The Unscripted Stay

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Live on the town, that's WFPCLP 105.3 FM Radio the Town.
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Welcome back, everybody, to Unscripted with Ryan, season number two.
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I'm your host, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and for the first episode of season number two, after a long awaited summer, the dog days are over.
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We're back in September, and our first guest is a student at Franklin Pierce University.
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He is a student athlete, former student athlete, but now has come back after a long awaited summer, Kaylin Zilinga.
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Calen, how are you doing, buddy?
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Good, how are you?
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We're back.
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I think I'm screaming into this thing.
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Well, um, listen, you we you had we had you on here one time, and I wanted to hear from you more because last time you were on here, you um, you know, you were with our buddy.
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Yeah, Maddie classic.
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And it was a sweatshow in here.
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We're a little better now.
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We have boys were puddles.
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The boys were puddles, and now we have a fan in here.
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Madszy's not in here, so it's not a 26-year-old breathing down your neck.
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And um also we touched on a little bit, but you're back on campus.
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Um, first of all, how's your summer, man?
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Dude, it was good, you know.
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Weather was nice, hung out with the family, uh, got on the golf course a lot.
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Was it just family you're hanging out with?
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Uh, you know, some friends too, just seeing all my people.
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But it was a good time.
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Uh golf game didn't get much better, but uh classic.
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You know, had a good summer.
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How was yours?
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I was mine was fantastic, dude.
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Busy.
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Had to do the Keen Swamp Bats.
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I was in Montpelier a couple times, your hometown.
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Mountaineers.
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And uh yeah, the Mountaineers against the Swamp Bats a few times.
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I had that was a good time.
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Uh got to do a lot of baseball broadcasting every single day.
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And I was still here in admissions for Franco Pierce University, dude.
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So still getting after it.
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All day, every day, dude.
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It was every day working, but it was worth it because it was busy, but it was a good time working at uh the broadcasting stuff, man, being on air.
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But now we're back here and we're back on campus.
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Students are back on campus as well.
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Well, how's it feel being back on campus, man?
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It's good, man.
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You know, class came a little soon, a little earlier than uh, you know, maybe would have liked to come back to school, but I've been having a good time.
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Getting adjusted.
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Hey, man.
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I mean, this is coming off of a year.
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Like I said, we talked about it a little bit last time you were on here.
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You were a student athlete at Franklin Pierce, you played basketball.
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That's one of the bigger reasons you came to Franklin Pierce, correct?
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Yes, sir.
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And you uh decided that it wasn't the right fit for vet basketball at Franklin Pierce last year.
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You were deciding maybe call it quits with basketball completely, just hit the transfer portal, something like that, find a new school.
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Then later on in the year you said, listen, man, this is the place, this is home, and you stayed.
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So what was it, what's it like coming back now?
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It's been good, you know, definitely like it makes a decision, feel like it was worth it.
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Been having a great time, seeing all my friends.
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So uh, you know, just enjoying the weather too.
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Normally we don't come back this early, so the weather's not as nice, but been having a good time, you could say for sure.
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Why'd you choose to come back again?
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Because listen, man, but it was it was basketball the main reason that you were like, all right, this doesn't look right fit for me.
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Walk me through that, man.
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Yeah, so yeah, you know, basketball just wasn't having the best time with it anymore and was like, let's go somewhere else, maybe just a little change of scenery, and then kind of was just done with all of it and wanted to just change, but met some people I like, uh they have a good time, they kind of meet my personality well, and I saw them a lot in the summer, so I'm definitely glad I came back.
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That's good, man.
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Yeah, that's right.
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So you had a long summer, even with yeah, you hung out with friends, hung out with family and everything like that, but you hung out with some college friends as well.
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We we had Nick Fish year.
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We did, yeah.
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Over to uh what was it, Illinois?
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No, South Bend, Indiana.
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Indiana, brother.
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You walked over there, you drove over there with Teddy and all of them.
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Um, you know, that drive, how was that?
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It's a long drive.
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Um Ted and I did most driving.
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Uh you get a little tired at some point.
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We actually we went through a tornado right at the end.
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That wasn't uh the best time.
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About an hour away, you know, you just want to get there.
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Tornado comes, can't.
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Uh none of us have ever been through that, so we're all kind of freaking out.
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But it was good, you know.
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We made it, had a great few days with our buddy Fish, you know.
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He showed us around the city, showed us spots to be, went golfing, you know, good trip, and then uh you know, booked it back home.
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Alright, but before that though, and going back to your decisions of staying at Franklin Pierce, man, because um did you at least look at any schools before deciding maybe this is the right place to be?
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I knew you were talking about South, right?
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Yeah, I looked at a school in Florida, um, and then I was looking at like I looked at UVM at home because a lot of my friends go there.
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Um, or like UNH, kind of just like bigger schools, URI was one of them.
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But uh just ended up like I was like uh let's do it.
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Nice, man.
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That's good.
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I mean any other factors besides, you know, just your buds?
