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Welcome to Students Incorporated, a podcast exploring the topics of business, education,

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technology and design.

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I'm your host, Mr. Jason.

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Join me weekly as my team and I produce content that's informative, positive, fun and uplifting.

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Episodes include student conversations, interviews with thought leaders and inspirational stories

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with an international flavor.

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This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International

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Community School of Bangkok.

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Hello and welcome back to the show.

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I'm your host, Mr. Jason.

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Today's episode marks the end of season two and I couldn't be more proud of my season

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two team.

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In this episode and for segment one, I will conduct a reflection time with our season

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two team and find out directly from them how they think the season went.

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Then for segment two, we will conclude our story, The Secrets of El Dorado with part

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10 titled The Showdown and Reveal.

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You won't want to miss and find out what happens to our heroes and villains.

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But before we jump in, let's hear our quote of the day and get some headline news.

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Our quote of the day comes from Alan Alexander Mill.

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He said, How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

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Alan Alexander Mill was an English humorist, the originator of the immensely popular stories

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of Christopher Robin and his toy bear Winnie the Pooh.

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This quote encapsulates the bittersweet emotions that arise when we must bid farewell to someone

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or something that holds a special place in our hearts.

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It speaks to the deep gratitude we feel for the love and connection we have experienced,

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even in the face of the pain of separation.

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The sentiment is both heartwarming and touching, reminding us of the preciousness of the moments

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we have shared and the lasting impact they have had on us.

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It serves as a reminder to cherish and hold onto the memories and relationships that bring

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us joy, even as we navigate the difficult process of saying goodbye.

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And that's our quote of the day.

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Thank you, Rebecca, for the quote.

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Now on to our headline news.

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To start off, our first headline news focuses on the topic of business.

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A very widely known fast food chain, McDonald's, is currently reporting lower than usual earnings

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for the first quarter of 2024.

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To quote the CEO, consumers continue to be more discriminating with every dollar that

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they spend due to rapid inflation.

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While McDonald's sales in the first quarter did increase by 5% from last year's quarter

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one sales, it still fell short of expectations.

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McDonald's has decided to focus on affordability in an effort to increase its sales and amidst

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current events that are causing McDonald's to be boycotted.

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Onto our second news that goes along with the topic of technology.

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A mass layoff in April this year caused around 20,000 employees in the tech industry to lose

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their jobs.

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Major companies like Google, Apple, Intel, Amazon, and others have been highlighted for

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reducing their workforce.

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Some examples include Apple firing 600 employees, Google laying off staff in Python, Flutter,

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and Dart teams, Intel firing over 50 employees at its headquarters, and Amazon cutting hundreds

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of jobs in the Amazon web service team.

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The reasons behind these layoffs are attributed to various factors such as automation, restructuring,

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and economic challenges.

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Now onto our final news that services the topic of design.

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The 2024 Kyoto Global Design Awards is extending a call for submissions to designers worldwide.

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To apply there is an application fee of 80 to 650 euro fee per project submitted.

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The Kyoto Global Design Awards recognizes exceptional design achievements on a global

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scale across diverse categories.

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The seven available categories for project submissions are real estate, restaurant, hotel,

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bars, fashion, visual, industry, and theory.

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The eligibility criteria are inclusive, welcoming designers of all nationalities and experience

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levels to participate.

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The judging criteria for this award emphasizes innovation, creativity, functionality, and

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aesthetic appeal.

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Winners will gain recognition from the international wall of fame.

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And that's our headline news for today.

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Thank you for the quote in the headline news.

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This episode marks the final episode of season two.

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So my season two team has joined me in the studio today, all four of them.

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We'll be discussing and reflecting on their experiences, not only as students in my marketing

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class, but also what it's like to take on an actual role and work to help produce 32

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So without further ado, let's get to my first question for them.

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Hey, welcome back, guys.

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I'm glad you're all in the studio today.

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I'd like for you to start off by sharing a favorite memory you had this year working

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Maybe Premi, you could start us off.

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I feel like there's so many like fun and fond memories that we've shared like this past

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I can't choose, but I think one that stands out for me is for sure.

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When we had the chapel episode with Asa Watson, if you haven't listened to that, go back and

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I think afterwards we had marketing class too, and I remember it was so, so fun.

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We had like a whole vlog going on.

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We went to Simple Cafe, Simple Coffee, and then we like celebrated.

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It was really fun.

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And I think also just like honestly, all the recording sessions have been super fun.

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But also like when we're brainstorming in class and everything or like recording after

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school and then like just all the laughs and the smiles we've shared in this class, I think

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everything adds up.

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And it's so sad to see Chanyeol and Haga.

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I definitely agree with you, Premi.

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So, so, so true.

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I think my favorite memory is like pretty spread out.

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I feel like I just really like the tiny moments and like jokes that we have in class and like

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occasionally running down to Simple Coffee to get some snacks and I don't know, getting

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lollipops sometimes for Mr. Jason.

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That was pretty, that was pretty nice.

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Yeah, the secret stash.

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Yes, the secret stash.

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We're the special students.

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But like it's just so fun just being able to record and like being in a tiny studio

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and just reading off our script and making stories up.

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And yeah, I think recording for Chapel, the Asa Watson episode was definitely a highlight

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too.

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That was really fun.

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It was challenging, but it was definitely like a new experience that we all had.

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The most memorable memory for me will be the Chapel episode.

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But since Premi already talked about it, I'll say my second favorite will be the one we

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interviewed Mrs. Merrily and all the two young kids.

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They were so talented and we can see they're gifted in writing and like writing the poetry

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and we can see their growth.

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And I hope we can interview them next year too and hopefully see their growth.

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And also, I just simply like to spend time with my close friends in class since we have

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a small size class and we just developed deeper relationship between each other.

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We have a great bond which continues in our just daily life.

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We just greet each other on the stairs and basically hugging and just talking were fun.

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Yeah, that's my reflection.

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My favorite memory this year would probably be the same as the first semester response.

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It would be working on the Chapel live recording because that was when we actually got to meet

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a huge figure, not a local celebrity or someone that's not from around here.

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And it was also a blast to see all the people in the Chapel having fun interacting with

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the podcast even if they weren't directly involved with it.

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Thank you so much for sharing those memories.

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Okay, moving on, what are some aspects of the production were you most excited about

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and what aspects of the production were you least excited about and why?

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You can be totally honest here.

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Premi, go ahead and start us off.

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That's a really good question because I feel like there's different aspects of production.

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I know that we have different roles and each role is responsible for the different aspect

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of production and then all together at the end of the day we come together and produce

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the Steams Incorporated podcast.

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So I think for me, honestly my most favorite or the parts of the production that I'm most

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excited about would be interviewing the guests because I feel like when they come in, they're

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able to get a feel in our studio and also able to get insights from them and share them

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with the podcast.

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And I feel like because we were able to invite guests from a variety of different fields,

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I feel like I'm learning something new every day and then I'm learning something new in

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another field that I never would have learned otherwise.

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So I really love that experience and I also love writing the story, the Secrets of El

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Rio and also brainstorming it every part along the way.

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For aspects of the production that I was least excited about, I don't think it's necessarily

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an aspect but I think it's how sometimes we were crunched for time because we don't have

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that many people or how there's not many guests coming in at that moment or we have less ideas

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for what our next episodes are going to be.

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And I feel like when those aspects, the routine pattern or the routine characteristic of production,

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you have to get this done by this day and that day.

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And I feel like because we have less people, that leaves a lot less time for more creative

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aspects like if we could host projects or marketing strategies so that we could expand

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the podcast or viewership.

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So I think the aspect that I am less excited about is the routinely characteristic of it

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that just demands that every single episode needs to come out every single week and all

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the effort that comes with it.

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But I think altogether it's been very enjoyable and altogether it's been very exciting to

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produce it.

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And as for me, I would say some aspects of the production that I was most excited about

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is probably just in general recording my story parts or just reading PSA news or quote-unquote

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today.

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I don't know.

