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Hello, and welcome to the Wow Connected Empowering

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Women through Sports, brought to you by our partner

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me as always are my lovely co hosts.

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Good morning, ladies. We have Stephant, Jokeet

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and Janning Samuel's switch

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an intro up a little bit today. Coming

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up in segment two, we ch out with the Washington Times

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legal affairs reporter Alex Woyer. After

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covering a controversial murder story as a

0:29

student reporter at the Zoo, she eventually went

0:31

to law school in Florida. After graduation,

0:33

she decided to leave the courtroom and return to the

0:35

newsroom as a reporter here in DC. We're

0:38

going to dive into how she handles covering such

0:40

high profile cases and how she sends

0:42

the elevator back down. So make sure you stick around

0:44

for that, ladies. We have so

0:47

much to be thankful for for this show. I

0:50

think celebration is an order if

0:53

you somehow missed it. The Why Shouldn't football

0:55

team beat the Bengals for the first time since

0:57

I was born since nineteen ninety one. They

1:00

beat the Bengals twenty to nine. There

1:03

is a three way second place tie

1:05

in the NFC East and it's Dallas weet.

1:07

We have a lot going on. Let's talk about

1:09

that game. Go

1:12

ahead, Jine, Like, Okay,

1:16

I was just so exciting, right, so

1:19

exciting to get get the win.

1:21

I mean, I don't even know where to begin.

1:24

I feel like, you know, we did what we needed to do.

1:26

We put the pressure on the quarterback, you know. Obviously

1:29

the unfortunate news with um Joe Burrow

1:31

and him going out was an advantage to

1:33

us, right, So we ended up overall having four

1:35

sex. We did a good job spreading

1:37

the love offensively, which

1:39

I think keeps the other team guessing because they

1:41

don't know where we're gonna, you know, send the ball. And I just

1:44

think overall defense and offense just

1:46

did a good job. And it was really a team

1:48

effort across the board. Yes, that's exactly

1:50

what I was gonna say. It was. It was a whole

1:53

team effort. We worked hard for that win.

1:56

Our young guys stepped up with some key

1:58

vets, So I mean that was actually

2:01

shows you what we have to look forward to. Yeah,

2:03

and it's the first time that we've won at

2:05

home against the Bengal since nineteen eighty

2:07

five. So just a huge,

2:09

huge win for us. I'm not gonna

2:12

you know, we're not throwing a parade. They're not the

2:14

best team, obviously, but they showed

2:16

us that they're a complete team. They could

2:19

put together a complete game, and that is what

2:21

we've been asking for. And you've seen the last couple of games

2:23

how close it's been. So just to see it kind of all

2:25

come together at a time where we need a most

2:27

especially heading into this game against Dallas.

2:30

I want to note Chase Young. He

2:33

is a beast. You know, his

2:35

numbers may not be showing just how impactful

2:37

he is as a rookie. I mean that hit against Burro

2:40

on fourth down. I mean that meme.

2:42

I've seen it all over the internet, like twenty

2:45

twenty coming at you hard. And I just love seeing

2:47

his energy also on the sidelines to that guy

2:49

is he's a leader and he's a rookie, so I just love

2:51

seeing that in

2:53

his conference that he works hard off

2:56

the field too, So he's just all

2:58

around. Sounds like ye going to take

3:00

our team somewhere. Great. Yeah,

3:02

And I think what's really fun for

3:04

this week and for this game is obviously it's

3:07

Dallas week and in a world full of

3:09

uncertainty in twenty twenty. As crazy

3:11

as it's been, this is something that we can look

3:13

forward to normalcybor

3:15

playing the Cowboys on Thanksgiving and

3:17

this game, the stakes are really high. The

3:19

winner of this game will be in first place

3:21

for the NFCST. So what do we got to do? Well,

3:26

you know, Coach Revera basically said, we have to

3:28

make sure that we take care of the players, both their

3:31

minds and their body. Obviously, they're going to be

3:33

studying a lot, right they want to make sure that they

3:35

know what Dallas is going to do and how they're

3:37

going to do it. So I think, you know, studying the tapes

3:39

and really making sure that they're prepared from

3:42

a play standpoint is super important. But we've

3:44

got to continue to just move the ball down the field methodically.

