.

529
00:22:17,704 --> 00:22:20,744
You know, my, my daughter tried to end
her life five days before her appointment.

530
00:22:20,774 --> 00:22:26,514
We waited three months for, and so
there's just a lack of providers and,

531
00:22:26,524 --> 00:22:29,364
you know, no faults of their own,
but the system's a little bit broke.

532
00:22:29,684 --> 00:22:34,274
So we believe in peer to peer
AI, self guided online, all these

533
00:22:34,274 --> 00:22:38,314
different things that we can kind
of implement beforehand and AFSP

534
00:22:38,504 --> 00:22:39,874
these guys, they have great programs.

535
00:22:39,964 --> 00:22:40,529
We want to.

536
00:22:40,919 --> 00:22:43,129
Put a fence at the top of the
mountain instead of bringing an

537
00:22:43,129 --> 00:22:44,449
ambulance to the bottom of it.

538
00:22:44,549 --> 00:22:48,279
Yeah, so that's kind of our goal
We've teamed up with Resilient

539
00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:51,949
you they go to schools and they
work with the K through 6 and it's

540
00:22:51,949 --> 00:22:54,279
amazing teaching them resilience and

541
00:22:54,489 --> 00:22:57,839
watch on that Yeah, your work that you're
doing in the school We hadn't talked a

542
00:22:57,839 --> 00:23:01,539
whole lot about that, which is absolutely
great that you're getting in early, right?

543
00:23:01,539 --> 00:23:06,079
You're getting in early K through
6, which is wonderful because

544
00:23:06,529 --> 00:23:08,129
we're finding younger and younger

545
00:23:08,769 --> 00:23:09,339
individuals,

546
00:23:09,469 --> 00:23:11,989
right, are, you know,
more attempting suicide.

547
00:23:13,549 --> 00:23:14,259
So sad.

548
00:23:14,569 --> 00:23:19,469
We had a day last year where I was, I
work with the fraternal order of police to

549
00:23:19,479 --> 00:23:21,279
like, we're forming a partnership there.

550
00:23:21,579 --> 00:23:26,379
They're great to do wonderful work,
but on that same day, they had lost an

551
00:23:26,379 --> 00:23:30,329
eight year old to suicide and we lost
an 80 year old same day, uh, an older

552
00:23:30,329 --> 00:23:34,349
grandmother who was just done and a
little eight year old boy, and I have a

553
00:23:34,409 --> 00:23:35,999
seven year old and I think about that.

554
00:23:35,999 --> 00:23:37,489
Like, how do they even know?

555
00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:39,729
And people will often say not my kid.

556
00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:40,669
My kid's fine.

557
00:23:40,679 --> 00:23:41,499
My husband's fine.

558
00:23:41,499 --> 00:23:42,359
My mom's fine.

559
00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:42,974
They're not.

560
00:23:43,404 --> 00:23:44,684
So here's what you need to do.

561
00:23:45,294 --> 00:23:47,494
You need to stop what you're
doing and ask people point blank

562
00:23:47,504 --> 00:23:48,604
if they're feeling suicidal.

563
00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:50,074
Honest questions, honest answers.

564
00:23:50,074 --> 00:23:51,334
You're not going to plant an idea.

565
00:23:51,394 --> 00:23:52,404
Studies prove that.

566
00:23:52,934 --> 00:23:55,934
So I would challenge anyone and
everyone within the sound of this voice,

567
00:23:56,754 --> 00:24:00,764
check on the people you love today
and ask them that honest question.

568
00:24:01,034 --> 00:24:02,804
We teamed up with MTV this year.

569
00:24:03,144 --> 00:24:07,684
Um, on some activations and MTV,
they have a campaign called ask ASK.

570
00:24:08,954 --> 00:24:11,394
So people are often afraid because
what if they are, what do I say?

571
00:24:11,394 --> 00:24:12,074
What do I do?

572
00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:18,764
You acknowledge that's the a, you support
that's the S and you keep in touch.