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I just really like speaking in front of this really cool, glowy microphone.

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It seems so cool and professional.

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I don't know.

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And it's always fun just coming into the back studio.

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It just seems like something so exquisite and special.

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So I guess it's just that feeling of like, whoa, this is special and I'm like speaking

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to people.

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As for aspects of production that I was least excited about, I would say I definitely agree

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with Premi on this one.

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Probably just like the crunching, like the limited time we have having to release an

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episode each week.

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It does get a little bit stressful, but I feel like it's because of this that I grew

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closer to my team and really bonded with each one of them.

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And I think also because of that, communication was so important and giving out ideas to each

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other and helping each other was really a meaningful process that came along.

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For me, the most exciting part is just interviewing people because I can learn from different

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experts in different aspects.

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For example, I learned about how business can work, like how business work and how to

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write poems and just interview some people over the world, like in New York and in Thailand.

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Yeah, probably I hope we can interview some people in China as well next year.

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And also, however, I don't actually have the least exciting part, but it might be just

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working with friends because I can easily get distracted while working and well prefer

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to spend time instead of working.

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So next year, I need to work more on that.

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Basically, some aspects of the production that I liked were recording because you got

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to see the interactions happen live and not just some filtered versions.

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And the least exciting parts that I had to do was I guess writing some of the headlines

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because some of them were really, really hard to write because the topics weren't really

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that interesting.

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So I had to make it sound a bit a lot more impactful.

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I think there are a lot of exciting parts about doing this type of a project with a

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good team that kind of gels together.

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But because we had a smaller team this year, yes, we were under the time schedule, right?

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We all had to wear different hats, do different things, and add things to our plates that

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we normally would not have if there would have been one or two more students involved.

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And just for the listeners to know, we spend only about three and a half hours together

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per week.

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And so for a small team like this to produce 32 episodes in two semesters, if you break

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that down to only then spending three and a half hours together per week, they have

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to get a lot done in every hour and every minute that we're together.

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So I'm super proud of them for working hard and gelling well together and always coming

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to class and just getting their heads down and doing the work.

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Okay, we got to move on to our next question here.

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I get excited about all those things as well, so thanks for sharing your ups and some of

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the things that weren't so fun.

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But up next, let's share a challenge you personally faced within your role in the podcast and

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maybe how you overcame it.

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So Primi, go ahead and start us off.

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I think challenges or I think one challenge that immediately stood out to me in my role

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as the writer or editor is that I feel like with, like we've said before, the nature of

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the time that we have here in the podcast, you have to be very on top of things or on

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top of things when it comes to writing.

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For instance, you might be recording the script or for this episode, but then you should already

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be working on the script for the next episode.

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And I think as I reflect, as the season has come almost to an end now, I'm reflecting

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that I should make a schedule for that so that I can be or I can stay on top of things

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more so that the script is already been worked on for the next episode.

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So next year with me and Rebecca on the podcast for season three, we're hoping or I'm hoping

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to definitely make a schedule for myself and as more team members come in also to share

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that schedule with them and to also show and be involved in starting the new document and

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starting the next script so that we're more prepared and more ready for each episode.

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So for me, I would say the biggest challenge that I face as a graphic designer in this

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team is just making the text that the text box and banner.

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It is so frustrating sometimes because I have to constantly adjust the text so that it aligns

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with the other text below, but then additionally having to sometimes delete the words because

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they're too long or they fit the space really awkwardly.

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graphic pop out and also trying to figure out the color scheme of the graphics because

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we're only limited to about like white, blue and yellow.

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So I think that and red kind of.

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So that is pretty challenging and I think something else that was also kind of challenging

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was probably just like coming up with ideas for what to post on Instagram stories.

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We made it a thing that we would post the Instagram story each class and so sometimes

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we run out of ideas and so we just post our whole group like working on something and

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I think that was kind of challenging in times.

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I think the biggest way that I overcame this was probably for both of these challenges,

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just asking ideas and advice from my classmates and Mr. Jason.

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I think Mr. Jason definitely helped me so much with the graphics and like tweaking the

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words and I think just asking my classmates like, what should we do for today's Instagram

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story?

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Can't really think of one.

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So I think just communicating with my podcast team.

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And you know, I just thought of something when you were saying that sometimes there'll

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be times that you have the graphic ready and made for the episode but something comes up

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that we have.

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Yeah, we changed the title.

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Yeah, we changed the title or like we have to come up with a completely new idea and

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then you have to like scratch that graphic and make a whole another one even though that

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one fit.

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So like yeah, that's one thing too.

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I feel like one of the things that we have to do constantly is or like we have to have

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is flexibility.

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That's true.

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Because in like we are a real or we're working or running an actual podcast with like actual

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and real life changes, right?

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So like we have to like be flexible and change things like we might have to we might have

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written a script completely but we might have to change it.

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So yeah, and that goes for graphic design too, which is the added challenge.

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Yeah.

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For me, the biggest problem that I met as a co-host is to be punctual and be on time

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in the beginning of the school year.

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I can still vividly recall I missed the second episode after school because simply I just

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forgot and got tired.

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So I went home directly because I didn't set reminder or fit it on my schedule.

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So to overcome this kind of challenges, I started setting reminders on my phone for

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the recording dates and time.

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And also I bought a physical calendar for the first time and write down all the days

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that I need to come for recording.

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So it helped me, it shaped me to be a person who is like more punctual and be more like

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just diligent on the things like small things.

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As a co-editor, for me is to like know the content really well and to know what's going

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on in the stories so I can write good recap.

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So that's what I also need to work on is to be more familiar with the interview information

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and the content of the story.

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I had to cancel a lot of after school tutoring because of the podcast recordings.

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So basically that was one of the challenges that I faced with the recording process, but

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I guess I made do with it.

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I just rescheduled all the, you know, all the, all the appointments.

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So it wasn't that bad, but it just kind of messed up my schedule a bit.

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Well, thank you so much for all those answers.

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And yeah, I would agree.

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There's a lot of challenges, especially as you're doing something new that you've never

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done before.

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Sometimes the small details will trip you up, right?

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Like scheduling, flexibility, you're gonna have to change something right to last minute.

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But you guys have learned and you've done it and this is proof of it since this is our

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last episode for season two, right?

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So anyways, good job.

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It truly shows how the span of a year you all were able to take away so many valuable

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lessons.

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All right.

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Our next question is a good one.

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If you had a chance to start this season over, what would you have chosen to do differently?

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Primi go ahead and start us off again.

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Well, that is a good question and a hard one too.

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Let me, if I had the chance to start this season over, honestly, yeah, what would I

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do differently?

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If anyone has an answer first, go ahead.

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I need some time.

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You need some time.

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I agree.

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This question is so deep.

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I think I have one in mind.

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If I were to do something differently as part of a graphic design role, I think I would

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probably be more intentional and plan out the content that is shown on Instagram stories

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and also reels.

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I think something I would do differently is probably also schedule like which days to

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post reels as well.

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Cause I realized that whenever we post reels, it does reach a wider range of viewers.

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And I think that definitely would do better in outreaching other people to view our podcasts.

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So I think aside from just making graphics, making reels as well that are more interactive

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probably, and stories that are also more interactive with the viewers, I think that's something

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that I would focus on if the season were to start over again.

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Oh, I love that answer.

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Okay, that gave me inspiration.

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Inspiration.

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Yeah.

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Okay, I love this question because Rebecca and I will get the chance to start over another

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season.

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We'll be with you, Tanya and Yan Hao.

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If I were to start the season over, I think I would be more organized as I talked about

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in the question before about how I would stay more on top of the scripts or the writing

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things that have to be done and written and ready for the next episode.

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I think I would definitely do that.

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And I think I would ask for us to spend more time looking at analytics and insights and

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also work on things earlier.

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Or now that I'm thinking of it, maybe I would have asked for us to have done a semester

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one or one semester long reflection.

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And that way when we do change some things up, we could do it in the later half of the

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season.

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But yeah, look at that.

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We're setting the path for reflection, guys.