3:46

I feel like we did a really good job with that against the Bengals,

3:49

so we need to continue that. And we did a really

3:51

good job running the ball in the second

3:53

half on Sunday, So stick

3:55

with that and then obviously continue the passing

3:57

game. Yeah, I mean, like you said, it's

3:59

a short Although Dallas is coming off

4:01

of a good win, we

4:04

don't have a lot of time to prepare, so hopefully

4:06

we'll click and we'll work on those things that did

4:08

work make them better. I think that

4:11

it's a big game, like we've been saying to win. The

4:13

Giants are going to play the Bengals, which now

4:15

that burrows out, I think they'll win. Then

4:18

we go on to play the undefeated Steelers.

4:20

So this game is important.

4:22

Not only did Dallas play big when they're home

4:25

for Thanksgiving, but just overall,

4:27

like, we gotta get this win. We have

4:29

to get this win for so many reasons. Yeah,

4:32

we just do Andy Dalton. Oh

4:34

sorry, sorry, Jay, I was just gonna say that. You know, Andy

4:36

Dalton has a few standout weapons on his side,

4:39

so we have to really make sure that our

4:41

defense is just as aggressive, if not

4:43

more going into this game. Yeah,

4:46

and all I was gonna say is we keep preaching

4:49

it, but we just need another complete game.

4:51

We need all parts to be moving all together.

4:53

We got to keep that momentum and it's

4:55

not gonna be a cake wall or Kike walk. Excuse

4:58

me. Dallas has a a pressure,

5:00

they have a fast defense. Don't let their numbers fool

5:02

you. I mean their fronts seven is intense, and we really

5:04

need to make sure that we

5:06

are O line is ready in that Alex Smith, which she

5:08

has proven is ready. You can get rid of that ball

5:10

fast and that pressure is coming. It's gonna

5:12

be an exciting one. I can't wait to have my

5:15

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Welcome to the Well Spotlight. We are thrilled to have

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joining us today. The Washington Times legal affairs

7:24

reporter Alex Toyer. Alex is originally

7:26

from Texas, but left the Lone Star state to attend

7:28

Miszoo, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree

7:30

in broadcast journalism. While there, she covered

7:33

a controversial murder story as a

7:35

student reporter and eventually went to law school in

7:37

Florida. After graduating, she decided

7:39

to leave the courtroom and return to the newsroom.

7:41

As a legal affairs reporter here in DC. She

7:43

has covered the twenty sixteen and twenty twenty

7:46

campaign, the Supreme Court, the Trump

7:48

impeachment trial, and the Supreme Court vacancies.