573
00:24:18,844 --> 00:24:19,374
That's okay.

574
00:24:19,374 --> 00:24:22,194
Just ask knowledge,
support, keep in touch.

575
00:24:23,214 --> 00:24:25,544
And you know, and then nine,
eight, eight, and just reaching

576
00:24:25,544 --> 00:24:26,584
out and things like that.

577
00:24:27,554 --> 00:24:33,274
And when you talk about people not knowing
or being involved, one of the guys I

578
00:24:33,274 --> 00:24:37,189
reached out to who's now heavily involved
in our show, September 10th, When I first

579
00:24:37,189 --> 00:24:40,489
reached out to him two years ago, I said,
we're doing this really great thing.

580
00:24:40,499 --> 00:24:43,359
He's a musician and a producer director.

581
00:24:43,889 --> 00:24:44,659
Do you want to participate?

582
00:24:44,659 --> 00:24:44,919
Yeah.

583
00:24:44,919 --> 00:24:45,789
I care about that.

584
00:24:45,799 --> 00:24:47,179
Teen mental health is important.

585
00:24:47,379 --> 00:24:47,509
Yeah.

586
00:24:47,509 --> 00:24:48,269
That's a good cause.

587
00:24:48,969 --> 00:24:52,109
A year later, Brandy, my
daughter tried to end her life.

588
00:24:52,409 --> 00:24:53,199
I want in.

589
00:24:53,199 --> 00:24:53,799
I want to help.

590
00:24:53,799 --> 00:24:54,889
I want to do whatever I can do.

591
00:24:54,899 --> 00:24:55,699
How do I do this?

592
00:24:55,709 --> 00:24:56,619
How do I navigate?

593
00:24:56,629 --> 00:24:57,569
You've been through it.

594
00:24:58,099 --> 00:24:58,609
Wow.

595
00:24:58,639 --> 00:24:58,769
To

596
00:24:58,769 --> 00:24:59,449
you Becks.

597
00:24:59,549 --> 00:25:01,439
If you haven't been through it yet.

598
00:25:01,739 --> 00:25:02,189
Yeah.

599
00:25:02,399 --> 00:25:03,039
Stand by.

600
00:25:03,609 --> 00:25:07,129
Fortunately, but we're trying to prevent
that we're trying to prevent that.

601
00:25:07,129 --> 00:25:11,439
So have these conversations now, you'll
never regret a conversation you have now.

602
00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:15,689
And I love that you said step
one, honest conversation.

603
00:25:15,709 --> 00:25:16,809
Are you feeling suicidal?

604
00:25:17,109 --> 00:25:20,009
Sometimes that is a very
hard question to ask.

605
00:25:20,454 --> 00:25:20,854
Right?

606
00:25:20,904 --> 00:25:24,524
I mean, even with my nursing
background in the ER, often we

607
00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:27,374
got those crisis situations as
they're coming in the door, right?

608
00:25:27,414 --> 00:25:30,494
And, or after the attempt
has already been made.

609
00:25:30,544 --> 00:25:33,794
So I love what you say about prevention
and everything that you're doing.

610
00:25:34,314 --> 00:25:35,724
Um, Blane, you have a question.

611
00:25:35,724 --> 00:25:35,914
Yeah.

612
00:25:35,914 --> 00:25:36,094
No,

613
00:25:36,424 --> 00:25:41,354
I just, before we get out, I got to
throw some respect towards Becks, because

614
00:25:41,354 --> 00:25:42,734
I have seen you ask that question.

615
00:25:43,104 --> 00:25:43,584
Yeah,

616
00:25:43,754 --> 00:25:48,804
I have seen you do that to
someone and it's not easy.

617
00:25:48,854 --> 00:25:49,404
Good job.

618
00:25:49,854 --> 00:25:51,364
I've seen that in person.

619
00:25:51,434 --> 00:25:54,544
I've seen you do that and
that takes so much courage.

