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Roussatel Talk , the podcast dedicated

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to everything about the sport that we all

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love . Hide your plane , reese

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. I am your host , david

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Newton , and it's time once again to

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sit back , relax and

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welcome to Roussatel Talk . Well

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, hello race fans , welcome back . We're

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back at it again here at the podcast . We're

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in season six of Roussatel Talk . I

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know I've said it before a few times , but it's hard to believe

1:00

we're getting this far on the podcast , season

1:03

six , episode 113 now

1:05

, and we

1:07

actually would have had an episode 113 back

1:09

in November . I had some audio

1:12

recordings of an old time interview

1:14

but unfortunately a

1:17

few of you got to hear it but unfortunately

1:19

got pulled down due to copyright

1:21

infringement , so that

1:23

episode's not released any further

1:25

for the fan base . But

1:27

hopefully the owner of that

1:29

interview will release that to the public and

1:32

it can be heard because it was a fun

1:34

interview . But hopefully you had a good

1:36

winter . Hopefully you got some time with family and

1:38

friends and enjoyed the holidays

1:40

and enjoyed some time for yourselves in

1:43

these dark , gloomy days but it's getting brighter

1:45

again because the racing season

1:47

is on the horizon , looking forward to more

1:50

racing coming up in the future

1:52

. Hopefully you are as well . Hopefully

1:54

maybe you had a productive off season , got some projects

1:56

done . Whether you're racing one

1:59

leaders , five leaders

2:01

, grand prix , unlimited hydroplanes , rc

2:03

boats , whatever it is , hopefully

2:05

you got some projects done and got a

2:07

little more than I did over here in

2:10

my shop . I haven't done too much in

2:12

my RC boat shop but

2:15

I'm glad to be back

2:17

in the air , glad to be back in

2:20

your ears and hopefully enjoy

2:22

another season here at Ruchitele

2:24

Talk . Fortunately

2:27

for myself , I got some health issues

2:29

to under wraps . I got to

2:32

move forward with that and I had last

2:34

year and a half an inflamed

2:36

heart which doctors

2:39

think I have something called sarcoidosis

2:42

. But through some medical

2:45

treatments I got the heart

2:47

in the right size and it

2:49

was a process

2:51

to stay on top of it , just lots

2:54

and lots of doctor visits . So hopefully , if

2:57

your heart is ever acting weird or funny

2:59

and just listen to your body and

3:01

make sure you go to the doctor and get checked out . I

3:03

know I've talked about before my father . He

3:06

didn't do that and unfortunately he had a heart attack

3:08

and passed away a little bit earlier than he should

3:10

have . But you know , if something's

3:12

going on with you and your , your body , listen

3:15

to it , talk to a doctor and get it under wraps

3:17

and stick around a little while . So

3:20

, anyways , we're . We're

3:22

not here to talk about medical advice , we're here to talk about hydroplanes

3:25

and boat racing . So it

3:27

was a short racing season last year . We

3:31

had five races . Did we even have

3:33

five races ? It went by

3:35

so quick . How many did we have ? Last year

3:37

we had . We had Gunnersville , madison

3:39

, tri-cities and Seattle

3:42

. We only had four races last year . The

3:44

short , short season . Some great

3:46

racing on the water though , and

3:48

I loved ending it there in Seattle . The

3:51

gold cup , and that final

3:53

heat was a barn burner between

3:55

Andrew Tate and the Goodman real estate and

3:58

J Michael Kelly and the Beacon Electric , and

4:00

I was surprised that J

4:02

Michael won that . I

4:04

really thought Andrew Tate had it won

4:06

, but it's been . That seems

4:09

like so long ago . Right , it's

4:11

, it's been . It's

4:15

been a over half a year at least since

4:17

I got to watch that final

4:20

heat on the log boom there in Seattle . Thanks

4:23