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Uh I think for me too was like it would be cool to like go do a new place, but just like having to redo like scenery and everything.
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I know kind of like the teachers here, like I know my classes for the most part, I know the area, so like just having to kind of restart all that.
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I don't want to do it, but it's not too far from home.
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No, it's like two and a half hours, which isn't bad, you know.
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Yeah, yeah, but now you're back.
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We're back to be back.
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Came back, you survived the trip to South Bend, and some people barely made it out with any money after that.
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Mr.
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Teddy getting um, you know, whatever going happening to him in South Bend, leaving his car on lots, not the brightest idea in that area, huh?
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Yeah, I mean, just you know, it's a tough situation you feel for the guy, but at the same time, sometimes it's just like gotta be a little smarter than that.
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I mean, dude, it's South Bend.
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South Bend, come on, downtown.
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I mean, what was the most fun activity that you did when you're over there besides, you know, engaging um shenanigans?
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Uh we played uh we went to Notre Dame and we played pickup basketball on the outdoor courts for uh who had to buy dinner.
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Played three on three.
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You won that probably.
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We did end up winning that.
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I had uh who was my team?
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Ted and me, it was me, Ted and uh Whitey versus Ali, Fish, and Sam, and uh we got it done.
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Oh Ali's a current member of the basketball team, no?
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Um Well he was because of last semester.
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Yeah.
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Right, because he's taking the semester off for now.
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Yeah.
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Shout out to Ottly.
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Um, yeah, but all the guys went, and I was so I felt so left out, bro.
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But uh, you know what?
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I had to I was every day broadcasting, I had to do it.
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But uh the the car ride you had to survive it, man.
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Yeah, I mean it was fun.
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Uh definitely wouldn't do a car ride that long by myself, but with your buddies it was a good time.
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Probably fly next time though for sure.
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You get like five hours in.
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At least you didn't have to take your car though, you know.
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Oh, I mean, that just wasn't happening.
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Ted's car was was the option.
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Ted offered it.
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Shout out Ted.
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Shout out Ted, shout out uh leaving your car unlocked and um driving all the way back, man.
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And Ted, we're getting trying to get Ted on here too.
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We were Ted, he'll be a guest soon.
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He's uh, you know, he's gearing up for it.
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So now that you're back on campus, you're with your buddies, you're trying to find a job on campus, correct?
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I am.
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So um, you know, you're you're thinking about admissions work?
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Yeah, you know, interviewed today, hoping to do that.
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Nice.
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A lot of my uh my buddies do it, you know.
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Looks like a great job.
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They're all people.
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I love talking to people, you know, I like like being social, so.
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Yeah, man, yeah.
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And you uh you interviewed with Bree today.
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Oh yeah.
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Um, from the sounds of what you're saying, it sounds like it went well.
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I thought it went well, you know.
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She was great, she was very nice, but what was the most complicated question in that process?
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It was like, oh, I'm trying to.
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It was like what what was the time that something like bad ha like really bad happened and you had to react, like you didn't know what to do.
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You mind if I ask what it was?
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Uh as at a summer camp, I had a kid throw a rock at another kid, and like the kids had started like uh.
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Oh, like when you were when you were at camp counselor.
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Yeah.
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So that's right.
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You were a teacher this past semester.
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I was a teacher.
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I mean this past summer.
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You kids trusted you or teachers trusted you substituting their classes.
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Yes.
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One too.
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I mean, I've been sub for like three years now.
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Dude.
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Sub of the year.
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So what is it that you want to do?
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Uh nothing to do with like education.
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You're just doing it just to because it's a good idea.
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Yeah, well, it's like my mom's uh my mom's a teacher and it's pretty close to our house, so you know, I like I mean, I like doing it too.
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Like I don't want to do it for a career, but yeah, there's always something new with the kids, they're hilarious.
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I'm surprised that you know they're letting you do that stuff.
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Yeah, you know, a little more professional.
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You ever find yourself less of a goofball?
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In in a troubled situation where like a student asks you what this means and you're like, I have no idea.
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Yeah, I do.
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There's uh there's sometimes math class, like sixth grade math.
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There was one time like a kid asked me something and I was like, let me get back to you on that.
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I had to go, I had to go look that thing up.
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Uh, but you know, I try to like be a little little smarter, answer the questions.
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But no, it's actually great.
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I love it.
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It's a good time.
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And like I find the hard like the hardest thing I find is like the kids will like say something that's like stupid and I think it's hilarious, and I have to like remember like yo, I'm the teacher, like I can't be laughing with them.
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Like what?
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What do they say?
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Uh I don't know.
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Like, I work a lot in kindergarten because that's when my like my mom's.
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Kindergartners are making you laugh?
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Yeah, some of them are so funny.
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Like they're actually hilarious, dude.
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I like some of them there's some clowns in there, but it was a good time.
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You're still a clown, bro.
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You're still a clown.