7:51

You must be busy. You may have

7:53

also seen her on w JL, Fox

7:55

News and Fox and Friends. Alex, Welcome to

7:58

the will. Hey, thanks for having

8:00

Yeah, it's been a pretty busy four

8:02

years. I

8:05

want to start. I also measured in broadcast

8:08

journalism and I remember as a kid like the

8:11

moment I was like, oh, I want to do this, So I want to

8:13

ask, was there a moment or how did you know you wanted

8:15

to get into journalism. I had always

8:17

knew that I wanted to be a reporter of

8:19

some kind, generally,

8:21

I think it was a high school I started talking to

8:23

my parents about it and doing research about

8:26

what journalism programs are out

8:28

there in terms of college opportunities,

8:30

and so I kind of always had an idea

8:32

that I was just a very curious person,

8:35

and so that seemed to be the right route

8:37

to go. Yeah,

8:40

And so what's interesting about that is it seems

8:42

like when you started out as

8:44

a student reporter, you covered

8:46

a controversial murder story. And I know

8:49

for me personally, that likely

8:51

would have been like, Okay, I'm done. Yeah, no, like

8:53

I the whole murder thing. Yeah,

8:56

I'm good. So what

8:58

was that like likely being one

9:00

of your first stories. Yeah. So

9:02

what's interesting about the University of Missouri and why

9:04

I chose that school is they have their own

9:06

NBC affiliate. So what my professors

9:08

were actually the news director

9:10

and the anchors, and then US student reporters

9:13

got to go live and and do you know,

9:15

various packages. So it

9:17

was when I was there that I was covering

9:19

a It was in Columbia, Missouri,

9:22

kind of a small town compared to Houston

9:24

where I grew up, and so murders were rare,

9:26

and there was one that had occurred, and

9:28

you know, everyone in town knew about it,

9:30

and a young man had been

9:33

convicted based on the eyewitness

9:35

testimony of his friend basically saying,

9:37

you know, I was there with him when this happened, but

9:39

it had been unsolved for many years. So

9:42

I came into the picture when that eyewitness

9:44

said, you know, I think I was wrong.

9:47

I dreamt this up. And

9:49

the boy had a history of drug use. So

9:51

it ended up being met. After sixteen

9:54

years or so, this young man

9:57

was released from prison, and so I was

9:59

based able to break the

10:02

eyewitnessed the boy who

10:05

was the eyewitness that had come forward and said we did

10:07

this. I was able to break

10:09

that story, and so I covered it for a few

10:11

years as that legal process worked out.

10:13

And and now Ryan Ferguson was

10:15

the boy who was in prison. He

10:18

has been released. Oh

10:20

my goodness, that is amazing.

10:24

Well, it's a very curious story because

10:27

his friend actually, you know, had

10:29

some sort of plea agreement, right, so he's still

10:31

doing time, but he wasn't

10:33

sentenced as long as Ryan was, so now

10:36

he's trying to basically fight to

10:38

get out of his agreement because

10:40

he says, you know, I

10:43

was wrong. I was fed this by the prosecutors.

10:45

I think I dreamed it. It's a very

10:47

sad story, especially because

10:50

of course there's a victim in all of this. A lot

10:52

of times people forget to as

10:55

many many years go by, that there's still

10:57

a grieving family. So you know, who

10:59

thought that they were given justice in one

11:01

hand, but then weren't. So it's

11:04

it's something that a town like that doesn't

11:06

experience often. And it even

11:08

led to Dateline in forty eight hours doing

11:10

a few different you know, segments

11:12

or shows on it. Wow,

11:16

So you just brought up this great

11:18

point that we forget that there's this grieving

11:20

family. There's so many angles to every

11:22

story. So for you, as you've been

11:24

covering the past four years and what's been going on

11:27

with our president, and how do you

11:29

stay unbiased and how do you

11:31

show every angle fairly? You

11:34

know, I think that it's I'm lucky

11:36

and that I cover legal affairs because

11:38

there's it's very hard not to

11:41

be able to show both sides of a story when

11:43

you're you have a plaintiff and a defendant.

11:45

Usually you're able to take from their

11:47

two sides and their court documents and

11:50

say this is what one side says, this is

11:52

what the other. So in that respect,

11:54

it's very you know, easy to do. The

11:56

other part is I just always think to myself

11:59

when I'm on Capitol Hill for example, and

12:02

doing coverage there, you know, one

12:04

side is saying one thing, the other side,

12:07

I need to include that because it's

12:09

it's really ultimately up to the reader to decide

12:12

who they believe where they believe

12:14

the true Wise, it's not up to us

12:16

in terms of being journalists.