again , nigel Steer , for letting me sit out on

4:25

your , on your boat to watch that final heat

4:27

on the the log boom , but seven months

4:29

has passed since then . We're

4:31

way past due for some racing , some

4:34

, some fun things on the horizon , some exciting things

4:37

hopefully for the sport . Let's

4:40

get into some of that and we'll talk about

4:42

what to expect from the podcast

4:44

this season . No interviews . Today we're just

4:46

going to talk a little bit about boats , hydroplanes , and

4:50

then I'll ask some questions

4:52

to you because I want to hear from you as well . All right

4:54

, well , back in December , on December 6 to

4:56

be precise , there was an announcement

4:58

from each one . They announced an exciting

5:01

reorganization of the sport . They

5:03

were going to collectively reorganize the sport

5:05

and they had put out a press

5:07

release From

5:09

this organization . And I wanted

5:11

to read a little bit from that press release

5:13

here and kind of go into some depths and some

5:16

insight , hopefully with that . But

5:19

I said on the release , it's from Kenowick

5:21

, washington , and

5:23

lately in the sport there's been some , some

5:25

bigger names coming from Kenowick , washington

5:27

. We really hear a lot of a lot

5:29

of history from Seattle but there's been some

5:32

names in in tri cities in Kenowick

5:34

. That's Starting to push the sport

5:36

forward and and re-energizing the sport

5:38

. But it goes on to say the H1 unlimited

5:41

hydroplane series will take a fresh

5:43

step into the 2024 racing season

5:45

With an exciting reorganization

5:47

that will look to propel the popularity

5:49

of the sport back to its rightful

5:51

position within the motor sports community

5:54

. The overall reorganization

5:56

includes new members of the H1 board of

5:58

directors and a new entity , hydro

6:01

town group , focused on

6:03

enhanced promotion , public

6:05

and media relations , marketing

6:07

and sponsorship experience for

6:10

H1 and limited . Well

6:12

, right there , that sense it kind

6:14

of sums up what the sports needs

6:16

. Right , it needs more promotion , it

6:18

needs more , more reach to the public

6:21

, media relations , marketing , and

6:23

that's really what the sport needs to to

6:25

go to the next level . Let's

6:27

go on and hear a little bit more of this . So it

6:29

says . The hydrogen group , along with a

6:31

new H1 board , have spent the past

6:34

several months developing plans to re-envise , revitalize

6:37

and re-integrate the sport of unlimited

6:39

hydroplane racing . The excitement

6:41

around this Revitalization

6:44

is already producing exciting

6:46

obligations from at least six boats pledging

6:49

to compete in the full series

6:51

, with additional boats currently in discussions

6:53

, along with commitments from six

6:55

race sites across the country and

6:58

one in Canada . Well

7:00

, we've had , you

7:02

know , all of our races . I think so far I have had six

7:04

boats pledge to

7:06

be at the races . It's nice to see that's gonna

7:09

continue . Hopefully we can get a little

7:11

bit more out there than just six . They're

7:14

talking about having a six race series across the

7:16

country and one adding in Canada . Let's

7:21

go on and look a little bit further here to

7:23

what it says . There's a quote

7:25

here from Mike Denzel , the chairman of

7:27

the board of each one Unlimited . Mike's

7:30

a great guy who's been

7:32

a part of the Love the Tri campaign

7:34

there in Tri-Cities and

7:36

has really done a lot of work for

7:38

the Columbia Cup . He's

7:41

the co-founder of the HydroTank Group . But he

7:43

goes on to say we all have a passion

7:45

for hydroplane racing and wanted

7:47

to invest in the promotion of the sport

7:49

and reintroduce it to a larger

7:51

audience through enhanced media

7:53

and sponsorship opportunities . We're

7:56

excited about these changes within H1 Unlimited

7:58

and encouraged by the discussions

8:01

with race teams , partners as well

8:03

as race sites that have already taken place . All

8:05

of us are committed to the long-term success

8:07

of all our race teams and race

8:10

sites as we prepare to kick off the 2024

8:12

season . So

8:15

some great words from Mike so far

8:17

in the press release . A lot of buzzwords

8:20

re-vigorate , revitalize

8:22

, reintroduce but what

8:24

does that mean ? And one

8:26