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I love reflecting things.

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But yeah, that's what I would do differently.

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And that's what I'll get a chance to do differently in the next season.

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For me, the things that I want to do differently is stop committing to too much things because

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it took so much amount of my time and responsibilities, which made me not be able to focus on several

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things and also do good on these.

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So I just ended up feeling overwhelmed in my first semester, especially the first quarter

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of the first semester.

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So I'm not being able to fully prioritize any of my things.

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And I just changed a little bit of my life in the second semester.

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So I'm able to commit to recording better.

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And then I can prioritize my recording time over other small things.

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That's what I need to learn next year too.

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Just prioritize my time efficiently and stop saying yes to too many things.

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I would likely have taken on more responsibilities because we had five people at the start and

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we had an okay distribution of workload.

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But once we got to four, the workload started to become a bit more, you know, it started

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to get more heavier on some people.

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And I still had the same things to deal with.

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So I didn't think that was really fair.

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So if I had this chance to restart it, I would have probably taken on more responsibilities

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so the rest of my group didn't really have to do as much as they had to do and sacrifice

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as much time as they did.

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Those are great reflection pieces and also just things to think that what we can do with

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the podcast moving forward, things that we can kind of be more intentional about.

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Like we've talked about, it's a team effort, right?

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So even though I'm, you know, the host that goes from season to season, it's still the

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season two, season one, season three, whatever team we have coming in here has to support

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and make it even better as we move on from year to year.

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So those are great things to think about, especially as we go into season three next

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year.

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As a whole, looking at the big picture now, what do you think we can improve and make

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progress on?

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What do you think, Premi?

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Okay, I think as we listen to our answers and honestly, I feel like every once in a

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while when we do have class, a lot of the times we just sit and talk about what we can

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do, what we can do differently or the focuses that we have.

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We had, I think a long, or a while back, we had like this question of who our intended

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audience should be, what should our intended topics for the podcast should be, which audiences

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are we reaching out to, et cetera, et cetera.

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Yeah, I think a lot of times this was one of our main, I would say pillars, right?

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Because we learned in marketing class, you need to know, you need to figure these things

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out before you do it.

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Yeah, so I think moving forward, I feel like if we can consider that and we can make clear

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that though it is a hard decision to make or I don't know, I feel like it is something

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that would, when we make sure or once we agree on it or once we figure out what's best for

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us, I think it really dictates a lot of the season, a lot of the episodes and a lot of

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the way production is crafted or will be crafted.

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So I think that's definitely one thing we can all think about.

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And also the other thing is I think as everyone has mentioned in here, time crunches, like

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how we have little people and therefore at less time.

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So I think with more people, team members coming in, I feel like we can definitely divide

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up more roles and as you say, like wear one hat and not three different hats.

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And so in that way we can focus more on doing the best individual roles.

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And also I'm hoping that for next season, once we get the production out of the way

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or we make it like a routine or like, or we're organized about it, we have the scheduling

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so that everything runs smoothly and we're not having to work tight to tight schedules

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or Mr. Jason doesn't have to edit Wednesday night.

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So I think once we figure that out, we can focus on like larger picture things, larger

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pictures, things like the marketing aspects of it.

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How do we get more people to listen to it?

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How do we get more interactions or how do we get more guests to come up on?

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So I think once we figure that out, become more organized and intentional about scheduling

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and how we get the routinely, the routinely production out of the way, I think that's

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something that we can focus on too and I'm excited about that.

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Yeah, I totally, totally, totally, totally agree with what you're saying.

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Like I was going to definitely say like, I think we could definitely improve on like

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more like the outreaching, like marketing aspect because we did start off with a pretty

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small crew so we didn't really have enough time to focus on that.

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I think definitely next year there will be more people so I think it would definitely

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be nice to have even like a technology group too, like what primary says so that Mr. Jason

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doesn't have to stay up late to like edit the podcast episodes and yeah, I think yeah,

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just marketing and like maybe having reels or like having something interactive with

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the viewers.

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For me, I think we can improve on being more creative in the marketing part of the podcast

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team.

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For example, like we can improve on promoting in school first.

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Probably we can do a podcast showcase in the ARC or in the PAC to like hook more people

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and like make more people interested in podcasts because sometimes people are just focused

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in their academic part of their life and they might like ignore podcasts or other fun things

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in life.

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So we can like maybe cooperate with the school to make chances for podcast team to be seen

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in the public view.

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For the podcast as a whole, I think that we could probably incorporate more of the student

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body sometimes because when we're out of like a guest or ideas, it becomes internal and

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I think for those, we might be able to drag in some other parts of the ICS community instead

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of like just making it about like just having the podcast team do a topic.

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I think it will be more insightful and I guess more broad and open if we were to like invite

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people in ICS community that were more knowledgeable about this topic that we are doing.

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Like it doesn't have to be staff.

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It can be students who are like majoring in a specific field or have done events related

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to that.

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Thank you so much for those answers and all really good advice for next year and two of

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you will be back so you can help me implement some of those, right?

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Okay, so here's another one for you.

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What are some lessons you took away from being a part of the podcast team this year and for

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being a part of something so hands on?

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I love this.

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Okay, I think one of the biggest things I learned was I got a taste of what it's like

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to be working in like the professional world or like in a more professional setting.

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Like we're dealing with professionals from each industry, like experts from each industry.

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They're coming in to interview and I'm learning like there are ways or ways that you can interact

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with them, talk with them, or maybe like when we're emailing, communicating with the higher

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ups in our school, like the principals or the heads of schools when we're trying to

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communicate or get something done with a podcast.

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I'm learning that there's ways that you should communicate or there's like there's ways for

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you to act or speak and behave in the professional world and also learning to work with all of

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us.

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Like we're best friends and we're also coworkers at the same time, right?

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And Mr. Jason is our teacher and our host.

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And so I'm learning that there's like different roles that we play and different, yeah, just

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like a working environment.

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And I love that.

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I love that we're able to experience this in a safe environment in our school versus

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like later on in like the working world.

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We're here if we're able to make mistakes, we can rebound from that.

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We can learn from that.

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And that's a such and it's like we have a safety net.

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So I think that's what I love.

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And that's honestly, I think what some of the biggest lessons I learned, the ways we

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have to communicate, interact as a team, the way our team has to interact with our school,

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the way our team has to interact with professionals and each expert and how everything just comes

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in together and everything just comes in and play.

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And honestly, I just love it because I've learned so much from being in a more professional

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00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:44,880
setting and I love that I was able to experience and learn that make mistakes and take away

462
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,760
lessons here rather than later on.

463
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,000
Yeah, totally.

464
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:54,800
I would definitely say that the biggest lesson I took away from being part of this podcast

465
00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:01,920
team is teamwork is so important as well as being flexible and being able to improvise

466
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:08,760
because I don't know, like I would definitely say oftentimes we have to come after school

467
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,760
to record and stuff like that.

468
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:16,920
But we all also have our own schedules, so it's so important to have teamwork and communicate

469
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:22,480
well and speaking to each other like what events we have and also being flexible to

470
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:28,600
just like pop in and fill in for another person if they have something like urgent.

471
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,360
And I think something else I learned is the importance of improvising because oftentimes

472
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:40,480
I would say in interviews being sometimes a co-host, I definitely struggle to like transition

473
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:47,920
from what like our guests say and I think being able to improvise definitely does also

474
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:52,280
contribute to making the podcast much better.

475
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,560
And yeah, I think that's definitely the huge takeaway I have.

476
00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:01,560
Since talking is always my favorite thing to do in life, podcast, being a podcast team

477
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,800
is a great way to fulfill my desire to talk.

478
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:13,040
So along the way I learned how to talk professionally instead of just talking on a casual base.

479
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:18,960
I learned how to interact with people around me and in a working environment because I

480
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:24,920
don't have the chance of working with a group like this outside of school.

481
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:30,800
So I learned how working life might look like and because before I'm interested in just

482
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:36,880
like being on stage and just talking with my audience and like podcast gave me a taste

483
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,520
of how that might look like in the future.