620
00:25:56,244 --> 00:25:57,234
There was other people around.

621
00:25:57,384 --> 00:25:58,744
I'm sure other people were thinking it.

622
00:25:59,024 --> 00:26:00,524
Want to ask it, but she did it.

623
00:26:00,914 --> 00:26:03,074
So gotta give her respect for that.

624
00:26:03,314 --> 00:26:10,694
Um, Brandy, Whatever, whenever you
want us, you want to come on, whatever

625
00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:12,414
you got, come on, let us know.

626
00:26:12,474 --> 00:26:14,224
Shoot us a text, shoot us an email.

627
00:26:14,904 --> 00:26:16,834
We'd love to get the word out even more.

628
00:26:17,344 --> 00:26:20,049
Um, Well,

629
00:26:20,809 --> 00:26:23,879
I want to switch gears a little
bit, just if that's okay.

630
00:26:23,909 --> 00:26:27,499
And I, I want to congratulate
Brandy, because I know that you

631
00:26:27,499 --> 00:26:30,269
just received a 40 under 40 awards.

632
00:26:30,329 --> 00:26:32,059
So congratulations on that.

633
00:26:32,539 --> 00:26:35,499
And I want you to touch a little bit
on, because we talked about you do wear

634
00:26:35,499 --> 00:26:37,249
multiple hats and multiple businesses.

635
00:26:37,259 --> 00:26:41,879
So, um, please share a little bit of that
with us and let us celebrate with you.

636
00:26:41,929 --> 00:26:42,109
Congrats.

637
00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:45,429
Well, thank you.

638
00:26:45,459 --> 00:26:46,629
I actually got the 40.

639
00:26:46,749 --> 00:26:49,559
Over 40 award, which is, there's
a funny story there because

640
00:26:49,569 --> 00:26:52,409
I won 40 under 42 years ago.

641
00:26:52,429 --> 00:26:54,979
And they're like, congratulations,
you're 40 under 40.

642
00:26:55,139 --> 00:26:57,129
And I was like, I am
so excited, but I'm 44.

643
00:26:57,719 --> 00:26:58,489
Do I still win?

644
00:26:58,549 --> 00:27:00,059
And they're like, just kidding.

645
00:27:01,099 --> 00:27:01,529
Move.

646
00:27:02,569 --> 00:27:06,729
So this year I got the 40 over
40 and I'll be pushing 47.

647
00:27:06,729 --> 00:27:10,919
So I was, I was thankful for that,
but yeah, I run Vega Media Studios.

648
00:27:10,949 --> 00:27:13,474
I've been doing production, as I
mentioned early on for almost 30 years.

649
00:27:13,724 --> 00:27:14,654
30 years.

650
00:27:14,684 --> 00:27:15,844
I can't believe I'm that old.

651
00:27:15,854 --> 00:27:19,284
I started at 17 military professionally.

652
00:27:20,044 --> 00:27:21,004
Um, but I love it.

653
00:27:21,044 --> 00:27:22,444
So I have a video production company.

654
00:27:22,444 --> 00:27:25,404
We do training, education,
product commercials.

655
00:27:25,464 --> 00:27:28,004
You can see some of our
commercials at Megaplex.

656
00:27:28,004 --> 00:27:29,414
You can see them on the billboards.

657
00:27:29,464 --> 00:27:31,344
I mean, we, we do everything.

658
00:27:31,444 --> 00:27:32,034
It's fun.

659
00:27:32,249 --> 00:27:34,589
Which is part of the reason I'm
able to do the show is because

660
00:27:35,399 --> 00:27:35,609
I

661
00:27:35,609 --> 00:27:37,899
understand production
and how it all works.

662
00:27:37,899 --> 00:27:41,849
And I'm connected pretty well in
to various industries and people.

663
00:27:42,249 --> 00:27:45,119
And then I have a new company
that I'm super excited about,

664
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,229
and I hope people will check out.