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So you're in there laughing with them and everything like that, but you get that authority.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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A lot of education work on it for someone that wants to do business, but it's alright.
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Business what?
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What's your major here?
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Marketing.
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What's your major?
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What's your major company?
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Um, it's marketing, so like I think I want to do sports marketing.
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Nice.
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Yeah, man.
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Now you're getting Franklin Pierce and you're like Franklin Pierce.
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Franklin Pierce, man.
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You stayed here and I love it.
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And that that's that's like something that just stands the test to a lot of people saying that you know, Franklier's with our athletics, everyone stands with athletics and everything like that.
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But you coming out of athletics and still choosing, hey, like I I love it here.
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I mean because it's not just athletics here, right?
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You can speak on that yourself.
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Yeah.
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I think that's like the biggest thing for me this summer was like obviously it's gonna be weird, like, without basketball.
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Like I think once the season starts, that'll be the weirdest part.
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But like just having not sports and having so much more free time, it's like I'm still enjoying myself and like still having a good time, so it's like it kind of just put the nerves to rest.
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And you're ki you're not living by the lake yet, you're still on upper campus.
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Yeah, I live in Edgewood.
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Uh but you find yourself by the lake around.
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I do find myself down by the lake uh for good reasons.
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For most times, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, you spend a lot of time down there.
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With your buds going out.
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My buddies.
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Nice dude.
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Ate a lot of Ted's rice.
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Ted's definitely.
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He was complaining about it, Ted.
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It was me.
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You guys took my stuff.
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I'm going to bed.
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Ted, it's okay.
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We like you.
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You're so pretty.
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But then your mom worked in an uh education, but you know, you come again on campus here after you substituted for um with your mom.
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Or substituted with your mom's school, I guess.
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And then you come here and you apply for admissions, even if you're there.
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And I now I'm just hearing your dad works for admissions as well.
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He did.
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So you're trying to also go in your dad's little footsteps for a little for a second.
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Yeah, he used to he worked there when I was younger for a while.
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So uh I don't know, he seemed to like it, so I was like, let's give it a try.
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Nice, dude.
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Nice.
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Yeah, dude, but hey, you you know, actual admissions employee here.
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Let's talk about that full time.
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I mean, listen he just works here.
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I never thought I'd work in admissions.
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I ne I didn't know that building was existent as a student here.
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Oh yeah, I didn't either guys.
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Yeah, my complete honesty, never.
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In my four years here, and then President Eden reached out after I was done with my Swamp Bats internship last year.
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Around this time.
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And I was like, Huh.
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I would love to run it back again.
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Yeah, run it back, come on.
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And um, you know, talking to my family, of course, 'cause family's the most important thing.
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Like, listen, sh is it sh you guys think it would be best if I go back up to you know school but be a f a full-time employee this time.
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And they said, you know what, do what your heart felt right.
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In my mind, I love this place, man.
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There's no chance I'm not coming back.
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You kidding me, buddy?
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Oh yeah.
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But I didn't meet you until after basketball season, which is uh I met you like the last month.
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You were like a new guy.
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You were new.
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I knew I was new there.
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Cause Nick and I were talking about how um, you know, one one of the in one of these episodes last you know, last season, I guess I can say, um, Nick and I are talking about, you know, one of those new guys is that kid Zing.
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New guy, that's awesome.
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Kalen was uh was pretty cool.
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And then yeah, you decided that time when we first met you, we were like, Yeah, I'm out of here.
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But two weeks later after I met you, no, I'm staying.
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This is the basketball.
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Now I'm back.
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Let's rock.
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What are you gonna miss about basketball the most though?
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Um I think this year, honestly, I think I'm gonna miss uh like playing in front of my friends.
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Like that was really at least in high school, like one of the cooler parts, like playing in front of my friends and family.
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Um, so you know, not having that, like, it's always great.
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You know, you hit a big shot, you look, your boys are there.
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But uh, I think that and just like I'm a very competitive person, so like not being able to like kind of compete and like to that level, but it's tough.
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It'll be alright, you know.
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Like I feel like definitely made the right decision, but I think it's just gonna be a little weird at first.
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Yeah.
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Like getting hurt my senior year was like, alright.
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I can really fight to get back into like my my fifth year and come take a fifth year and actually be a student last year.
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Yeah.
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But only for the fall, of course, when we met in the spring.
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But like that decision was tough, like walking away from what you love and that's right.
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And just know trying to figure out what's best for you in the situation.
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But feeling like yeah, maybe the athletic route wasn't the best opportunity for you.
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And living the actual college life, maybe outside of being a student athlete.
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Look at you, buddy.
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You chose the the would you say you're you're being more of a scholar or a degenerate?
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Uh sh I like to think, you know, I got all A's for like two and a half weeks in the school, so I like to think I'm a are you talking about this semester?
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Yeah, this semester.
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You started it last week.
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Yeah.
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It's syllabus, it was syllabus.
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All A's though, not not even before that, right?