484
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:45,240
So I like after joining this, I know like whether I'll pursue this job in the future

485
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:50,960
or not and then I feel like I really enjoy time with people and just like learning from

486
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,120
others.

487
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,840
So it's a great way to try like to see what your future major might be.

488
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,400
So it's a great way to like yeah to learn podcast.

489
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:08,600
So having like an actual interaction with marketing like through a podcast and also

490
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:15,520
learning about the marketing theory, like the concepts in class alongside it, it kind

491
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,800
of like combined, you know, combine the two.

492
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:24,300
Like you learn about something and then in the podcast you learn how it looks like basically.

493
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:30,320
So that was really a good example of how marketing worked to me because for me, I like to be

494
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,640
like, I like hands on like learning like in physics, you know, you do those labs and those

495
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,880
really help you a lot for me.

496
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,880
So that's the that's kind of like the same thing I felt towards marketing.

497
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,880
Yeah, I love all those answers.

498
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,480
So thank you for that.

499
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:50,160
And you know, I've seen such growth in you guys as well, especially the first time when

500
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,800
you have to come into the studio and put a microphone in front of your face and try to

501
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,180
talk right.

502
00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:56,800
It's a little intimidating.

503
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,960
You see the computer with this recording stuff happening in the background and you're like,

504
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,760
oh, what if I mess up?

505
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:03,760
Can we edit that?

506
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,880
What if I stumble or stutter?

507
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:10,320
But yeah, I mean, there's so much growth that happens by just going and doing it and practicing

508
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,560
it over and over and over.

509
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,240
And you become more confident, right?

510
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:18,960
You become more confident and you come in and instead of something that took 30 minutes

511
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,060
before now it takes five minutes or less.

512
00:36:22,060 --> 00:36:28,120
And finally, our for our iconic last question for every episode, guys, it's our trademark

513
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,680
last question, right?

514
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,920
If you had to give some advice to season three's team, what would it be?

515
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,960
Permi, go ahead and start first.

516
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,260
So Jason, you're so right.

517
00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:40,440
It is our trademark last question.

518
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:48,040
If I were to give some advice to season three, I would say to keep an open mind and to have

519
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,040
fun.

520
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,480
I think that's so important because I feel like when I remember when I first come in

521
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:59,440
here, there's so many new things you learn or you have to learn or you will want to learn

522
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,120
and there's so many different aspects of it.

523
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,640
So I think one thing that would definitely encourage is curiosity and to just have an

524
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:12,000
open mind as you open or you're exposed to new experiences and make the most of them,

525
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,480
like make the most like come in and come on in and listen to interviews and see how that

526
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:20,600
works or come in backstage, help out Yen Ha, Mr. Jason as they figure out the audio, how

527
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:21,600
does that work?

528
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,960
Or come out Chanyeol with the graphic design, right?

529
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,940
Rebecca with making or writing different segments.

530
00:37:27,940 --> 00:37:32,560
If you're able to have an open mind as you come into this year or as soon you come into

531
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:37,680
the season, I feel like you're going to take away so, so many lessons, so many important

532
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:44,320
lessons and I think in having an open mind that just encourages you to make the most

533
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:45,800
out of that.

534
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:52,800
And also finally, very importantly for you to have fun because I think honestly, joining

535
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:58,240
the podcast is one of the best decisions I made all year and I just love that.

536
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:03,080
It's like a community, we're a family, like we come out, we come into the podcast as four

537
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:07,000
individuals and then we go out as a family.

538
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:12,040
I think having fun along the way through the struggles, through the challenges is definitely

539
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:18,160
very meaningful, very fun and so I just encourage you to take up all of that and yeah, just

540
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:25,000
have fun and be happy, have fun while it lasts because yes sir, be happy, have fun while

541
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,000
it lasts because it will be quicker than you know.

542
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:33,600
Just like Rebecca says in her quote of the day, what's your quote of the day?

543
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,800
How lucky am I to have something I forgot.

544
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,000
It's okay.

545
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,040
We get that.

546
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,040
We get that.

547
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,040
Yeah we do.

548
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,040
But it's from Winnie the Pooh.

549
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:53,640
And honestly, I'll be surreal with you guys, the best part of the podcast is the behind

550
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:54,640
the scenes.

551
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,640
Yes.

552
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,240
The best conversations happen after we finish recording and then everything goes off and

553
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:00,800
then we have so much fun.

554
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:01,800
So you want that?

555
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:02,800
You want to see how that's like?

556
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,800
Come and join the podcast team.

557
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:04,800
Okay, let's go, let's go.

558
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:05,800
You ready?

559
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:06,800
Okay.

560
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:07,800
Fred, you ready?

561
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:14,720
Okay, Fred, vice, I would definitely say, I think I've said this many times, but communicate

562
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:17,400
with your team.

563
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,280
Yes.

564
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,360
If you don't know something, if you're frustrated, stressed, don't carry the burden all to yourself.

565
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:28,720
Like tell your teammates, like they're there to listen to you.

566
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,280
They're there to help you.

567
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:34,640
Mr. Jason is there to help guide you as well.

568
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,440
And I would definitely say like, this is not a really easy task being part of the podcast

569
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:40,440
team.

570
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:47,080
So it's so important to always come to class with a happy mind and also just encourage

571
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,240
people.

572
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:53,040
Like I think being open minded, like Premi said, and just encouraging your teammates

573
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:59,040
and anything you do, I think that's definitely the most important thing.

574
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,040
Yes.

575
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,040
Yes, I love that.

576
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:06,120
You know guys, one day Tanya came in and then she had four post-its for all of us.

577
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,120
Yeah.

578
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,120
And then they were so cute.

579
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,200
They were cartoon, like they were like cartoon characters and like, you got this, like don't

580
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,200
give up.

581
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,200
It was so cute.

582
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:19,600
So see that real application of how she encourages all of us.

583
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:20,600
Okay.

584
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,480
Now I remember the quote from the Winnie the Pooh.

585
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,560
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

586
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,960
I love surrounded by people that I love and people that loves me.

587
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:40,040
To next year's members, my suggestion is just to embrace your authentic self as we value

588
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:46,960
your individuality and the distinct perspective you bring and be open to collaboration and

589
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:50,600
remember that we are a supportive team that operates like a family.

590
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:51,920
Yeah, all the way.

591
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:52,920
I agree.

592
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,520
We preach that.

593
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:55,520
Let's go.

594
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:56,520
Let's go.

595
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:57,520
We're good.

596
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:04,400
I would say for next season's team, you guys should probably pair up and like make sure

597
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,320
each other, each the other person is doing their work.

598
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:12,720
And if they aren't, you could remind them or if they can't do it for some other reason,

599
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:13,720
you could fill in.

600
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:18,400
So because next year's team, there are a lot more people than we had.

601
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:23,720
So I think that the workload should be a lot more distributed between these people.

602
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:29,320
And someone doesn't have to worry about one part because if that one person's gone, other

603
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:30,600
people have to fill in for them.

604
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:36,240
And it really kind of like work messes up the workload for everybody else.

605
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:42,940
Oh yeah, you guys should value each other more because this year, our small little group,

606
00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:49,600
we definitely got a lot closer together because of like how much we work together and stuff.

607
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:54,440
So I think that with the podcast team being a lot bigger next year, it might be harder

608
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,720
to like become a lot closer to each other.

609
00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:01,800
But like you guys should still focus on like believe that team chemistry if you want it

610
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,320
to be successful.

611
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,280
And that concludes our first segment.

612
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,960
Thank you so much podcast season two team.

613
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,640
It's been my honor and joy to have spent this year with you and you never know.

614
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,680
You may show up on some random episode in the future.

615
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:21,720
OK, we'll be right back with our second segment and part 10 of our story, The Secrets of El

616
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:30,760
Dorado, the finale, right after this short announcement.

617
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:31,760
Mr. Jason here.