665
00:27:46,229 --> 00:27:49,119
It's called Dancan, D A N C A N dot AI.

666
00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:53,739
And that stands for Digital Authentication
Network, Certified and Non Negotiable.

667
00:27:53,979 --> 00:27:57,419
Essentially, I'm sure you guys have
seen it, but you, you can't believe

668
00:27:57,419 --> 00:27:59,009
anything you see, hear or read anymore.

669
00:27:59,089 --> 00:27:59,799
You just can't.

670
00:27:59,819 --> 00:28:03,869
Not with the advancements of AI,
deepfake, synthetic, manipulative media.

671
00:28:04,309 --> 00:28:08,834
So what my company does,
is we authenticate content.

672
00:28:08,964 --> 00:28:12,314
So, you know, a hundred percent
truth, trust, and transparency

673
00:28:12,314 --> 00:28:13,534
with the stuff you're seeing.

674
00:28:13,794 --> 00:28:18,514
So if anybody edits your footage at all,
a pixel, a frame, manipulated media,

675
00:28:18,544 --> 00:28:22,824
anything like that, you're going to
know that it's, that it's been edited.

676
00:28:23,254 --> 00:28:26,224
And so this is our way of
authenticating content, letting

677
00:28:26,224 --> 00:28:27,994
people know where the truth lies.

678
00:28:29,409 --> 00:28:31,719
Because it's dangerous and destructive.

679
00:28:31,749 --> 00:28:36,679
I mean, people release deep fakes with
Zelensky and people died, you know,

680
00:28:36,679 --> 00:28:40,919
and elections have been lost because
he releases a deep fake video or audio.

681
00:28:40,939 --> 00:28:43,959
And literally with one minute and 1.

682
00:28:44,459 --> 00:28:47,239
We could take anybody in the
world and, and have them say

683
00:28:47,239 --> 00:28:48,489
anything we wanted them to say.

684
00:28:49,389 --> 00:28:51,099
We did it with the
governor just as a joke.

685
00:28:51,249 --> 00:28:51,599
Right.

686
00:28:52,059 --> 00:28:54,279
And, and so we have to fight that.

687
00:28:54,309 --> 00:28:58,799
And that's part of my mission in, in
media and production is we want to

688
00:28:59,479 --> 00:29:03,674
know what, where the truth lies and
it's going to come to a point where.

689
00:29:04,404 --> 00:29:07,244
You're going to have to say you can't
believe anything you see unless you

690
00:29:07,344 --> 00:29:08,884
see it on my side as authenticated.

691
00:29:08,944 --> 00:29:09,904
And it's a drag and drop.

692
00:29:09,934 --> 00:29:10,654
We have, is it real?

693
00:29:10,654 --> 00:29:11,154
Is it fake?

694
00:29:11,494 --> 00:29:14,644
Um, those aren't, uh, totally operational
because it's going to take a minute

695
00:29:14,654 --> 00:29:15,894
to get it out to the community.

696
00:29:15,894 --> 00:29:19,044
We're working more B2B right
now, but it'll be B2C as we grow.

697
00:29:19,614 --> 00:29:20,014
Yeah.

698
00:29:20,364 --> 00:29:23,004
That's, that's how we're going to have
to know to look at it and say this,

699
00:29:23,154 --> 00:29:27,104
Oh, that video actually came from
Brandy or somebody, you know, overseas

700
00:29:27,134 --> 00:29:29,404
manipulated it and uploaded it as her.

701
00:29:29,794 --> 00:29:33,634
And with organizations that care
about reputation and, you know,

702
00:29:33,634 --> 00:29:37,444
there's a company in China, they lost
25 million over a deep fake video.

703
00:29:37,694 --> 00:29:38,944
Oh, 25 million bucks.

704
00:29:39,034 --> 00:29:42,704
We fake the entire conference and
conference call and all this stuff.

705
00:29:42,704 --> 00:29:44,194
And then why are the money out?