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Last semester, like last year, I had I don't know, I've I have like a 3.7.
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Excuse me, so I'm like a combo, combo guard.
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This semester?
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Overall, I'm saying collectively.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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My fault, my fault.
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No, no, but like combo.
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Alright.
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More scholar than 3.7 from these past two years, because you're going into your junior year now.
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Yeah.
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Dang, dude.
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So like scholarslash whatever, DGen.
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DG.
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Just living life, you know.
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Just living life.
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It doesn't matter because it's not a degenerate until you graduate.
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Exactly.
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So you're just living life.
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Just living.
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A good time with coy, you're having a good time with your buddies.
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Coy, man.
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Listen, this lakeside campus, there's so much to offer.
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You're having fun, dude.
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You gotta.
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I mean, if you're not having fun, you're not doing it.
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You're doing something wrong.
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Doing something wrong, and that's why they call you uh Mr.
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Boy.
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Yeah.
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The boy.
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Something boy, right?
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Yeah.
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Speak a little bit to what the Madsey, you know, uh yeah, good friend, uh, you know, previous uh edition of the show, Cold Madsy.
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Turns out he's significantly older than me.
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Didn't find this out until the end, but he uh had a nice little hazing nickname for me.
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Just because I was his little friend, you know.
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His little friend, his assistant.
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Yeah, his assistant.
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Actually, my intern for him, so we'll just keep that going all the way, all the way through life.
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You would go with finance, huh?
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Yeah, well, I think I'm an intern for the marketing at Vanguard, so like it won't be like for him.
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Oh, okay, like you won't be in the in the finance department.
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Yeah, but like and you would go.
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I'd be in I'd go to work with him.
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We'd go to work together.
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Would you do it for the marketing side or you do it for I think it's I know the answer is gonna be.
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I mean like a little bit of both, but like honestly, a whole summer with living with my good bud.
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Dude, Texas is Texas and you know, big birthday that summer.
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So Well, the last episode that I had on this podcast was Mad Z and I were actually on our way to Texas, and um that was an unhinged episode, of course.
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Where uh folks, you know, you can listen to it.
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Does not stand a test to all my podcasts, by the way.
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One of the I had Joe Castilion on here, more serious interview.
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Um the president of the school, President Eden, was on here.
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But of course, you have car rides with your buddies that get unhinged, and we talked about it, you know, about our life going down to Texas, and Texas was an interesting trip.
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You're gonna choose to drive down there if you spend the summer.
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Uh no, I'd fly because he was like, he was basically just like all you gotta do is buy a plane ticket.
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He's like, You come stay with me and I'll pick you up.
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I was like, alright, like, nice, dude.
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Just getting that plane ticket.
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Um, so yeah, I gotta apply for that.
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I didn't realize how much stuff is down there.
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Because it's not just like Dallas, and it's not just whatever.
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He's from Mickeny or McKinney or whatever he wants to call it.
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Uh it's actually like SMU is down there.
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Southern Middle East.
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Yeah, dude, I didn't know that was there.
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I didn't know I was there.
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I didn't even like went to the went to the baseball game, and then we were like, let's go out to the bars after, and then we were like SMU bars, and now I love SMU.
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Oh yeah.
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Think about it, man.
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There's a lot of fun things to do with it.
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Yeah, dude, Texas.
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I've never been, so like I think it would just be a cool experience too.
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There's cookouts, they have uh you ever have you ever have what's it called?
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Um In and Out Burger?
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No, they have that.
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Yeah.
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I've never had that.
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We went there at night, it was unbelievable.
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I mean, that's gotta hit unbelievable.
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It's gotta hit that.
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Unbelievable, especially it was like the last night we just were driving.
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At that point we're in Mickeny or at his house.
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And uh I know it's McKinney.
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I'm just saying Mickey.
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Mickinny.
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It's actually a fun time over there.
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But uh yeah, we stopped at our place and was having a sick time at uh In N Out Burger, dude.
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And we actually took a night off that time because it was we're gonna have to.
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Night off is important.
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Night off is important.
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We went straight to bed after um In N Out, and I remember putting food in his fridge and I never saw that food again.
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No, I mean he you know he ate it.
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The next day we went to you know you know um that place in Manch that we talked about the sushi place, but it's unlimited food, unlimited sushi.
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Oh, uh I don't know what's cool.
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Matty.
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He's so pretty.
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I gotta like breathe.
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I gotta pay under the mic like he did last time.
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Oh my god, dude.
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That was so bad.
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Just heavy breathing.
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He was actually a heap of sweat.
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Well, first of all, you're wearing a sweatshirt and a sweatpants right now.
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Is you just wearing this for style?
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Because it's also still like 65 degrees out.
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No, I mean I I don't know.
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The sweatshirt probably wasn't needed at all.
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No, I just had it on.
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You knew where you were going, you chose to still wear it in here and look all fancy with the Nike jumpsuit.
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Okay, dude.
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Yeah, man.
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So you're gonna play intramural sports this year or what?