618
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:36,960
This episode marks the final chapter or part in our ongoing saga titled The Secrets of

619
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,400
El Dorado.

620
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,440
We began part one in episode 55, which was released March 14th in case you want to go

621
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,720
back and listen to our adventure story starting at the beginning.

622
00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:51,040
Each part of the story was published during the second segments of each of our past 10

623
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,040
episodes.

624
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,280
You may be asking, well, what's next?

625
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:59,480
While season three of the podcast will launch in August 2024, we'll be joined by a brand

626
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,240
new production team with all new content.

627
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:07,320
Also be checking out our website for additional content at studentsincorporated.com.

628
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,100
And finally, what will happen with our heroes and characters from our story?

629
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:12,440
And will the story continue?

630
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:16,560
Well, you need to continue listening as season three starts in just a few months.

631
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:30,400
OK, now let's get back to our heroes.

632
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,800
We are back for our second segment and we will continue with part 10, our final chapter

633
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,560
to our story, The Secrets of El Dorado.

634
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,200
Part 10 is titled The Showdown and Reveal.

635
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,200
But first, here's a quick recap from our last episode.

636
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:49,200
In the last episode, Lily, Sarah, Ethan, Ava, and the professor try to piece together all

637
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:54,640
the information and details, old and new, from chen sweater, gold bars, news articles,

638
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,400
to an important ledger in hopes of unraveling more of the mystery.

639
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,360
We end our last episode with many important phone calls.

640
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:07,240
The FBI, the Bee's editor, Professor Hawthorne's wife, and as the professor walks into a clinic

641
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:13,800
lights have his wounds checked, a shadow that lingers a distance away, watching, watching,

642
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:14,800
and watching.

643
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:15,920
Thank you, Premi.

644
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,800
And without further ado, let's get back into our story where we join Ava, Lily, Sarah,

645
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,200
Ethan, and the professor.

646
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:33,560
Sarah, Ava, Lily are patiently waiting in Ethan's small office in the back of the cafe

647
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:38,020
as Ethan helps his staff close up the kitchen, bar, and seating area.

648
00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:42,840
The cafe, along with most of the businesses on Main Street, are closing early.

649
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:47,800
The annual Gold Rush Festival Parade brings a ton of people to the downtown area.

650
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,920
In fact, there are a lot of people already stinging out their turf by setting up their

651
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:57,080
lawn chair mats along the parade route to hopefully get a front row seat at the parade

652
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,920
and all its participants walk and drive past.

653
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:04,560
Sarah turns and looks at Ethan, says, I forgot the parade was tonight.

654
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:09,960
Oh man, there's going to be so many people down and around here tonight.

655
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:15,400
Ava responds, well, for now, we're just going to hang out until Agent Carson shows up.

656
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,200
But if for some reason we have to leave the cafe, we could blend in with the crowds pretty

657
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,520
easily if we had to.

658
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,800
Lily then asks, so what do we do when Agent Carson arrives?

659
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:29,640
Ava, I think you should do the talking first if Professor Hawthorne isn't back yet.

660
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,680
I mean, you have experience with this type of thing, right?

661
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,440
Ava laughs slightly and then responds, experience with the FBI?

662
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:41,000
No, experience with trying to piece together a story and communicate the facts.

663
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,840
Yeah, Lily, thanks for your confidence in me.

664
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,480
I've only been at this job for a little over a year now.

665
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:50,440
I do have to say though, I learned more in my first six months in this job than I did

666
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,240
in all four years at university.

667
00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:55,840
Just follow my lead if Hawthorne isn't back by the time Agent Carson shows up.

668
00:45:55,840 --> 00:46:00,480
Ethan pops his head into the office and says, I'm busy helping close the cafe, so I'll

669
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,120
be up front and in the kitchen if you need me for anything.

670
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:08,320
No sooner did Ethan leave the office area when all three of the girls heard three distinct

671
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,760
knocks on the back door.

672
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:15,560
Sierra particularly heard it the clearest as she was sitting closest to the entry of

673
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:20,320
the office, which is only several feet away from the back door of the cafe.

674
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:26,120
Sierra turns and says, that must be Professor Hawthorne, wow, that was fast.

675
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:31,920
Sierra gets up from her chair and goes to the back door and opens it and freezes.

676
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:36,240
Ava is still sitting in the office and observing Sierra as Ava has direct line of sight to

677
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:37,240
the back door.

678
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:41,280
Sierra is standing right in her view but notices that Sierra is just standing there staring

679
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:42,960
and not moving.

680
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,480
Ava gets up from her chair and says, Sierra, what's going on?

681
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:46,640
Is that Professor Hawthorne?

682
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:51,280
By this time, Lydia was now paying attention to and looking forward the back door where

683
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,400
Sierra was standing very still.

684
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:57,880
Sierra stood there with a very surprised and confused look on her face.

685
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:02,960
There stood a man who looked similar to Chen just standing there looking back at her.

686
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:07,500
In the split seconds it took for her to open the back door, the following thoughts went

687
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:08,500
through her head.

688
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:09,720
Is this Chen?

689
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:15,840
I mean, I only seen him in the cafe a few times, but this person looks similar to him.

690
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,640
But something's different, is it his eyes?

691
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,240
His nose?

692
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,840
Pardon speaks, your secret knock is not really a secret anymore.

693
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,200
But don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you.

694
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:31,000
I need to come in off the streets if possible and I have some information you're definitely

695
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,680
going to want to hear.

696
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:37,160
By this time, Ava was standing right behind Sierra and was looking over her shoulder directly

697
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,000
at the stranger who was looking back at both of them.

698
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:44,280
Ava then says, tell us who you are, what you know, and maybe, just maybe we'll let you

699
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:45,280
in.

700
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:50,120
I mean, I'm in as much trouble as you are, but we have some mutual enemies and I need

701
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:55,240
to not be seen in public right now and I've got nowhere to go and besides, it wasn't too

702
00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:58,560
difficult for me to figure out where you were hiding out.

703
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,640
Paul continues, now let me in before we are all seen here in the alley.

704
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:07,680
Paul notices that the other girl is moving from their door blocking positions so he then

705
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,280
says okay to prove my point.

706
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,880
Let me guess, someone named Lily is also here with you and you're still looking for someone

707
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:15,880
named Chen.

708
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:20,880
Lily's ear perked up and in a split second she was over at the door with the other two

709
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:25,560
girls looking at this stranger who seems to know who she is and who Chen is.

710
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,080
Lily blurs out, you know Chen?

711
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:33,840
Paul responds, you must be Lily, and yes, I know Chen, he's actually my younger brother.

712
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:38,360
My name is Paul, by the way, and I live and work here in San Jose.

713
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:41,200
All three girls' faces looked shocked and confused.

714
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:47,480
None of them had known Chen had an older brother, but none of them had really known Chen well.

715
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:52,120
Anyway, the girls moved out of the doorway and let Paul in the back door and then closed

716
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,480
the door behind him.

717
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:57,480
At this point, Ethan had just found a corner from the kitchen and was standing in the small

718
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:58,920
hallway as well.

719
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:03,960
Ethan, surprised by finding a new stranger in the back of his cafe, says, uh, what's

720
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,120
going on here and who is this?

721
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:10,160
Ava responds first, Ethan, this is Chen's brother Paul.

722
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:11,440
He's from San Jose.

723
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:16,600
From the next 15 to 20 minutes, Ava and the others listen to Paul tell him about the situation

724
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,720
that Chen had gotten mixed up in.

725
00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:23,200
Ava sits and takes notes as she and the others listen intently to Paul as he explains how

726
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:28,080
his family back in China has a century and a half old peace agreement with certain prominent

727
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:29,600
families in the United States.

728
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:34,080
The peace agreement between the wealthy and influential family in China and the two wealthy

729
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:39,400
and influential families in the United States was established after two families from Virginia

730
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:44,720
had come to California and had stolen a long kept secret Paul and Chen's ancestors had

731
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:45,720
been keeping.