thing , unfortunately , that some fans kind of

8:28

cling onto is they get

8:30

excited about this but they don't quite

8:33

understand all of the hard work and dedication

8:35

and work that goes in the back

8:37

rooms . We only

8:39

can only know so much of the hard work that

8:41

they're dedicated to doing . Time

8:45

will tell with this for sure , but

8:48

it looks like they're trying to get back on

8:50

Lake Kelowna . They have

8:52

the 2024 season , which

8:55

was tentatively placed

8:57

on the 2024 season back in

8:59

December . Unfortunately , it's not on

9:02

their official press release for the schedule

9:04

, which their official schedule

9:06

was released here

9:08

just a little bit ago . Their

9:11

official schedule for this year is going to be made 31st

9:14

. They're going to have a test session in Tri-Cities

9:16

. June 29th and

9:18

30th they'll be in Gunnersville Lake

9:21

Hydrofest in Gunnersville , alabama

9:23

, then the following

9:25

weekend , july 5th through the 7th

9:27

, the Madison-Rigana and Madison-Indiana , and

9:30

in July the 26th through 28th they'll

9:32

be in Tri-Cities , washington , in

9:34

Seattle Seafarer , august 2nd

9:37

through the 4th , and

9:39

then there's two other additions here that weren't

9:42

on the schedule last year . San

9:44

Diego is on the schedule for September

9:46

13th through 15th we missed having

9:48

that race last year and August

9:51

23rd through the 25th will be the

9:53

APBA Gold Cup in Detroit , michigan

9:55

. I know fans are clamoring at

9:57

that , detroit race being back on the circuit

10:00

. A lot of history , nostalgia

10:02

and a big fan base over there that's longing

10:05

for that to come back . The

10:07

unfortunate thing I see on this official

10:10

schedule , though

10:12

, is there's a little asterisk around Detroit

10:14

and a little asterisk around San Diego . That's

10:17

tentative events . There's

10:21

still a lot of time for that to happen . So

10:24

I'm hoping that sponsorships will rise

10:26

up , because when we talked last

10:28

fall , we

10:31

talked to the gentlemen

10:33

in charge of the San Diego Bay

10:35

Fair , greg Mansfield , and

10:37

basically just bottoms down to

10:39

money , and that's why the

10:42

race was not able to happen this

10:44

last year due to the

10:46

withdrawal of Home Street

10:48

Bank as their main backer

10:50

of the race . So

10:52

hopefully more sponsorships will

10:54

rise up so these races

10:56

can happen . I've been looking forward to having

10:59

Detroit back on the circuit . I know we haven't

11:01

had that on the circuit since COVID , and

11:04

God , I would love to have that back and

11:07

experience that once again . If that

11:09

happens , I'm going to Detroit this year . Never

11:13

have had a chance to go

11:15

to Detroit . I've heard so many tales

11:17

about that Ruchetail turn . So

11:19

fantastic , the boats coming

11:21

straight at you over 200 miles an hour

11:23

and then whipping around pretty much doing a 180

11:25

on that hairpin turn . That's

11:28

something I got experience . I'm hoping

11:30

they're back in Detroit this year because

11:32

, man , I want to go . Anyways

11:34

, back to that press release for Hyder Town . Well

11:37

, I mean , it's a lot

11:39

of ex , a lot of hope in

11:41

this press release . Right , and that's what the sport needs

11:43

. It needs hope . Unfortunately , another

11:46

thing that is

11:48

just playing the sport is the turnover

11:50

and leadership . Always pledge and

11:52

hope , always trying to bring hope back into it

11:54

. But as a fan we

11:57

got to cling to that hope and

11:59

really just clamor

12:01

at what we can and hope it

12:03

can be propelled by this new group . But

12:06

like I said , in the press release it did have Lake

12:08

Kelowna as a tentative . Hopefully

12:10

they can add it to the schedule in

12:13

Pentecan , pentecton

12:16

, pentecton I'm not saying

12:18

that right Pentecton , pentecton

12:20

. Well , anyways

12:23

, how you say it in British Columbia , lake

12:25

Kelowna , hoping they can get back there . They

12:28

raced in Kelowna , which

12:31

I think is on the other side of the lake , from

12:33

Pentecton Pentecon I

12:35

can't say that word , we're gonna call it Lake Kelowna

12:38

, but it's back in the 90s

12:40

. They raced there for

12:42

a few years , a number of years . It

12:45

was a fun trip to go up there and I'm

12:47