12:18

It's our responsibility to give them all

12:20

the information and let the public educate

12:23

themselves. Can I just

12:25

answer one more question, sorry ladies, but

12:27

what if you fund most interesting then

12:29

in the impeachment trials recently? Yeah,

12:33

so I guess again, it's interesting

12:35

to me to combine those two, right,

12:37

because I think a lot of people say, oh,

12:39

you're a lawyer, you're you cover the courts

12:42

like it's you know, covering an impeachment trial

12:44

is. I'm sure you cover trials before, but

12:46

it's very different because there is obviously a lot

12:48

of politics involved. It's not your normal

12:51

um, you know, courtroom show that

12:53

you see and you expect from different

12:55

from the opening statements to the closing

12:57

statements and how a judge would rule. So

12:59

there was definitely politics at play, but

13:01

I still think you present both sides, what

13:04

the Democrats were saying, what President Trump's defense

13:06

team was saying, and again, the

13:08

public can decide for themselves. And I think

13:10

that obviously we've lived in a very partisan

13:12

time that I wasn't really sure going into the

13:15

trial if there was going to be much. Minds changed

13:18

and I'm gonna stay on this. Not that we're grilling

13:21

you for moving a reporter, but you

13:23

know, I'm obviously super interested in this as well.

13:25

How do you earn the public trust for this? You know,

13:27

there's been over the last couple of years, there's been

13:29

so much up and down, and you watch certain

13:31

networks for different beliefs,

13:33

But how do you as a reporter keep that you know

13:35

media ethics and earn that trust.

13:38

Yeah. I try to be as honest

13:41

and transparent obviously as I can. I

13:43

think it's different when you also have now

13:45

social media where readers can interact

13:47

with you and ask questions,

13:49

So I welcome that. If I do

13:51

put a story out that you know, one

13:54

side or the other doesn't like a

13:56

lot of times I get tweets or whatnot, and I try

13:58

to respond to as many as I can or clarify

14:01

anything that might be unclear.

14:04

You know. I just again, I think that

14:06

as long as you do represent both sides,

14:08

I personally try not to put any any

14:11

spin, never on any any story.

14:13

So I take

14:15

it as a compliment. Often when I get

14:17

kind of heat from both sides, I think to myself,

14:20

well, you know, if I'm making

14:22

one side unhappy, it's good that the other side is unhappy

14:24

too, or vice versa. If if one

14:26

side likes the story, the other side likes the story, I'm

14:29

like, well, I must be doing something right. I'm finding some sort

14:31

of a balance. That's a great way to look

14:33

at it when you see both sides of it.

14:36

Yeah, and so talk a little bit just about

14:38

following your passion right and so being

14:41

in journalism. I know, for me, I actually

14:43

left Corporate America to become

14:45

a full time reporter anchor

14:47

and then just was like, WHOA, I don't know if

14:50

this is really what I want to do. I think

14:52

I let fear and doubt, you know, kind of get the best

14:54

of me. I let the paycheck

14:56

that wasn't that great get the best of me,

14:58

and then I ended up going back into consulting

15:00

and now I'm back into my passion career

15:03

and I feel like I wasted a lot of years there.

15:05

So what advice do you have for, you know,

15:08

anyone that maybe wants to follow their passion

15:10

career and maybe the money isn't there, or they're new

15:12

edit, or they have fear, they have doubt, like, how do you keep

15:14

pushing forward to make sure you stay

15:16

in the game and truly do what it is that you desire.

15:20

Well, I guess that's there's a

15:22

lot of good information and that

15:24

question. I think that first I so

15:26

I went to journalism school, as we discussed, and then

15:29

I covered that controversial murder story,

15:31

and I thought to myself, I was very interest. I talked to a

15:33

lot to lawyers during that time. I thought if I wanted

15:35

to go to law school ever, I should

15:37

do that. Now. I wasn't married at the time, didn't

15:39

have kids, right, and so I thought, oh,

15:41

the money, You know, the money's an issue. It's very

15:43

expensive. But where there's

15:46

a will, there's a way. And so I looked

15:48

at ways to get scholarship opportunities.

15:50

I am. I took out so much student loans.

15:52

I've kind of accepted that in order to

15:56

follow my dream job and do what I want to do,

15:58

that I'm just going to have to deal with that monthly law

16:00

school loan payment for quite some time.