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Uh I don't know.
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I might.
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I'm really excited.
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Because there's a lot.
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Yeah, there's a lot.
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Uh I don't know.
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I haven't really thought about it at all.
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Play pickleball.
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I do I'm not very I'm not great at pickleball.
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I played uh with uh some of the fellas the other day and it didn't go very well.
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So naturally I made them play basketball after to make myself feel man.
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Yeah, I know, but uh definitely need some work on uh pickleball.
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Cause you're still working on your like physical physique after missing out on basketball.
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Basketball's over, it's like dude.
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I gotta get in the gym.
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Yeah, I lifted a lot this summer and then like I've been doing like a pretty good job consistently lifting here, just getting up early and doing it, so I don't know.
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Grind to get back into her.
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Because if I wait till later, it's just not gonna get done.
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The grind to get back into her life.
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Happy birthday.
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Um anyway.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Uh is uh those your thoughts when you're at the gym?
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Yeah, I mean that's just get stronger, man.
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That's really the goal.
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Baby.
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Uh I'm sorry, we're gonna compose ourselves here.
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Live on the town, that's 105.3 FM radio.
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Thank you for tuning in.
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We're back on air here.
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We have Kalen Xylinga.
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You know, I never knew your last name was Xylinga.
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Really?
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I asked you probably 30 times, and I remember last time you were on here, I made you say it, and I instantly like You're like, ah.
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But it we just you're called Zing.
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Yeah.
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When did Zing uh nickname come about?
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Uh it came from basketball like the beginning.
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Like the beginning of basketball season last year, honestly.
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And then like kind of just everyone away.
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Last year's basketball?
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Yeah.
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Okay, so not even your freshman year.
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No.
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Cause to like freshman year is tough as an athlete, especially coming in your first year.
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Did you like were you he were you heavily recruited?
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No if you don't mind.
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Um like you you're moderately?
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Yeah, like moderately.
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My freshman year I had red shirted, so like it was kind of weird because I was like I was kinda just like a regular student, but it was I think I mean it was good for me, like I definitely needed to like lift.
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It was kind of like a twig.
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Um but now you're huge.
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I mean no, I'm just not.
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Skin and bones.
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But uh yeah, freshman year was like kind of like the regular student experience, but um I think I didn't know.
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I mean, actually I had a good freshman year.
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I think basketball was just a little weird with the I think it didn't like what I expected and what actually was happening was like Well like I just didn't like I didn't expect like to have to return.
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Like I expected to like at least fill in and stuff.
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Yeah.
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But um I get that.
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Yeah, you know it was what it was.
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It was a good year.
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Yeah.
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My freshman year was such a big difference because, you know, you play in high school and when you know you're gonna play in college, you feel like you're the man in high school.
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And I'm not saying cockily or is that it?
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Cockily.
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I'm not saying um I'm not saying like you're ahead of yourself, you're not, you know, you know, you're not big headed, but um, you know, when you go into s college, you're like, okay, I was just sick in college.
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I mean I was sick in high school, now it's time for me to show out.
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And for me, like I was I was pretty decent in high school, so I was ready to go.
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Yeah.
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And once I got to college, I was like, I'm tiny.
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And I was still six foot three, two hundred and twenty pounds, two hundred and twenty-five pounds, and I was a little boy on the defensive line of the Franco Pierce Ravens, and going up against these huge guys that are not from Long Island, New York, or are not from New Hampshire, they are from you know, everywhere.
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And you know, I was like, alright, maybe I'm not the biggest guy.
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It's a it's a humbling experience.
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Yeah, well, I think for me too, like, uh like when I went, we had so many transfers that I was everyone had already played like one or two years of college basketball, so it's like that's that's about it.
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Clearly, like also like they've been lifting, so it's like clearly it's that, but also like the physical frame.
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It was like Well, we had a big turnover in our basketball program at Franklin Pierce.
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I think the year you came in.
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Yeah, when is that the year we ever play with Hugo Nunchu?
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No.
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My he was there the year before it my senior year, yeah.
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Cause RJ toured me.
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So I knew RJ and I knew because my friend used to go here.
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Did they work in admissions?
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No, he played golf here.
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Uh but him and RJ were friends.
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Like I knew him when I toured.
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But yeah.
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That's that's awesome, dude, because like like I said, that was an interesting time for our basketball program because we had all those guys, and we had to remember it was a disappointing year, and everyone's like, okay.
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And you know the way college athletics is nowadays, the transfer portal was hot and um the most active it's ever been.
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And everyone was on the move.
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There was um, you know, coaches were making different decisions and everything like that.
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So Franklin Pierce, we had a bunch of transfers come in the year you were making a transition from high school to college.
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So that's not necessarily easy opposed to a team that has a bunch of people, you know, graduating and you're bringing in a new class of freshmen.
00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:38.640
You were a class with not just a lot of incoming freshmen, but transfers.
00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:38.960
Yeah.