looking forward to going back up there again someday

12:49

. That'd be fun to watch a race up there . Press

12:53

release did also state at the bottom

12:55

who's on the board

12:57

, so it's nice to see some transparency . The

13:00

members who are present on the board

13:02

, who's active in helping out the sport

13:04

, and it looks like the new H1 Unlimited

13:07

board is gonna include

13:10

two members from the 2023

13:13

season and five new members

13:15

, so seven members total

13:17

. Five are gonna be brand new . So

13:21

new members on the board is Mike Denzo , who

13:24

he gave that statement earlier . He's

13:26

a longtime Tri-Cities Waterfowlies board member

13:28

, has been elected the chairman

13:30

of the board and Mike I

13:33

guess he has a strong presence in Tri-Cities

13:35

and he's really just a huge backer

13:37

and supporter of the sport . Glad

13:39

to see his name on there . Darrell

13:41

Strong , the owner of the Strong Racing

13:43

team , is on there , as

13:46

well as the co-owner of the

13:48

U11 Legend Yacht

13:50

Transport , shannon Rainey . They're

13:53

gonna continue their work from previous

13:55

years . But also new

13:57

members on the team is the

13:59

HydroTown Town co-founder

14:01

. Representative from the Miss Madison

14:03

Racing team , goodman Real Estate

14:05

, charlie Grooms . We

14:08

also have H1 Media host and race

14:10

site , pa voice , brad Loose and

14:13

the bucket list racing flavor

14:15

, our pack co-owner , kelly Stocklin

14:18

. So glad

14:20

to see some new Members

14:22

there . I know Kelly Stocklin

14:24

Well . I mean everyone on that board is huge

14:27

, huge backer , huge supporter of the sport and

14:30

have done so many things over the years . So hopefully

14:32

these members getting together can Push

14:36

it to the next level , get some more race sites and

14:39

Grow what we can for the sport

14:41

and bring it back to to

14:43

that heyday and make it make

14:45

each one unlimited more of a household name

14:47

. Get some more popularity with

14:50

it . Like seeing

14:52

some a few things they've done so far this offseason

14:54

talking about their PR and

14:56

and getting the

14:59

word out there about the sport . They were had

15:02

representatives With

15:04

the Gunnersville people Lake hydrofest

15:06

recently at the Louisville

15:08

boat show Help promote the

15:10

Gunnersville Alabama race , the

15:13

, and the Madison race . They had a boat

15:15

on display there for hydroplane

15:17

like unlimited class as well as Grand Prix

15:19

and I believe Jeff Bernard

15:21

and Andrew Tate were down there Talking

15:24

to fans , getting pictures taken and just getting

15:26

the word out about the sport , which is

15:28

what we need . We need to see

15:30

more of that and I'm glad to see that happen again . I

15:33

remember that being a big part of the sport in the 90s

15:35

different boats going to some our different

15:37

teams Going to some different boat

15:39

shows and media events , which

15:42

is just great for the sport . So

15:45

some hope , some prosperity for the sport

15:47

there . Glad to see it never propelled

15:49

a little bit for further forward there and

15:52

Unfortunately this offseason we

15:54

just we don't see the product right . We're

15:56

not going to see a boat on the water for

15:58

a few months , probably not till the end of

16:01

May , and when the real excitement happens

16:03

is when we see the Rooster tail's fly . But

16:05

it's . I'm glad to hear a

16:07

lot of work is being done behind

16:09

the scenes to make this happen . It'll

16:12

be fun to hear . Maybe we'll have some , some

16:14

more press releases coming out soon . I

16:16

like to hear some more news about the sport

16:19

. Of course they're . They're

16:21

pumping out the various videos , some

16:24

great videos Of the

16:26

sport . The past few years of the drone footage and onboard

16:28

footage . Keep in social media

16:30

. Live with that . Besides

16:33

, besides those news news points

16:35

, not much to report on the offseason

16:38

of each one unlimited . Some

16:40

other fun things going around around the world

16:42

and in boat racing . The e1

16:44

series just kicked off their their

16:46

debut race over

16:49

in other

16:51

side of the world there and had a big

16:53

race , and All electric

16:55

boats race together on the water for the

16:57

first time , which they're making

16:59