16:02

And you know, I've been lucky

16:05

that I was encouraged by my family.

16:07

My dad always said that if you love

16:10

what you do, you'll never have to work a day of your life.

16:12

So, you know, I feel like that's kind

16:14

of been how it is, and you just have to make cuts. I

16:16

think my issue is I have that

16:18

monthly loan payment to pay off this law

16:20

school you degree. But I'm also

16:23

then, you know, driving a

16:25

car that might break down every so often. So

16:27

you just kind of have to make those financial

16:29

adjustments where you see fit

16:32

to be able to, you know, follow that passion.

16:34

But again, you know, I don't regret it.

16:36

I think that there's been a lot of young

16:38

women who have asked me they want to be journalists, but they're

16:40

also interested in law, and I just say, do

16:42

your research, try to apply for as many scholarships

16:45

as you can, because it is expensive. Do

16:48

you speak briefly about what it's like

16:50

being a female reporter in this area

16:52

of journalism that you cover. Yeah.

16:55

Actually, I think that's a really great question

16:57

that you asked me. It's

17:00

I've never I was involved

17:03

in journalism in Missouri, a

17:05

little bit in Florida while I was in law school.

17:08

I still kind of did some radio down

17:10

there and some TV, and then

17:12

back in Texas where I'm originally from,

17:15

and there is a

17:18

lot more. I don't want to say sexism.

17:21

I hate to like point that finger, but

17:23

I do feel like it's more rampant here in

17:25

Washington, and I think it's just because

17:28

you are competing with a lot

17:30

of men. Men still dominate

17:32

not only the news industry but Capitol

17:35

Hill, and so I'm lucky and fortunate that

17:38

where I work, I've never felt that or

17:40

experienced that, but I've seen it on of

17:42

course, you know, in politics on Capitol

17:44

Hill, as covering various stories

17:46

and even just amongst working

17:49

with different spokespeople. I'm

17:51

sure you all you ladies have seen it too,

17:53

and I think it's just something you know, you believe

17:56

in yourself, you know where you stand. I

17:59

will say it's interesting that we talked about

18:01

me going to law school and whatnot, Because

18:03

I do feel like as soon as sometimes

18:06

there's you know, someone finds out I'm a lawyer,

18:08

the tone changes a little bit and those

18:10

email correspondents. So yeah,

18:12

no, it's it's an uphill climb, but I think

18:14

that it's changing, and it's I'm

18:17

lucky that I have great supervisors

18:19

where I work personally, and I think that as women,

18:21

that's what we have to find. We

18:23

talked a lot about this on previous

18:25

episodes, sending the elevator back down,

18:28

and really, once you get

18:30

to your peak or where you've been being that mentor,

18:32

and you've talked about supervisors that you've had in

18:34

your current position, how do you

18:36

do that? How do you in your everyday life make sure that you're

18:39

sending the elevator back down to help those who

18:41

will come after you. Yeah,

18:43

I've been very fortunate that I've

18:45

had mentors helped

18:48

me along the way. One

18:51

of them is Shannon Bream at Fox News.

18:53

She's kind of counseled me over the years. She was

18:56

a journalist. She is a journalist obviously,

18:59

but she was a lawyer before that, so she's

19:01

been able to give me advice and I've often

19:04

I mean, it's I've appreciated it's helped me along

19:06

my career over the past seven

19:08

years. And so when i've you

19:10

know, I'm now in my thirties and there's a lot

19:13

of young early twenties graduating

19:15

from journalism school who come to DC,

19:17

either on internships or their

19:20

first job, and I've tried to always when

19:22

they asked to meet for coffee or have a phone

19:25

call, to avail myself as

19:27

others have done to me, because I

19:29

think that we always need to pay it forward and

19:32

help counsel where we can, even in

19:34

times where it's not necessarily my industry.