00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:43.359
And I think that was a little different in your situation opposed to other either teams or schools.
00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:58.319
Yeah, even like my end of like my senior year when I would do like recruiting camps, like they would like talk about it, and it's like most schools like don't even want freshmen 'cause it's like, why would I get a freshman when I can get a transfer done this for three years and he can play right away?
00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:08.880
It's all about like grooming, I guess you could say like you know, just raising a kid that has a lot of potential coming out of high school and you can develop him like that.
00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:14.960
But when you have a program that has so many kids that are coming in that are experienced, it's like, alright, I'm not focused on the younger guys.
00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:20.559
Isn't that how um that that could be how a lot of kids feel and then they feel a lot of kids can feel unwanted in that situation.
00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:32.000
Because you have all these kids that are, you know, either entitled to their own feelings and when they're going through that process, they either feel like they're they're better off elsewhere or they're you know, feel like that's worth to stay.
00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.319
Yeah.
00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.240
For you you stayed another year.
00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.119
I did.
00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:50.160
Um, I think just like I almost like I stopped playing after my freshman year, honestly, 'cause I was like, maybe like I one of my friends went to URI, or like still goes there, but I visited him and I was like, love it here, like I would love to go here.
00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:59.759
Uh and then I was kind of just like, I gotta like go at least one more year, 'cause I felt like if I didn't like at least try to like actually play, like I would regret it.
00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.799
So then I did it.
00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:06.960
After that, like that's I think why walking away was easier, because I had like done it, I gave it a chance, and I was like, still not.
00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:09.279
So I was And then you came back.
00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:11.039
And then I came back anyways.
00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.400
I came back anyways.
00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.839
Basketball was over, and you still enjoyed the time.
00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:19.839
Are you still hanging out with a lot of your like you still talk to your old teammates?
00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:22.880
Yeah, so like some of them obviously Ali being one of them.
00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:26.160
Yeah, some of them still go here, so like a lot of them like live on my floor.
00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:32.640
Um, and then some of them that still go here, I talk to, and then like even like a couple from last year, like I still talk to.
00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.519
What's surprising?
00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:36.079
You're junior living in uh Edgewood?
00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:39.039
Yeah, so I did my housing like a week before school, which might not be.
00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.839
That's right.
00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:41.839
Last time you were on I'd scripted with Ryan.
00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.039
We had no class or housing.
00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.359
I realized you had no classes, no housing.
00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:51.200
Yeah, classes got done like midway through summer, and then housing got done like a week before I moved in.
00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.799
So three weeks ago basically.
00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.319
Yeah, so pretty much.
00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.640
But it's done, you know.
00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.480
Hey, we're proud of you.
00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.680
We're proud of you being here.
00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:02.559
Who did you have to did you can connect with the people I put you in contact with?
00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:07.039
Yeah, the person you emailed coursework, Buddington reached out right away.
00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.279
Yeah.
00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.319
So she got me right with the classes right away.
00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.200
Shout out, Dr.
00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.319
Everything I needed.
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Go.
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And then housing, like I emailed and it wasn't working, and then eventually like my parents emailed because like I wasn't getting it done.
00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:22.640
And then I got an email back right away.
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.200
So uh Yeah.
00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.359
I mean uh it's done.
00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.319
Did it.
00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.359
Yes, sir.
00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.000
Now how do your fan parents feel?
00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:39.440
Uh obviously not just waiting till last minute, but that you're back at the university that you know you thought might not have been the right fit for basketball.
00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.720
Uh, I mean, they're good.
00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:44.000
They're I mean they were very supportive of like whatever I wanted to do.
00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:50.880
Um I think like they're excited because it's my brother's senior year, so like because it's close to home, I think they're excited.
00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.160
I'll be able to see more of his games.
00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.599
I mean, I'm excited to see him.
00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:58.799
But and like having that whole like winter break, because last year we had like a week, I think.
00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:01.920
So I'll have like a month and a half or whatever it is this year.
00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:08.960
So I think just they're happy about it and me being able to back home more and see the fam and see him play.
00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.920
I think they're happy about it.
00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:24.640
Well, I know how dedicated you are towards your friends, because I remember last year as you're saying goodbye to you know, everyone to go off to uh the summer break, even though it was it wasn't it wasn't even a goodbye, it was not even it was you know, I'll see you guys in four months type of thing.
00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:36.880
And you were in tears saying goodbye to everybody, even though you knew you were gonna see almost all of them the next in the next few months, not even like three weeks later going that trip to South Young.
00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:40.160
And you know, that that shows what type of person you are.
00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.559
You were you're you were you were ready to I'm sorry to mention you were in tears, but no, you're good enough.
00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.599
It shows how much you cared about this buddy and we appreciated that too.
00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:51.599
Yeah, you know, I'm uh I'm an emotional person, you know, it happens sometimes.
00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.920
But yeah, no, I was a bit of a mess.
00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:57.279
Uh Mads, you still haven't seen him.
00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.960
But he's coming to visit soon.