706
00:29:44,204 --> 00:29:44,704
That's wild.

707
00:29:44,754 --> 00:29:45,334
I saw that.

708
00:29:45,524 --> 00:29:46,124
Oh my gosh.

709
00:29:46,234 --> 00:29:47,624
It's only going to get crazier.

710
00:29:47,634 --> 00:29:48,034
That's all it is.

711
00:29:48,044 --> 00:29:49,144
It's going to get crazier.

712
00:29:49,164 --> 00:29:50,084
I'm on top of this.

713
00:29:50,809 --> 00:29:51,889
I love what you're saying, Brandy.

714
00:29:52,099 --> 00:29:55,369
Brandy, man, you need to
link up after this because We

715
00:29:55,369 --> 00:29:56,277
need to link up.

716
00:29:56,277 --> 00:29:57,112
We got

717
00:29:57,112 --> 00:29:59,499
Well, we also fight piracy with that.

718
00:29:59,619 --> 00:30:01,879
Just so you know, like,
we can fight piracy.

719
00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:04,509
We can record content and then
if anybody's something that's

720
00:30:04,509 --> 00:30:05,629
stealing it, we can fight that.

721
00:30:05,659 --> 00:30:07,439
So, yes, please.

722
00:30:08,489 --> 00:30:13,324
Yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm all about Getting
rid of misinformation out there.

723
00:30:13,334 --> 00:30:14,684
I got a journalist background.

724
00:30:14,684 --> 00:30:17,844
I graduated from University of Memphis
in journalism and broadcasting.

725
00:30:18,074 --> 00:30:19,614
Been doing this for 20 plus years.

726
00:30:19,624 --> 00:30:19,954
Awesome.

727
00:30:20,304 --> 00:30:22,334
Produced, went to Hollywood,
did the whole thing.

728
00:30:22,354 --> 00:30:28,514
And it's, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
looking at this and I'm like, whoa.

729
00:30:28,774 --> 00:30:29,694
So needed.

730
00:30:29,754 --> 00:30:30,344
Yeah.

731
00:30:30,664 --> 00:30:32,354
So absolutely needed.

732
00:30:32,804 --> 00:30:34,124
But I'm not against AI.

733
00:30:35,904 --> 00:30:36,514
I'm not against AI.

734
00:30:36,544 --> 00:30:37,324
No, I love AI.

735
00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:40,084
It's a, it's a great tool to use.

736
00:30:40,834 --> 00:30:41,374
Not for this.

737
00:30:42,034 --> 00:30:45,134
Not for, not for the deep
fakes and getting people killed

738
00:30:45,674 --> 00:30:47,004
and getting people bankrupt.

739
00:30:47,044 --> 00:30:48,384
Like that's not what it's here for.

740
00:30:48,564 --> 00:30:55,164
Um, I think it's here to help
humans basically do stuff that

741
00:30:55,184 --> 00:30:56,544
is monotonous or whatever.

742
00:30:56,714 --> 00:30:57,374
Whatever you want to do.

743
00:30:57,574 --> 00:31:00,944
Or, to me, I think put something in
it and get a creative idea sparked.

744
00:31:01,594 --> 00:31:02,714
There's a lot of stuff you can do with it.

745
00:31:03,764 --> 00:31:04,274
Not that.

746
00:31:04,424 --> 00:31:06,454
I use AI all the time in my company.

747
00:31:06,674 --> 00:31:07,404
It's amazing.

748
00:31:07,689 --> 00:31:10,009
But the problem is you just
have to have some regulations.

749
00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:10,899
There's no oversight.

750
00:31:10,929 --> 00:31:12,049
It's like the wild, wild West.

751
00:31:12,059 --> 00:31:13,839
Anyone can do anything,
anywhere right now.

752
00:31:14,369 --> 00:31:17,769
And we, we don't know truth, especially
for some of our older population.