19:37

I've known some young women who have come here

19:39

on internships that might be looking more

19:41

for lobbying jobs, not necessarily

19:43

in the news, but they want to ask

19:45

about Washington. They want to ask various

19:47

questions about what it's like living and working

19:49

here. So of course, like I've always

19:52

made time for that, and I think that's what you know, we

19:54

should do, and I always tell them,

19:56

you know, like when the roles reversed,

19:58

just make sure you do the Yeah.

20:01

And speaking of that, I'm assuming

20:03

that you also have mentors and coaches

20:05

and advisors that you look for and

20:08

toward for advice. So what's the best advice

20:10

you've ever been given? Oh,

20:13

I believe the best advice

20:16

I should credit my parents.

20:18

But I did have a professor in journalism

20:20

school, and he always said, under

20:24

promise and over deliver. And

20:26

I think that that's true for our

20:28

professional lives and also personal

20:30

relationships too. I think that you

20:33

know, we've all had coworkers

20:36

who promised to be their promise to do something and

20:38

then drop the ball. But I think

20:40

we also have that happen with friends, and

20:42

sometimes that's where it hurts the most. So in

20:44

my personal and professional life, I always

20:46

try to under

20:48

promise and then show up when you

20:51

least expect it. I

20:53

like that. So we have questions we ask

20:55

all of our guests. So one of them is what would

20:57

you tell your younger self if you could. Oh,

21:02

that's a good question, don't

21:05

I guess. Don't set time

21:08

deadlines for yourself. You know, I think

21:10

we all think, oh, I'm going to see

21:12

myself here in a year or five years or whatnot,

21:14

because life it's full

21:17

of twists and turns. Think of twenty twenty.

21:19

What we never thought we'd be doing?

21:21

All sorts of things from inside our house

21:23

like this, right we thought we'd be in a studio,

21:25

I'm sure, And so I think you just have to

21:27

roll with the punches and not try to like fit

21:30

your life into some sort of timeline,

21:32

because ultimately you know you're gonna

21:34

be where you're meant to be. Absolutely

21:38

and obviously you are very busy.

21:40

But is there a regular routine or something that you

21:42

do every day that helps you stay motivated?

21:45

Well, I do, so I used to when I

21:47

lived in Florida and Texas. I used to do half

21:50

marathons. So I was running all

21:52

the time, and I thought someday I would do a

21:54

full marathon. I'm not really sure about that,

21:56

but I stopped running for a while, and

21:59

so this year, actually with twenty twenty,

22:01

I last New Year's Eve, I said,

22:03

I'm going to sign up for a half marathon. I'm going to get back

22:05

into running. So I did actually

22:07

do that, and of course the half was canceled, but I held

22:09

myself accountable and I ran thirteen point

22:12

one mile to buy myself in September

22:14

just to be able to cross that off the list.

22:17

And I felt so good getting back

22:19

into that routine that I've kept

22:21

it going and I've signed up for one next

22:24

year, so hopefully that'll be in person.

22:26

So I guess I've tried to make running part

22:28

of my daily routine just for like mental health.

22:31

Also it helps clear my mind. It's

22:34

good to keep yourself accountable, like he said, like

22:36

the marathon was canceled, but you don't want to quit on yourself.

22:38

And I think that valuable lesson is you've

22:40

got to make those appointments with yourself and I'll let yourself

22:42

down. Well, Alex, somehow

22:45

this has come to an end. It has been such a pleasure

22:47

to have you here in a while. Before we let you go, can

22:49

you let our listeners know where they can find you? Just plug

22:51

at the accounts that you have. Yeah, of course.

22:54

So my stories are on the

22:56

Washington Times dot com and then my own

22:58

social media. I am on Twitter.

