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that can be a sign that it's not helpful.

So if you're finding yourself activated from some emotion and mindlessly like sitting there and writing, writing, writing, writing, or whatever it might be,

that would sort of fit into the same thing.

In terms of blind spots, I think there's a few things.

I'm seeing, and maybe this is a blind spot, but if you're seeing sort of problems in different places,

like - I'm going to play for you a section of an interview.

I will pause it after a sentence.

That way you can repeat what you hear.

that can be a sign that it's not helpful.

So if you're finding yourself not helpful.

So if you're finding yourself self -activated from some emotion and self -activated from some emotion and

self -activated from some emotion and and mindlessly like sitting there and writing, writing, writing, writing.

And mindlessly like sitting there and writing, writing, writing, writing.

Writing or drawing or whatever it might be.

Um, getting or drawing or whatever it might be.

Getting or drawing or whatever it might be.

That would sort of fit into the same thing in terms of.

that would sort of fit into the same thing.

In terms of blind spots, I think there's a few things.

I think in terms of blind spots, I think there's a few things.

I think Seeing, and maybe this is a blind spot.

Seeing, and maybe this is a blind spot.

But if you're seeing sort of problems, But if you're seeing sort of problems.

But if you're seeing sort of problems.

In different places like in.

in different places, like in that can be a sign that it's not helpful.

So if you're finding yourself activated from some emotion and mindlessly like sitting there and writing, writing, writing, writing, or whatever it might be,

that would sort of fit into the same thing.

In terms of blind spots, I think there's a few things.

Seeing, and maybe this is a blind spot, but if you're seeing sort of problems in different places, like, isn't that the point too?

That's literally the point.

Use your love language, right?

And ours is, has rooted in art, words, and in making, and now's the time for our love language.

I really do believe.

I also think it's amazing that Jason came in with the word hope.

It is all about hope.

And I think it's a beautiful piece and a beautiful reminder that what we do matters.

Because I think a lot of times we don't hear that.

I'm going to play for you a section of an interview.

I will pause it after a sentence.

That way you can repeat what you hear.

Isn't that the point too?

That's literally the point.

Use your love language, right?

Use your love language, right? And ours is... And ours is... And ours is... has rooted in art. Has rooted in art. Has rooted in art.

in words and in making and in in words and in making and in

in words and in making and in right now is the time for our love language.

Right now is the time for our love language.

I really do believe.

I also think it's amazing that I also think it's amazing that I also think it's amazing that

Jason came in with the word hope.

Yes.

It is all about hope.

Yes.

It is all about hope.

It's all about hope.

And I think it's a beautiful piece.

and I think it's a beautiful piece and a beautiful reminder that

isn't a beautiful reminder that

And a beautiful reminder that what we do matters.

What we do matters.

Yes.

Because I think a lot of times we don't hear that.

Yes.

Because I think a lot of times we don't hear that.

Yes.

Because I think a lot of times we don't hear that.

Yes.

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but i'm not going to send you things i'm not going to pay

you to read my work i'm not going to wait for you to reject

it yeah there's there's a lot of gatekeeping that happens

and there's there's a system yeah and

so the poetry business very much is trying to teach people on your own terms

this is what it could look like i think

that is such a gift to the world

that you are helping people to figure that out because I do think things are changing so much.

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But I'm not going to send you things.

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I'm not going to pay you to read my work.

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I'm not going to pay you to read my work.

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I'm not going to pay you to read my work.

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I'm not going to wait for you to I'm not going to wait for you to

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I'm not going to wait for you to reject it.

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Reject it.

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Yeah.

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Reject it.

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Yeah.

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There's a lot of gatekeeping that happens.

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there's a lot of gatekeeping that happens there's a lot of gatekeeping that happens there's a system

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there's a system and there's a system.

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And so the poetry business very much is trying to teach people

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And so the poetry business very much is trying to teach people

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And so the poetry business very much is trying to teach people

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On your own terms, this is what it could look like.

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On your own terms, this is what it could look like.

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On your own terms, this is what it could look like.

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I think that is such a gift to the world that you are

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I think that is such a gift to the world that you are.

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I think that is such a gift to the world that you are.

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Helping people to figure that out because I do think.