753
00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:19,919
They just, you used to live
in a world where you could,

754
00:31:19,979 --> 00:31:20,859
if you saw it, you'd believe

755
00:31:21,159 --> 00:31:21,289
it,

756
00:31:21,649 --> 00:31:22,089
you're going to see it.

757
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:22,229
with my own

758
00:31:22,609 --> 00:31:23,059
parents.

759
00:31:23,199 --> 00:31:23,499
Yep.

760
00:31:24,744 --> 00:31:29,244
It's crazy the stuff that they think
because they find it on the internet,

761
00:31:29,274 --> 00:31:32,924
you know, and, and some of the things
not to jump into politics or anything

762
00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:36,464
like that, but they believe this,
this or the other because they've

763
00:31:36,464 --> 00:31:39,174
seen it online or they've seen video.

764
00:31:40,394 --> 00:31:41,394
Oh my gosh.

765
00:31:41,584 --> 00:31:42,504
It is wild.

766
00:31:43,624 --> 00:31:47,834
I got to go earlier this year
to Iowa for the warrior rising.

767
00:31:48,414 --> 00:31:52,834
So I got top 10 in the country for new
startup, new tech, new tech company.

768
00:31:53,514 --> 00:31:54,824
So we're on a mission there.

769
00:31:55,144 --> 00:31:57,414
Because it's just, we have to, and
we're on the cutting edge of it.

770
00:31:57,424 --> 00:31:58,814
So we need to get it out there now.

771
00:31:58,984 --> 00:31:59,184
Yeah.

772
00:31:59,184 --> 00:32:01,264
This, this, this is an
amazing, this is amazing.

773
00:32:01,264 --> 00:32:03,694
This is going to, this will be,
make your, make your, your billion

774
00:32:03,694 --> 00:32:04,584
dollars right here, Brandy.

775
00:32:04,594 --> 00:32:06,004
This will be your billion dollar.

776
00:32:06,104 --> 00:32:08,064
This is her uniform.

777
00:32:09,364 --> 00:32:09,644
Yes.

778
00:32:10,624 --> 00:32:11,394
Really, really.

779
00:32:11,394 --> 00:32:11,694
I'm not,

780
00:32:13,804 --> 00:32:18,164
this is the forefront of, this
is, this is the, the wall.

781
00:32:18,174 --> 00:32:23,564
This is the security, the checks
and balances for the AI to keep

782
00:32:23,564 --> 00:32:26,199
it from Becoming, what, sentient?

783
00:32:26,219 --> 00:32:29,249
And becoming, uh, what was, uh, Skynet?

784
00:32:29,739 --> 00:32:31,259
Becoming Skynet from the Terminator?

785
00:32:32,269 --> 00:32:37,379
Like this, yeah, but, but in all
realness, this is, this is cutting edge,

786
00:32:37,379 --> 00:32:39,879
like you said, full front for sure.

787
00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:41,549
I'm gonna, I can't wait.

788
00:32:42,229 --> 00:32:45,306
I'm gonna be, I'll be on the
watch for this over the next year.

789
00:32:45,854 --> 00:32:47,024
Uh, because it, it will be.

790
00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:47,514
We're gonna be

791
00:32:47,514 --> 00:32:48,084
like, yeah,

792
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:50,174
totally.

793
00:32:50,174 --> 00:32:50,606
I see that.

794
00:32:50,606 --> 00:32:51,038
Let's do it.

795
00:32:51,038 --> 00:32:52,024
I didn't see this happening.

796
00:32:54,224 --> 00:32:55,154
You said Terminator.

797
00:32:55,154 --> 00:32:57,034
Guess who's going to be
at our global live stream?

798
00:32:57,094 --> 00:33:00,564
Is Arnold going to be there?

799
00:33:02,104 --> 00:33:03,204
Is Arnold going to be there?

800
00:33:03,204 --> 00:33:03,764
I don't know yet.