23:00

A lot of my stories are shared there and

23:02

it's at a slawyer my last

23:04

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23:07

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Football Team. We

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are heading into well overtime brought to

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you by Fresh Fine Wine, and I think

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overtime this week should be a pretty

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simple and obvious one. We're going to talk about

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what we're thankful for. Twenty twenty

25:20

has been a tough and just

25:23

unprecedented and wild year for all

25:26

of us and many of us, and I

25:28

think during times like this it's important to

25:30

reflect and to take a breath and

25:32

to really think about all the things that you do

25:34

have or in front of you. When

25:36

to be thankful and grateful for so

25:39

I'm going to start and obviously I'm very

25:41

thankful right now for my health, the

25:44

health of my family. I

25:46

bought a house in twenty twenty. It's been the peak

25:49

of twenty twenty for me is just moving

25:51

on to the next chapter of my life. And I'm

25:54

also just very thankful for all

25:56

the opportunities the Whington Football team has

25:58

given to me. I say this, I just

26:01

gas puddle the Washington Football team and the first

26:03

Ladies, but I'm gonna pump them up. I'm gonna keep

26:05

doing it. I've been on the team

26:07

fortunately for six years going on hopefully

26:10

seven and just the opportunities

26:12

to travel overseas, to have

26:14

opportunities that we just had to interview Alex

26:16

and to meet such amazing people, and

26:19

this show that's dephinitely joking, gave me the opportunity

26:21

to do. It's just been life

26:24

changing for me in a way. It's that passion

26:26

project that Jennie was talking about, my passion

26:28

career. And so I am very very

26:30

thankful for many things in this crazy

26:32

twenty twenty. I like

26:35

all the things you said, great

26:38

Dido, Yeah, I'm having for that

26:40

perspective and I'm very thankful for this

26:42

show, our producer Stevie

26:45

Julie Dalton, that's helped us so along the

26:47

way. It's girl power all the way,

26:50

and I hope that our female fans

26:52

are wild members are super

26:54

excited about it. I know what we got the best

26:56

in NFL practice that post that we put

26:58

up. They gave us so much love, so I know, you

27:01

know, we're supporting each other. We're here to be their voice

27:04

for me. Okay, being thankful, So

27:06

yes for all of that that we just said. But when

27:09

we were talking to Alex and she just mentioned twenty

27:11

twenty again, and I know we all talk about twenty

27:13

twenty, but I think this is strange.

27:16

But I'm thankful for the perspective

27:19

that twenty twenty has given us all

27:21

at the same time. So

27:23

we all go through things at different times, so

27:25

we don't quite understand what somebody else is going

27:27

through. But I feel like twenty taught

27:30

us all empathy and to

27:32

care for one another. And so as

27:34

crappy as this she is, and for all the lives

27:37

that we've lost, I think that for once,

27:39

we're almost in the same boat at the

27:41

same time, and so I think

27:43

this is somewhere where we can grow from and

27:46

improve ourselves, improve our country, improve,

27:49

you know, loving one another, Black

27:51

lives matter, women crush

27:53

it, kill it like we're it's

27:55

great. So my other thankful's are

27:58

of course for health and for family

28:00

and friends and new opportunities.

28:04

Yeah, and I know I

28:06

don't want to get emotional over here, but

28:09

you know, along the same line, Stephanie, I was going to

28:11

say the same. Something's very similar in

28:13

the sense that, you know, I always try to look

28:16

at the positive of every negative, and

28:18

you know, obviously what we've gone through in twenty twenty,

28:20

there's been a lot of down. But the up that I

28:22

see in it is it's really forced

28:24

us all as a country to sit

28:27

still, pay attention

28:29

and just take a deep breath, and in many

28:31

cases the ability to just put ourselves

28:34

first, hopefully from a self care and a mental

28:36

standpoint, because we literally had no choice,

28:38

right We really could not get out, we could not do all

28:40

of the things, We could not have the hustle and

28:42

bustle that we normally have, and it really just made

28:44

you sit down and just realize and

28:47

be thankful for the things that you do have. So that's

28:50

been huge for me. Because I we the

28:52

three of us are always always on the

28:55

go. The other thing obviously, just

28:57

to piggyback from what you all said, you know obviously

28:59

you know family, my nieces, my

29:01

nephews, my mom, you know, beating

29:04

fighting stage four cancer and

29:07

feeling like her old self again has

29:09

been a blessing. And then being

29:11

able to be more connected in a deeper

29:13

way with the fans within the Washington football team,

29:15

being a part of, you know, obviously this

29:18

wild show and being able to talk

29:20

about something I'm really passionate about around

29:22

personal and self development and

29:24

having a platform to do that for

29:27

the women of Washington has truly been a blessing.