732
00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:50,680
Lily, who is a surprised look on her face, interrupts and says, so you're telling me

733
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:54,000
you are part of the Lei family clan in China?

734
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,480
Paul responds, yes, that's correct.

735
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,800
Wow, I'm from mainland China and everybody knows about your family.

736
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,560
Impressive, Lily says.

737
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,400
Please go on, Ava says.

738
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:08,760
Ava continues to take notes as she listens to what happened back in history, events that

739
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:13,080
occurred, the tragedies, the crimes and corruption that both Paul and Chen's family and the

740
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:16,880
American families have committed in order to keep their secrets secret.

741
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:21,480
When it comes down to it, two American families had stolen the gold making formula from the

742
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:26,640
two Chinese brothers during the height of the gold rush in 1850 and covered up all their

743
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:30,400
crimes by bribing and paying people off to look the other way.

744
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:34,520
These two American families and their ancestors have used the formula throughout history to

745
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:38,800
make gold and buy influence among some of the most prominent political and military

746
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,800
leaders in the United States.

747
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,040
He also explained that his family and his ancestors back in China have done the same.

748
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:51,160
Sierra then asks, so you are saying that both your family and the two American families

749
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:57,200
have kept this secret for more than a century, but they have also used this formula to make

750
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:03,280
gold, enrich themselves and buy off people in order to keep this secret a secret?

751
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,840
Yep, that's the gist of it, Paul answers and then adds.

752
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:11,800
However, my family and my ancestors have kept this secret for over a thousand years.

753
00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:16,240
You see, one of two brothers, my ancestors, came to America looking for work back during

754
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:17,240
the gold rush.

755
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:21,800
Well, yes, they were looking for work, but they were also looking for that one element

756
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:25,200
in the formula they needed in order for it to work.

757
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:29,760
That element was quite rare in China, so they were sent here to find it.

758
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:35,320
And when the word came that there was some gold found here in this place back in 1849,

759
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:40,440
they came here in search of the rocky element that usually is found in the same places as

760
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:41,440
gold.

761
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:46,960
I can't explain why, but all I know is that the two brothers found that element on Rob's

762
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:51,600
Peak, tried the formula with a clump of lead and the formula worked for them.

763
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:56,140
The two American families found out that the two brothers had discovered, stole the formula

764
00:51:56,140 --> 00:52:01,240
and then exterminated the workers' camps and everyone that knew about it.

765
00:52:01,240 --> 00:52:06,400
And I suppose you found the evidence by the looks of stuff sitting on that desk.

766
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:11,240
So taking notes and without hesitation, Eva looks up and says, please go on, this sounds

767
00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:13,760
so crazy that it may just be true.

768
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:14,760
It's true.

769
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,480
Shen and I are not like the rest of my family.

770
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,600
We are different and we don't want to keep trying to cover up this secret.

771
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:27,560
Well, this formula either needs to be destroyed so no one has it or it should be shared with

772
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:30,040
the world, power responds and continues.

773
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,560
We do not want anyone to get hurt because of this thing anymore.

774
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:37,160
Too many people already have and it's time it stops.

775
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:42,240
Intrigued by the entire conversation and especially the technology and science behind such a formula,

776
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:46,520
Eva then says, if this formula was released to the public, gold markets would crash and

777
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,640
gold would become virtually worthless.

778
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:52,920
Its value would tank and potentially be worthless in copper, power responds.

779
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:58,480
Theoretically, yes, that could happen if this formula was published and released to the

780
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,480
public.

781
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:04,480
Sierra then asks, so was the gold rush real?

782
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:09,600
Did people actually find gold or did they just make it using this formula?

783
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:15,120
Paul answers and says, did people come here looking for gold and did they find gold?

784
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:16,120
Yes.

785
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,360
But was that gold actually from the earth?

786
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:19,880
Was it natural gold?

787
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,640
Was it here before they arrived?

788
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:24,760
No, at least the vast majority of it.

789
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:30,760
Paul continues, some of the small amounts that were discovered in the early 1849 were

790
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:37,080
real, but the majority of the other gold found here was actually by-product of the formula

791
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,080
being used.

792
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:44,040
You see, the formula needs extreme heat to convert larger amounts of another base metal

793
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:46,440
to a larger amount of gold.

794
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:50,720
If you lack that extreme heat, then the formula will only produce small flecks and specks

795
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:51,720
of gold.

796
00:53:51,720 --> 00:53:56,400
So my guess is that those small flecks and specks of gold washed up in the river and

797
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:59,720
other places where they were trying to use that formula.

798
00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:06,360
Lady asks, so a pottery kiln could potentially provide the extreme heat needed for the formula

799
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:07,640
to work?

800
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,280
Probably, Paul answers.

801
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:18,080
Sierra then adds, so my pottery friends could potentially become gold dealers and break

802
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:21,400
the stereotype of starving artists?

803
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:26,160
Sierra pauses for a minute and then says, that's pretty cool.

804
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:30,240
At the moment, there were three more knocks on the back cafe door.

805
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:34,480
Ava jumped up from her seat and walked to the back door and said, I bet that's Professor

806
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:35,480
Hawthorne.

807
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:39,080
Man, is he going to be surprised when he gets in here?

808
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:43,200
Professor Hawthorne moves out of the way as the back door swings open into the alley and

809
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,840
sees Ava standing there with a grin on her face.

810
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:48,040
He asks, why so happy?

811
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,360
Did something happen when I was gone?

812
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:55,160
Professor Hawthorne says this as he watches his wife drive off down the street.

813
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:59,520
He instructed her to go to her friend's house for the evening as precaution.

814
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:03,520
Ava responds, well, you'll find out for yourself when you get in here.

815
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:07,920
Ava walks back into Ethan's office, which is pretty much a standing room only right

816
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:11,040
now since there are so many of them hiding out here.

817
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:15,240
She watches as the professor enters the office and then sees Paul, the stranger they knew

818
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:19,760
nothing about just 30 minutes ago, standing there conversing with the others like they

819
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:21,440
were best friends.

820
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:27,120
Hawthorne stops for a moment as he enters the small office and says, wait, wait, wait

821
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:28,200
a minute.

822
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,440
You've got to be related to Chen or something.

823
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:33,600
You look just like him, but maybe a little older.

824
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:39,080
Paul replies, you're correct, but I'm his older brother by almost five years.

825
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:44,520
Paul then hesitates for a moment and looks around the room at everyone and says, I overheard

826
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:49,360
a couple of you talking about your incident at the reservoir a moment ago.

827
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:54,240
Well, I was one of the persons in that meeting and just to be clear, even though I was in

828
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:58,040
that meeting doesn't mean I agree with the people who were there.

829
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:02,400
I was just representing myself and my brother's best interest.

830
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:03,400
That's all.

831
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,120
I don't think he nor I have anything to do with what the other people in that meeting

832
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:08,600
may or may not do.

833
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:12,520
I had no idea that they had kidnapped Lily earlier that day.

834
00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:17,640
Paul continues, have you ever heard that saying, keep your friends close and your enemies even

835
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:18,640
closer?

836
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,360
Well, that was what I was doing.

837
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:25,040
Chen and I want nothing to do with what those people are doing or planning.

838
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:30,880
However, and unfortunately, Chen tipped our hand by playing around with that formula last

839
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:34,440
week in the lab when Professor Sharp-Town was there.

840
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:39,560
That then started a domino effect of events to what brings us here now.

841
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:43,160
Sierra then adds, oh, that makes sense now.

842
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:46,920
We were wondering who that fifth person was in the room.

843
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:51,440
It was kind of dark and blurry and we couldn't see who you were clearly.

844
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:57,480
Lily then asks, if Chen is hiding and hasn't been taken, then why did I find Chen's sweatshirt

845
00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:00,600
in one of the rooms in the tunnel where I was being held?

846
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:05,560
Paul replies, I took him there to hide for a day and then moved him to a safer place

847
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:06,560
once.

848
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,320
I knew we could move without being detected.