801
00:33:05,174 --> 00:33:08,974
We've got a lot of people who may
or may not be there, but we have

802
00:33:08,974 --> 00:33:14,204
some really great people on our
list right now, and uh, the producer

803
00:33:14,204 --> 00:33:17,414
director From some of these movies
you just mentioned might be there too.

804
00:33:17,419 --> 00:33:17,829
Awesome.

805
00:33:17,834 --> 00:33:18,104
Awesome.

806
00:33:18,254 --> 00:33:19,394
So it's gonna be a good time.

807
00:33:19,394 --> 00:33:22,964
You guys need to come and, and deck out
and join me on the red carpet and enjoy

808
00:33:22,964 --> 00:33:25,034
a, a great show or at least live stream.

809
00:33:25,034 --> 00:33:26,984
And, and we're getting
tickets right after we

810
00:33:26,984 --> 00:33:27,674
end this pod.

811
00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:28,454
We're getting tickets.

812
00:33:28,769 --> 00:33:29,069
.
I'm good.

813
00:33:29,379 --> 00:33:29,869
Alright.

814
00:33:29,869 --> 00:33:30,189
Thank you.

815
00:33:31,029 --> 00:33:31,429
I love it.

816
00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:32,029
I

817
00:33:32,169 --> 00:33:35,974
almost see, I'm glad I threw it back
to Becks because I almost cut outta

818
00:33:35,974 --> 00:33:38,274
here before I even get to that.

819
00:33:38,274 --> 00:33:40,494
And that's right here.

820
00:33:40,494 --> 00:33:41,664
I'm telling you what, this is the

821
00:33:41,664 --> 00:33:42,804
hard part about my life.

822
00:33:42,869 --> 00:33:45,475
I want to bring you back on

823
00:33:45,475 --> 00:33:47,719
and do a whole show on Dan Can.

824
00:33:48,499 --> 00:33:49,029
I think that's

825
00:33:49,719 --> 00:33:52,719
and Vega Media Studios.

826
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:54,589
Yeah.

827
00:33:54,589 --> 00:33:55,089
Need to jump.

828
00:33:55,399 --> 00:33:55,879
And you know what?

829
00:33:55,889 --> 00:34:00,149
We didn't even get, we didn't even get
a talk about when I was a surrogate

830
00:34:00,149 --> 00:34:03,829
mom six years ago and when I adopted
my little boy from foster care,

831
00:34:03,829 --> 00:34:06,879
like I love talking about foster
care, surrogacy, all the things

832
00:34:06,929 --> 00:34:09,489
like, let's just, Continue sometime.

833
00:34:09,689 --> 00:34:10,569
There's the teaser.

834
00:34:10,969 --> 00:34:12,499
Part two is on the way.

835
00:34:12,529 --> 00:34:14,759
Part two is coming.

836
00:34:14,939 --> 00:34:15,639
Thank you, Brandy.

837
00:34:15,659 --> 00:34:17,319
We really will.

838
00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:18,269
We'll be in touch.

839
00:34:18,269 --> 00:34:18,999
We'll see you around.

840
00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:20,499
Come to some events.

841
00:34:20,499 --> 00:34:24,959
We'll do whatever we can to get
the word out about PromiseToLive.

842
00:34:25,219 --> 00:34:30,859
org and Dan Camp, because I'm just as
interested in that, on another level.

843
00:34:30,979 --> 00:34:33,774
You know, like that's to
me is That's touching.

844
00:34:33,814 --> 00:34:35,474
That's touching my heart on another level.

845
00:34:35,634 --> 00:34:36,134
So

846
00:34:36,814 --> 00:34:39,294
yes, I love all

847
00:34:39,294 --> 00:34:39,924
that you're doing.

848
00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:42,054
Um, come back and see us.

849
00:34:42,064 --> 00:34:42,634
Thank you.

850
00:34:42,984 --> 00:34:43,354
Thank you.

851
00:34:43,694 --> 00:34:44,434
Thanks again, Brandon.

852
00:34:44,454 --> 00:34:45,004
Anytime.