29:29

And then just being able to interview some of the most amazing

29:32

people you know on this show and then

29:34

with Washington Salute, you know, Doug

29:36

Williams and Brigadier General McGhee, Jason

29:39

Wright, you know, Jason Campbell

29:41

just the other day, and just being able to go

29:43

into this holiday season and just being

29:45

truly blessed and thankful for all

29:47

of the things that maybe I had forgotten

29:49

that I was thankful for before. Who

29:52

was that? What was the song? It might have come out of year

29:55

two earlier. It was just for a telling the sit

29:57

down be humble like

30:00

that. I was, literally, I will show

30:02

you, but I have right here in my bar card a sign that

30:04

says sit down, be humble. Yes Kendrick

30:06

Lamark every day year

30:09

card. When I sit down in my office, I'm like, yes, I will

30:11

sit down and be humble and think about

30:13

all of the blessings. Yeah, he

30:16

was letting us know. Get ready,

30:19

we're thankful for our listeners. So we're thankful

30:21

for you wherever you're listening or you're watching

30:23

it, you know, and none of this would be possible

30:25

without all of you and or each of you. And also

30:28

thankful for the Washington football program for

30:31

all of the growth that they have made this

30:33

year, you know, and bringing the fans along

30:35

on that ride. I think, as you mentioned,

30:37

stephany twenty twenties in a year of reflection and self

30:40

growth, and we've seen it firsthand,

30:42

even with the NFL and with programs with watching

30:44

football team. So it's been really been a

30:47

tough year obviously, but there are

30:49

some small glimpses of light and hope

30:51

to see and to be thankful for. Stephanie,

30:54

let's talk about what events we have coming

30:56

up after the car I just have to

30:58

add too that I'm thankful for fine

31:00

wine. Chardon ay too, you

31:03

don't know are for me, I

31:06

think for all of them. So yeah, just

31:08

wine first of one, wine in general. Thankful for oh

31:12

goodness. Okay. So we're having

31:14

a holiday wellness panels. So

31:16

as we talk about, you know, going through

31:19

the holidays, it's not the normal

31:21

one that we're used to. We can't be with family like we

31:23

always have been because we're trying to stay home and be

31:25

safe. And so we're having a panel

31:28

on the December third, five thirty to seven

31:30

fifteen. We will be raising money,

31:33

I cause my cleats for WOW is

31:35

going to be Women's HQ, which helps

31:37

support women of color as they survived domestic

31:39

violence, sexual assault, getting them on

31:41

their feet. So we're having speakers

31:43

talk about financial independence. We're

31:46

talking about your wellness as

31:48

far as what you're eating during the holidays, how you're

31:50

sleeping, your skin, all those

31:52

things that help you feel good from the outside

31:55

in. We're going to be talking to a life coach,

31:57

doctor Susanne Nixon, So it's

31:59

going to be very interactive.

32:01

So I hope that everyone in WOW comes

32:04

to this. It'll be great. Yeah,

32:06

and if you can let us know what causes

32:08

you're supporting. Obviously, we would love you to

32:10

join in with us as well, and then what

32:12

you're thankful for this Thanksgiving

32:15

season. You know, be sure to comment below and let us

32:17

know. We would love to hear. Yeah

32:19

and speaking. We briefly mentioned it, but next

32:21

week on The Wow, we have an opportunity

32:24

to sit down with Washington School Year Coaching in turn,

32:26

Jennifer King. We put it out in the universe and we finally

32:28

came back around. We manifested this interview. She's

32:31

gonna come on the wall and discuss the call

32:33

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32:35

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32:37

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32:40

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