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Are helping people to figure that out because I do think.

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...for helping people to figure that out because I do think...

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...things are changing so much.

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...things are changing so much.

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things are changing so much.

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I think that's kind of a given, right?

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It's like anything, whatever, if you're selling ice cream, the ice cream has to be good.

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It doesn't matter how cool your logo or your face is.

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So, you know, I was confident just from the beginning.

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And I try to think of the experience from, you know, a number of angles.

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But I thought it'd be important that the presentation, the name, just how could I set it apart.

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I'm going to play for you a section from an interview.

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I will pause it so that way you can repeat the things that you hear.

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I think that's kind of a given, right?

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I think that's kind of a given, right?

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I think that's kind of a given, right?

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It's like anything, whatever.

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It's like anything, whatever.

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It's like anything, whatever.

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If you're selling ice cream, if you're selling ice cream,

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if you're selling ice cream, the ice cream has to be good.

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The ice cream has to be good.

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The ice cream has to be good.

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It doesn't matter how cool your logo or...

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It doesn't matter how cool your logo or...

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It doesn't matter how cool your logo or... or your faces.

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So, you know, or your faces.

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So, you know, or your faces.

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So, you know, I was confident just from the beginning of the podcast.

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I was confident just from the beginning of the podcast.

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I was confident just from the beginning of the podcast.

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And I try to think of the...

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And I try to think of the...

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And I try to think of the...

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Experience from a number of angles.

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Experience from a number of angles.

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Experience from a number of angles.

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But I thought it'd be important that the presentation

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But I thought it'd be important that the presentation

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But I thought it'd be important that the presentation the name just how could I set it apart

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the name just how could I set it apart the name

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just how could I set it apart

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And I get a phone call from my dad saying

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that the boat sunk

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and somehow one of the neighbors had a pump just was coming by on his pontoon boat out of nowhere

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and two hours later it was floating again and he told me exactly

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if everything goes right there's an 80 to 20 percent chance of it actually running

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and he was just as blown away as I was.

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I'm going to play for you a section from an interview.

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I will pause it so that way you can repeat the things that you hear.

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And I get a phone call.

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And I get a phone call.

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And I get a phone call.

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From my dad saying that the boat sunk.

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For my dad saying that the boat sunk.

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For my dad saying that the boat sunk.

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And somehow one of the neighbors had a pump.

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And somehow one of the neighbors had a pump.

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And somehow one of the neighbors had a pump.

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Just was coming by on his pontoon boat.

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Just was coming by on his pontoon boat.

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just was coming by on his pontoon boat

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out of nowhere and out of nowhere and

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And um, out of nowhere,

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and um, two hours later it was flooding again.

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Two hours later it was flooding again.

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Two hours later it was flooding again.

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Can he told me exactly

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Can he told me exactly

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Can he told me exactly If everything goes right

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If everything goes right, if everything goes right,

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there's an 80 to 20 % chance.

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There's an 80 to 20 % chance.

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There's an 80 to 20 % chance.

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It's a bit actually running.

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It's a bit actually running.

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It's a bit actually running.

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And he was just as blown away as I was.

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and um he was just as blown away as i was and um he was just as blown away as i was

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and i was like oh she does oh my gosh i just said my best friend

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and then like i was like hey girl

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that's so funny that you like knew of jayanne you didn't even know you lived in the same I had like

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not people pinned for 10 years and then I started like watching her videos

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and then at some point

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I would get pissed at you I'm gonna play for you a section from an interview I will pause it

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so that way you can repeat the things that you hear and I was like oh i was like oh

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i was like oh she does oh my gosh she does oh my gosh

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She does, oh my gosh.

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I should send my best friend.

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I should send my best friend.

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I should send my best friend.

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And then, like, I was like...

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And then like I was like

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And then like I was like

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Hey girl Hey girl.

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Hey girl.

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Oh Adam yeah, I got copies

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Oh Adam yeah, I got copies

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Oh Adam yeah, I got copies

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Oh that's so funny that you like the That's so funny that you like

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That's so funny that you like

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That you like knew of Brianne like

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That you like knew of Brianne like

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You like knew of Diane like

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You didn't even know you lived in the same

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You didn't even know you lived in the same

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You didn't even know you lived in the same Why?