a big deal about , and rightfully so . It looks

17:02

like they're kicking off a new racing series

17:04

on water which could be exciting to watch

17:06

Some big names involved

17:08

with sport . Tom Brady has his own team and he actually

17:10

won the . His team won the first race

17:12

, so quite curious to

17:15

see what pans out from that . But

17:18

what's ? Let's talk about the podcast , though , and

17:20

I but I'm joining on and on I've

17:22

got on several digressions here and

17:24

part of this episode too . We're

17:26

starting off kicking off season six and Looking

17:29

through the future of this season . Where we're gonna go

17:31

, what , what interviews are we gonna

17:34

do ? What content are we gonna create here

17:36

for this podcast and

17:38

really the first few seasons ? I Wanted

17:41

to hear and I wanted to talk and

17:43

capture some interviews from people we're

17:46

on the sport who I found interesting and

17:48

who I didn't know much about and I wanted to know more

17:50

about them and I wanted to get their stories

17:53

that , because they

17:55

have their own stories that are entertaining

17:57

and interesting to people around the sport , because I reach

17:59

an audience where the casual fan

18:02

is listening to an experienced

18:04

racer and there's so many stories in

18:06

between that the media doesn't

18:08

always take and get . So I

18:11

wanted to capture that and

18:13

save some of those stories with some people who I found interesting

18:15

and I didn't know much about , including

18:18

Chip Hanna or in Jeff Bernard , some

18:21

of the current racers , like Andrew Tate , burt

18:23

Henderson , but also Kelly

18:25

Stocklin is such an interesting person I didn't know much

18:27

about . I got some great , great

18:30

stories from , but the Webbers

18:32

also Dave Villach

18:34

had some awesome stories , and Jimmy

18:36

Shane and Steve Reynolds neat brown . I

18:39

really talked to some people who I just thought were

18:41

so interesting but I didn't know , know

18:44

enough about and wanted to know more about

18:46

. But this podcast

18:48

isn't about me and I have fun doing it

18:50

. I really enjoy talking about the sport

18:52

that that I love and you love so much

18:55

. But I want to hear from you because , as

18:57

a fan base , you , you drive the

18:59

show what , what are you interested

19:01

in ? Do you want more interviews

19:03

with drivers ? Do you want more

19:06

interviews with crew members ? Do you want to hear more about

19:08

the , the backside of the sport , how the boats

19:11

work ? Are there questions you

19:13

have that you maybe you're too

19:15

afraid to ask your friend how

19:17

? How does a skiffin work or what ? What's

19:20

up with the rudder or the prop ? Or do you want to hear

19:22

more of that insight ? Do you want to

19:24

hear from our owners of the sport ? We've

19:26

talked to Darrell , darrell Strong . I've talked

19:28

to Kelly Stocklin

19:31

, nate Brown and previous

19:33

owner . Maybe you want to hear more

19:35

from the owners or people

19:37

run the sport Each one

19:39

, unlimited officials , people

19:41

on the board . Do you

19:44

want me to try and reach out to more

19:46

people running the race events ? Because

19:49

it takes not only the people at

19:51

each one but also the people at

19:53

the local , local venues . I've talked

19:55

to people behind San Diego

19:57

Bay Fair , seafarer . I've talked to people

20:00

behind the Columbia Cup , behind

20:02

HydroFest . Or should

20:04

we talk to more fans ? I've enjoyed talking to

20:07

some , some various fans . Or talk to Gary

20:09

Laws and some other other

20:12

various race fans on the shores of

20:15

each one races . Maybe

20:17

you want to hear more about the present racing or the

20:20

past racing . Do we want to

20:22

blend our mix of of everything

20:24

? Are you digging the

20:26

old audios ? I've been digging up from the

20:29

80s , 90s , 70s from

20:31

various race sites and relive

20:33

in those days , but really

20:35

I just want to hear from you , the listener . I

20:37

would love if you could reach out . Let

20:40

me know what you're thinking . What do you want to hear ? I would love

20:42

to hear from you . Email

20:45

always works best . You

20:47

can reach me at ruchateltalk at

20:49

gmailcom . So ruchateltalk

20:52

, all one word R-O-O-S-T-E-R

20:54

, that's Ruchatel , and

20:57

then tail is T-A-I-L , that's Ruchatel

20:59