849
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:14,200
Several of those in that meeting, the other night I assumed one of the other members had

850
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:19,000
kidnapped Chen, but in reality, none of them knew the truth.

851
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,000
Professor Hawthorne adds, well, that is good to know.

852
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:24,980
We are no longer dealing with a missing person then.

853
00:57:24,980 --> 00:57:29,240
This should make it easier for the FBI to move quickly and decisively when they get

854
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:30,240
here.

855
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:34,520
We hadn't really thought about what he had just said in front of Paul but then suddenly

856
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,320
realized it when he saw Paul's expression.

857
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:43,440
Oh, Paul, looks like no one has told you yet, but the FBI will be here any minute.

858
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,760
So this is good timing that you have found us.

859
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,760
I assume you won't run before they get here.

860
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:52,260
The professor says as he looks directly at Paul and the back door of the cafe which is

861
00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:53,440
closed and locked.

862
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,400
No, I'm not going to run.

863
00:57:55,400 --> 00:58:00,800
I've already thought through my options and I want to strike a deal, if possible.

864
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:01,800
What kind of deal?

865
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,400
The professor asks Paul, point blank as if to demand an immediate answer.

866
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:11,480
You do realize you may be implicated in crimes if the others involved give their statements

867
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:12,480
to the FBI?

868
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:16,120
At that moment, Ava's phone rings.

869
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:20,240
She looks down and notices that the caller ID says, unknown caller.

870
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,000
She pauses a minute before answering.

871
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,080
Hello, this is Ava Turner with the Sacramento Bee.

872
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:27,280
Oh, hello Agent Carson.

873
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:32,160
Yep, we're all here together and are waiting at Ethan's Cafe on Main Street.

874
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:35,440
No, Professor Hawthorne is with us as well.

875
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:39,200
No, I think he was having problems with his phone.

876
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,600
Yeah, I don't plan on publishing anything yet.

877
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:47,040
However, my editor and another reporter will be here tomorrow morning and I guess you're

878
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:51,240
not going to want to sit on the story for more than a day.

879
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:52,240
Okay.

880
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:57,040
We can let you in the front door when you arrive.

881
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:02,160
Ava says this last part as she looks at Ethan and nods her head as if to say to Ethan, right

882
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,840
Ethan, we can let them in the front door.

883
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:09,280
Ava then hangs up the call and says to the others in the room, Agent Carson and Special

884
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:13,360
Agent Williamson are parking right now and will be coming in to the front door.

885
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:15,280
Hope that's okay, Ethan.

886
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:20,480
As Ava says this, she catches eyes with Cira and they both look at the gold bar still sitting

887
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,760
on the shelf in the office.

888
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:25,160
They both know what each other's thinking.

889
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:27,640
Ethan responds, yeah, no problem.

890
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,280
I'll go up front and wait for them to arrive.

891
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:34,320
The shop is closed now anyways, well, except for the people outside on the street sitting

892
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,360
and waiting for the parade to start.

893
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:40,480
It couldn't have been five minutes as Professor Hawthorne watches from the back hallway by

894
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:46,680
Ethan's office as Ethan opens the front cafe door and greets the three FBI agents.

895
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:51,360
The agents identify themselves, show their badges, and then enter the cafe.

896
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:55,480
Hawthorne watches as Ethan then locks the front door and walks the agents back toward

897
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:57,200
where he is standing.

898
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:02,080
Professor Hawthorne extends his hand and says, hello, my name is James Hawthorne.

899
01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:04,440
Agent Carson spoke with me earlier today.

900
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:09,200
Agent Carson shakes Hawthorne's hand and then introduces his superior special agent

901
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:15,040
in charge, Derek Williamson and their forensic officer, Ruby Neal, and then says, so is everyone

902
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:16,040
in here?

903
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,360
Yes, they are right back here in the office.

904
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:22,320
Hawthorne responds as he walks them back to the office and then introduces the agents

905
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:26,680
to the others who were standing and sitting in the small cramped office.

906
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:32,120
Agent Carson then says, all the evidence you said you have is sitting in here by the looks

907
01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:33,120
of it.

908
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:38,880
Agent Carson continues, special agent Williamson has asked me to take the lead on this investigation.

909
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:43,040
So if you don't mind, I like for all of us to go in front of the seating area of the

910
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:47,160
cafe so Ruby can start analyzing and logging the evidence in this room.

911
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:51,740
She's also going to have to fingerprint all of you since it appears you have touched and

912
01:00:51,740 --> 01:00:53,560
handled most of these pieces.

913
01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:56,760
We need to do this so we can rule you out of the suspects.

914
01:00:56,760 --> 01:01:01,600
Then if she finds any other fingerprints on the pieces that don't belong to any of you,

915
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:06,000
well that will give us cause to follow up with that person or persons.

916
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:09,120
That is if we have the fingerprints in our system already.

917
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:14,040
The professor leads the way as they all, one by one, first Professor Hawthorne, then Ciara,

918
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:19,320
then Lily, then Paul, and then Ava make their way to the front of the cafe area and sit

919
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:21,840
down at some of the empty tables and chairs.

920
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:26,880
Ethan hangs back for a bit to make sure Ruby, the forensics officer, has what she needs

921
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:31,200
and as she begins looking over the documents and other materials in the office.

922
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:36,040
She had brought two black medium sized suitcases in the cafe with her, assuming this is how

923
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:39,240
she would collect, pack, and then carry out the evidence.

924
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:43,240
Ethan feels a little put out and frustrated when Ruby tells him he's not allowed back

925
01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:45,040
into his office until she says so.

926
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,760
He watches as she puts up yellow tape across the doorway.

927
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:52,200
She does this not to block anyone from actually going back into the office, but rather it's

928
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:55,440
more of a subliminal message to everyone that says, stay out.

929
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:59,800
From outside the office door, Ethan watches as Ruby starts rummaging through everything,

930
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:05,000
even some of his personal items on and in his desk, moving and displacing things.

931
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:10,040
He takes a deep breath, rolls his eyes, and then says, oh well, that figures.

932
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:14,880
Ethan turns around and walks up front and sits down with the others in the cafe.

933
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:20,320
Agent Carson, along with Special Agent Williamson, listen and take notes as they record voluntary

934
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,080
testimony from everyone there.

935
01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:27,820
A guy named Paul goes last and offers to turn state evidence in exchange for witness protection

936
01:02:27,820 --> 01:02:32,840
for both him and his brother, who he says is hiding out of fear for his life.

937
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:37,680
After getting everyone's testimony, Agent Carson says to Paul, you'll be taken into

938
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:43,720
custody for your own safety and if what you tell us checks out and you offer your unwavering

939
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:48,760
help along the way in this investigation, then yes, there is a possibility to get a

940
01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:49,760
deal like this.

941
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:54,760
Agent Carson gets up from his chair and then says, I need to check in with Ruby and then

942
01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:56,240
make a phone call.

943
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:57,760
Hang tight for about 10 minutes.

944
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:02,260
Agent Carson then walks back to the office to talk to Ruby as Special Agent Williamson

945
01:03:02,260 --> 01:03:04,200
stays with everyone else.

946
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,360
As they wait for Agent Carson, Sierra and Lily peer through the front window of the

947
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:13,880
cafe out toward the street and all the people who have now lined up on both sidewalks were

948
01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:18,440
waiting for the parade to come marching, dancing and riding down Main Street in front of the

949
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:19,440
cafe.

950
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:24,520
They all can hear the faint sounds of what sounds like one or two marching bands from

951
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:26,440
a few blocks away.

952
01:03:26,440 --> 01:03:31,320
Sierra then looks at the others and says, the parade has started.

953
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:32,320
Can you hear that?

954
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:37,160
She watches as the other look toward the front door and windows from inside the cafe.

955
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:41,000
They all sit there in awkward silence for a few minutes, not really knowing what to

956
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:42,000
say.

957
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:46,720
A few minutes later, Agent Carson emerges from the back of the cafe having already made

958
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:51,040
his phone call and having talked with Ruby, he then says to the group, alright, I have

959
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:52,040
good news.