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Why?

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Yes!

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I had like not pick up a pin for 10 years I had like not pick up pen for 10 years.

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I had like not pick up pen for 10 years.

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and then I started like and then I started like

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and then I started like watching her videos I'm like

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watching her videos I'm like watching her videos I'm like

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And then at some point I will get pissed at you.

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And then at some point I will get pissed at you.

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And then at some point I will get pissed at you.

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I didn't make zines back then, but I always did like paper collage and I used to make mixtapes.

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I was like paper crafting around that time, but I wasn't making like proper zines.

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So flash forward to when I started college in my late 40s.

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In my last semester, I took an English class that was current topics in English,

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punk, riot girl, and black metal and one of the coolest classes I've ever had

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and one of the assignments was to make a zine so I made a zine I actually have one with me

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Demonica Worldwide

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and it's a flip zine I'm going to play for you a section from an interview I will pause it

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so that way you can repeat the things that you hear I didn't make zines back then

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I didn't make zines back then.

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I didn't make zines back then.

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But I always did like paper collage.

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But I always did like paper collage.

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Thank you but I always did like paper collage.

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I used to make mix tapes.

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I used to make mix tapes.

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I used to make mix tapes.

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I was like paper crafting around that time.

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I was like paper crafting around that time.

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I was like paper crafting around that time.

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But I wasn't making like proper Z's.

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But I wasn't making like proper Z's.

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But I wasn't making like proper Z's. So flash forward to...

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So flash forward to So flash forward to

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When I started college in my late 40s

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When I started college in my late 40s 40s,

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when I started college in my late 40s,

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in my last semester I took the in my last semester I took the

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In my last semester I took a an English class

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an English class an English class

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As though as current topics in English.

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As though as current topics in English.

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As though as current topics in English.

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Punk, Riot Grrl, and Black Metal Punk,

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Riot Grrl, and Black Metal

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and one of the coolest classes I've ever had,

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and one of the coolest classes I've ever had,

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and one of the coolest classes I've ever had,

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and one of the assignments was to make a zine.

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So and one of the assignments was to make a zine.

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So and one of the assignments was to make a zine. So

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I made a zine I made a zine

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I made a zine.

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Actually, I have one, Wolfrey.

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Actually, I have one, Wolfrey.

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Actually, I have one, Wolfrey.

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Demonica Worldwide.

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Demonica Worldwide.

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Demonica Worldwide.

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Demonica Worldwide.

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And it's a flip zines.

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And it's a flip zines.

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And it's a flip zines.

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I didn't make zines back then, but I always did like paper collage.

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I used to make mixtapes.

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I was like paper crafting around that time, but I wasn't making like proper zines.

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So flash forward to when I started college in my late 40s.

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In my last semester, I took an English class that was current topics in English, punk, riot girl, and black metal.

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And one of the coolest classes I've ever had.

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And one of the assignments was to make a zine.

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So I made a zine.

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I actually have one for me.

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Demonica Worldwide.

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And it's a flip zine.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “English Shadowing”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: zine, writing, hear, terms. This video has 302 sentences and 2706 words to shadow. The speech runs for 36:44. The speaker talks slowly, about 74 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pause noun	/pɔːz/	A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
flash verb	/flæʃ/	To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
helpful adjective	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
craft noun	/ˈkɹæft/	Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning…
flip verb	/flɪp/	To throw so as to turn over.
emotion noun	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
assignment noun	/əˈsaɪn.mənt/	The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
semester noun	/sɪˈmɛstɚ/	Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
activate verb	/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/	To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
nowhere adverb	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	In no place.
poetry noun	/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/	Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
angle noun	/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/	A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
presentation noun	/ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/	The act of presenting, or something presented.
logo noun	/ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/	A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
blow away verb	To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
pick up verb	To lift; to grasp and raise.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Isn't that the point too?
I think that's kind of a given, right?
It doesn't matter how cool your logo or...
I didn't make zines back then.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to make
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has rooted · I've ever had

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 73 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flash /flæʃ/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, collage /kəˈlɑʒ/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pause, topic, flash.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

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Sentences worth repeating

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Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?