00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.759
In three weeks.
00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.319
On blood.
00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.960
Not even.
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Like see what three weeks for the whole week now, too.
00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.559
He just extended his trip.
00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.440
He just extended it?
00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.160
He did.
00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.599
He's never going back.
00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.599
He wants to be in bridge forever.
00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.880
He's about to turn 27.
00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:14.559
He's about to come here and be like freshman.
00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.480
Oh Frank.
00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.559
You're so nice.
00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.039
How many people do you think he's gonna say that to when you get here?
00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.839
You're so proud.
00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.640
He's gonna yell checks the minute he gets here.
00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.720
Dude, you're 26.
00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.279
Like what?
00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.599
Dude, you should have a family by now.
00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:33.839
Speaking of family, so you came in saying goodbye to me in the admissions office.
00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.640
You give me a hug.
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:38.799
And of course, that was a time for me where I didn't know we were gonna see each other, so it wasn't a commercial time.
00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:42.640
But I remember you were with your dad, and he was just there with you, supporting you with other processes.
00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:48.400
Family for you, and I've seen you a picture of you and your mom together, and it was very wholesome and so nice.
00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:52.319
Uh talk to me about the relationship with your family, especially your parents.
00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:54.720
Yeah, I'm super close with all my family.
00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:59.200
Um, like my dad, I mean, I've been always been close with everyone.
00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:10.160
When I was in high school, my dad, like, and I used to shoot before school, so like that was kind of our thing, and like when I was younger, I was like really big into history, so we'd like go on trips about that.
00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.279
So I've always been really close.
00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:16.240
And then my mom's mom's my dog, always been like mom's always been number one, obviously.
00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.559
Yeah.
00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:19.599
But so um mom, I don't know.
00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.079
Me and my mom have always just been super close.
00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.279
Tell her everything.
00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:25.519
We do a lot, I love hanging out with her.
00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:28.559
And then my brother, uh Your brother looks just like me.
00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.920
He does, he looks just like me now.
00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.039
It's a little scary.
00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:35.359
But uh he uh when we were younger, I wasn't the nicest to him here and there.
00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.480
Well, that's every single thing.
00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:41.119
But that's naturally, but now that we're older, like I'm like, alright, yeah, like you're kinda cool.
00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.279
So uh what's the age difference there?
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:47.200
He's just he turned 17 in March, so it's like two and a half years.
00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.079
So nice.
00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:50.079
But yeah, I think he's hilarious now.
00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:52.960
He's he's a goofball, but I love him.
00:30:53.279 --> 00:31:01.200
And uh I don't know, this summer I had a lot of fun because like this was the first summer that we like hung like I hung out a lot more with him this summer, so that was nice.
00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.480
Nice dude.
00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.680
Uh that's that's cool.
00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.160
And you said you were a history guy with your dad too.
00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:10.000
Yeah, when I was in like uh I don't even know, like s elementary school.
00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.680
When I was younger, like I was big into that.
00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:16.000
So we went to like Washington, DC, and like Gettysburg for like a road trip.
00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.480
So that was fun.
00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.200
Gettysburg.
00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.640
Isn't that in Pennsylvania?
00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.039
Yeah.
00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.599
Maddie would love that one.
00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:25.519
But before we get out of here, I'd like to ask you some questions about, you know.
00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.960
You know, life.
00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.599
Let's do it.
00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.440
Are you snowboarder by the way or skier?
00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.839
I ski.
00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.480
Ski?
00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:33.680
I'm not great at it, but uh did I?
00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.880
Normally I go like one season.
00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.480
Oh yeah, this year, because I'm gonna be home for so much longer, so I should be able to.
00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.039
Let's go.
00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.160
Let's do it at Killington.
00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.640
Killington.
00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.319
Killington, yeah, maybe up over there.
00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.279
Alright, number two.
00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:54.160
Um, if you have any potential, you know, kids that out there that are wondering if Frankl Pierce is the right decision or if they're not playing a sport, what would you advise to them if they're on the fence?
00:31:54.640 --> 00:32:00.799
I think like honestly, it's about the people you meet, so if you find good people, you're gonna have a good time.
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:03.519
Two uh or three.
00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:09.119
What is uh your favorite places to go off campus?
00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:12.319
Give me two off campus and two on campus activities.
00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.440
Love to do.
00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:18.240
Mexica, one of my favorite restaurants was actually actually wearing their shirt earlier today.
00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.880
Let's go.
00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.960
Oh, a little random fact here, actually.
00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:25.119
The owner of La Mexica, and it's actually called Machica.
00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:29.599
Oh, because the Aztecs named it that when they were taking over Mexico, by the way.
00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.640
Mech Mexico.
00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.160
It's called Machica.
00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:36.559
And Jose will be coming on a podcast next week.
00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.160
Oh my shut up, yeah.
00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.839
Um But sorry, anyway, continue.
00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:46.160
No, I'm trying to say Mexica, um trying to think.