, and

21:02

so then talk T-A-L-K . Ruchateltalk

21:05

at gmailcom . Love to hear from you . You

21:07

know always reach out . You

21:10

can message me on social media . I'm on Facebook and Instagram

21:13

the most We've

21:15

got . I've got a page for Ruchatel talk on both

21:17

of those . Always DM me . But

21:20

I want to hear from you , I want to hear

21:22

from the fans . What do you want to hear more of ? I

21:26

did try to reach out over the fall

21:28

to get some interviews lined up . I

21:31

ended up getting ghosted for the first time

21:33

on one of them , which is rather unfortunate , but

21:38

I had a couple other leads on things that just didn't pan out yet . But

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I'm hoping that we can this spring talk to them and

21:43

I don't want to drop names in case it doesn't happen

21:45

. One interview I do have . That will be our

21:47

next episode . Many

21:52

of you know Doug Brow passed away a longtime supporter of the

21:54

sport racer

21:57

crew member , his

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father , bill Brow , the milk ban , big name in the Seattle area in the 60s

22:02

and the 50s and hydroplane racing

22:04

. I got a chance and

22:06

I talked with him and I got an interview shortly before

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he passed away and I didn't feel right

22:11

about releasing it right away with his death , so

22:14

I held on to that that's going to be coming out in a couple

22:16

of weeks . That'll be our next episode . My

22:19

first interview for season six . It was a different story . My first

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interview for season six . It

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was a dear friend of my father's and knew

22:26

it was such a big part of the sport . It's

22:29

so sad that he's passed , but I will

22:31

, I will , I did save that interview and I'll be

22:33

releasing that for the second episode of the season

22:36

. So look for that in a few weeks . But

22:38

in the meantime I just I want to hear

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from you . I want to hear what you

22:42

want to add to content for this . Love

22:45

it . If you could reach out

22:47

, send me a DM , even just chat about

22:50

the sport . Such a long , such

22:52

a long break . I'm waiting for more racing to come

22:54

along . And

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one other thing I'm gonna ask of you please , if you

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haven't yet , please rate and review

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the podcast , or your experience of

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the podcast really helps out

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when I'm reaching out for others

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to get interviews and reaching out to

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try to get sponsors and whatnot for the podcast

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. Just to get the

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word out for the podcast . If you listen on Apple

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matter Please just go ahead and go on there , rate

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and review the podcast . Love

23:23

to see some more reviews come out for

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were available on all those all those platforms

23:39

. You can check

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us out on our website as well wwwroustrateltalkcom

23:46

. I do updates on there

23:48

and my social media . There's links to all

23:50

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when new episodes are released . So

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, yeah

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, we're back . I'm looking forward to getting another

24:12

episode out and talking to some

24:14

more people on the sport and sharing my conversations with you , because

24:17

, again , it's not about me in the sport , it's

24:20

about the sport and the other people that

24:22

make it happen . So , again

24:24

, let me know . I want to hear from you , tell me who you want and

24:28

we'll see what I can make happen , but

24:31

until then , I hope to see

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you at the race .