00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.279
What was it?
00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.160
What Koi?
00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.920
Koi, oh my Koi, yeah, obviously.
00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.119
Koi and Toy Town.
00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:55.200
Toy Town, the great Bruce Doc, you know, the guys of Toy Town.
00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:58.079
Uh we Koi's Unreal.
00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:02.000
And then on campus, you know, the lake's pretty unbelievable.
00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:06.400
Down at the houses, my my friends live down there, you know, my buddies.
00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.359
Did you go?
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.119
Do you have a bonfire yet down there?
00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:11.599
Uh I haven't gone to one if they've had one.
00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:16.319
But we went uh Sunday and kind of just sat in the lake, just reconnected with nature.
00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.680
That's when I was with Jose.
00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:22.720
Yeah, dude, you were there was some guy on the dock driving like a remote control boat.
00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.000
There's a random guy?
00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.480
Yeah.
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:31.839
Going back to the uh Winchington in Toy Town, and those were some a lot some of our very good friends play hockey over there.
00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.240
Oh yeah.
00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.559
You know, interact with, you know, townies over there.
00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:38.000
And every college place has their townies and everything like that.
00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:50.000
But what do you enjoy most about the interesting people that you get to meet off campus, and especially in the town of Range, New Hampshire, and Winchington that is right down the road on the Massachusetts border?
00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:55.759
Um, honestly, just like the stories they tell, some of them are like the most ridiculous things you've ever heard.
00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:58.640
Um I mean it's always something new.
00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:11.440
Um I don't know, they're just they're very they're very nice and approachable people, so we've always talked with them and the stories they tell I think gotta be the best part 'cause they just you know just the craziest thing.
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.119
Sometimes you're just in awe.
00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.320
I went there Sunday night actually after Choi.
00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.280
Oh nice, dude.
00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:24.559
And um Caden and I sat down next to a guy, starts talking to us, and he taught me the proper way to arm wrestle.
00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:30.079
So did you know when you arm wrestle, you you have to grab around the thumb.
00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.079
Like put your arm up.
00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:35.280
And if you grab here, you are gonna win.
00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:38.559
Most people like grab how you were gonna you were gonna grab- Yeah, you'll lose.
00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.719
Now grab the th- You have so much leverage, dude.
00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.679
Oh my god.
00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.000
Yeah.
00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.119
That's actually pro.
00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.559
Yeah, I didn't even ask for it.
00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.760
He just started talking about it.
00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.559
That's what you get.
00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.320
That's what you get.
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.119
And he wasn't even trying to size me up or anything at all.
00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.880
Like, he was being the coolest guy ever, and he was just like, let me teach you something.
00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:56.800
I was like, Alright, let's do it.
00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.440
Let's do it.
00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:01.199
I had a I had a uh a pumpkin spice martini.
00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:03.599
Pumpkin spice espresso martini, shout out.
00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.119
Tis the season, you know.
00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.960
But not even, it's not even October yet.
00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.679
Not even October.
00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.639
It's still it's still the summer.
00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.280
Close to it.
00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.840
Still fun.
00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.960
Football season's coming up.
00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.000
Frankl Pierce Ravens are going at it Friday night against Maris.
00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.199
Stay tuned for that, folks.
00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:18.639
It's on uh any any ten now or not any ten now, it's anymore.
00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.320
It's on Flow Sports, Flow College.
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.239
Some Flow College happening on Amazon Prime.
00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:25.840
I think this weekend's actually on ESPN Plus for the Franklin Pierce Ravens.
00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.800
And um, yeah, I'll have Jose next.
00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.960
And um any closing remarks, buddy, you'd like to say?
00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.639
You know, just thanks for having me.
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.599
Happy to be here.
00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.800
Having a good time, baby.
00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.760
Having a good time.
00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.360
Yeah, so keep your ears out.
00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:48.320
Um you hear, you know, maybe that she he's working out and all that stuff, and you know he's working out a ton, so everything like that.
00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:50.000
Hey, thank you for joining me, Zang.
00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.360
I appreciate you in here.
00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:54.159
And obviously we wanted Ted in here, but he he's shy out.
00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.519
Shy, I'm gonna get him here soon.
00:35:55.679 --> 00:36:02.719
He got a little too nervous, but folks, this is unscripted with Ryan on the Talon.
00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:07.039
105.3 FM radio, WFP C L P.
00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.559
The Talon.
00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.920
I'm Ryan Fitzpatrick.
00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:15.519
Thank you, folks, for tuning in every Wednesday live at four o'clock and on all your podcast platforms.
00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:20.480
And I'll get some clips and shortages going on the social medias as well soon enough.
00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:22.320
So, Zang, thank you so much for coming on, man.
00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.639
Thank you.
00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.119
I appreciate it.
00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:27.280
And uh, like I said, next guest will be Jose from La Mexica.
00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.280
Be going there too before then as well.
00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:31.519
So go along, folks, and see you next time.
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Peace.