960
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:56,640
The judge has authorized a search warrant based on this evidence and your testimony.

961
01:03:56,640 --> 01:04:00,800
And with this back of the DA, we have issued two arrest warrants at this time.

962
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:02,980
It's still early so don't be frustrated.

963
01:04:02,980 --> 01:04:06,640
We will probably be issuing more arrest warrants in the coming days.

964
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:08,280
If this all turns out to be true.

965
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:14,400
Ava's been unusually quiet for some time but finally speaks and asks, Agent Carson,

966
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:18,520
we're happy to work with you and the FBI, but I know that the beat is not going to sit

967
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:19,960
in on this story for too long.

968
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,920
This is way too big and the public is going to want to know about this.

969
01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:24,400
Well, at least most of it.

970
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:28,560
Ava says this because right before the feds showed up, the six of them who were in the

971
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:34,320
office together, Professor Hawthorne, Ava, Lily, Sarah, Eson, and Paul had all made an

972
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:40,720
agreement or pact that they would not voluntarily offer up the formula in its current form.

973
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:45,700
In fact, if the FBI asked them about it, they would say that the formula that Lily had tried

974
01:04:45,700 --> 01:04:49,000
in the lab was not correct and it didn't work anyway.

975
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,000
It's all true.

976
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:52,260
The formula didn't work for Lily in the lab.

977
01:04:52,260 --> 01:04:56,320
This is one of the secrets of El Dorado County that can't and shouldn't be released to the

978
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:57,320
public.

979
01:04:57,320 --> 01:05:01,120
History has proven it offers more harm than good.

980
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:05,800
Agent Carson continues, Special Agent Williamson and I are prepared to make two arrests this

981
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:06,800
evening.

982
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:11,760
We have two more FBI agents en route and they will be here in about 10 to 15 minutes.

983
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:17,360
I'm going to need you all to put your phones on this table in front of Special Agent Williamson

984
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:18,360
while you wait.

985
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:20,480
We do this as a precaution.

986
01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:25,040
Then Agent Carson looks at Professor Hawthorne and says, Professor, I'm going to need your

987
01:05:25,040 --> 01:05:26,280
help this evening.

988
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:31,620
The professor listens as Agent Carson proposes a plan to lure Bill Sharpton out in the open

989
01:05:31,620 --> 01:05:36,120
in order for Carson and Williamson to make the arrest without incident.

990
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:41,280
Hawthorne is quiet as he contemplates the plan as strategy Carson has described.

991
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:46,060
After a minute or so Hawthorne says, Okay, just to be clear and to make sure I heard

992
01:05:46,060 --> 01:05:47,240
you right.

993
01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:51,180
You'd like for me to call Bill and ask him to meet me somewhere, somewhere that would

994
01:05:51,180 --> 01:05:52,860
not cause suspicion.

995
01:05:52,860 --> 01:05:57,360
You want me to tell him that I found out some things about him that I don't think are true

996
01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:02,100
and as a friend and long time work colleague that we'll need to work it out amongst ourselves

997
01:06:02,100 --> 01:06:04,980
so that both parties can benefit from the agreement.

998
01:06:04,980 --> 01:06:08,900
Then when he shows up to meet me, you'll arrest him there on the spot.

999
01:06:08,900 --> 01:06:10,340
No questions asked.

1000
01:06:10,340 --> 01:06:12,520
Agent Carson responds, Yep, that's correct.

1001
01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:16,120
We'll need you to go there and wait until he shows up.

1002
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:19,420
Of course, we'll be there as soon as he shows himself.

1003
01:06:19,420 --> 01:06:23,740
After talking over several different meeting locations with Agent Carson, Professor Hawthorne

1004
01:06:23,740 --> 01:06:28,500
calls Bill Sharpton from his phone which was still acting weird because of the water damage

1005
01:06:28,500 --> 01:06:30,300
from earlier.

1006
01:06:30,300 --> 01:06:34,600
Hawthorne listens to it ring several times and then hears Sharpton answer.

1007
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:37,460
Hawthorne says, Bill, this is James.

1008
01:06:37,460 --> 01:06:39,660
We need to talk but not over the phone.

1009
01:06:39,660 --> 01:06:43,680
There are some things we need to iron out so that all parties can come out of this with

1010
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:45,280
a win.

1011
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:47,340
If you know what I mean.

1012
01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:50,260
Well, I know.

1013
01:06:50,260 --> 01:06:55,140
But what happened earlier today sure didn't seem like just a small misunderstanding.

1014
01:06:55,140 --> 01:07:00,500
Scratches on my face and stitches in my side would seem to tell a different story.

1015
01:07:00,500 --> 01:07:03,620
Yes, I want that too.

1016
01:07:03,620 --> 01:07:05,920
I think we can come to an agreement then.

1017
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:10,060
Meet me at 8pm near where they shoot off the end of the evening fireworks.

1018
01:07:10,060 --> 01:07:12,140
You know, the South Lawn at the college.

1019
01:07:12,140 --> 01:07:14,620
No, it's just me.

1020
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:16,900
No one else needs to get involved in this.

1021
01:07:16,900 --> 01:07:18,700
No, no.

1022
01:07:18,700 --> 01:07:22,700
That reporter from the Bee doesn't have enough for a real story.

1023
01:07:22,700 --> 01:07:23,700
Yeah.

1024
01:07:23,700 --> 01:07:24,700
Yes.

1025
01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:26,260
I'll be there.

1026
01:07:26,260 --> 01:07:27,840
8pm sharp.

1027
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:31,180
You have a chance to make this right for me if you get what I mean.

1028
01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:36,140
Professor Hawthorne then hangs up, looks at Agent Carson and says, it's on.

1029
01:07:36,140 --> 01:07:41,740
8pm on the South Lawn at the college.

1030
01:07:41,740 --> 01:07:45,860
By this time the parade was in full swing and the noise and excitement was happening

1031
01:07:45,860 --> 01:07:49,340
right outside the sidewalks and street in front of the cafe.

1032
01:07:49,340 --> 01:07:54,100
Ava noticed Sierra and Lily, looking quite bored, sitting close to one of the front windows,

1033
01:07:54,100 --> 01:07:58,020
peering through the blinds and trying to get a look at the festivities and excitement that

1034
01:07:58,020 --> 01:07:59,700
was happening outside.

1035
01:07:59,700 --> 01:08:04,980
Ava looks at Sierra and says, this time last year that was us out there having fun enjoying

1036
01:08:04,980 --> 01:08:07,580
life with the hair in the world.

1037
01:08:07,580 --> 01:08:12,460
Sierra replies, I'm glad you came home again this summer for the festival.

1038
01:08:12,460 --> 01:08:16,860
I mean, we're going to remember this for a very long time.

1039
01:08:16,860 --> 01:08:21,540
Just as Sierra finished saying this, they all heard a hard knock on the front glass

1040
01:08:21,540 --> 01:08:25,340
window door.

1041
01:08:25,340 --> 01:08:29,420
Ethan gets up and notices that Special Agent Williamson is right behind him.

1042
01:08:29,420 --> 01:08:33,740
Ethan peers through the glass door at what looks to be two more agents standing outside

1043
01:08:33,740 --> 01:08:35,020
staring back at him.

1044
01:08:35,020 --> 01:08:39,580
He hears Williamson instruct him to open the door and let him in.

1045
01:08:39,580 --> 01:08:43,260
Ethan complies and then goes and sits back down.

1046
01:08:43,260 --> 01:08:47,900
Ethan then hears Special Agent Williamson say something to the effect that the agents

1047
01:08:47,900 --> 01:08:52,660
needed to use Ethan's shop as their base of operations for the evening.

1048
01:08:52,660 --> 01:08:57,140
After hearing this, Ethan looks over at Sierra and Ava says, well, nothing like the fest

1049
01:08:57,140 --> 01:08:58,700
to take over my shop.

1050
01:08:58,700 --> 01:09:02,460
Ethan pauses for a moment and then responds to Special Agent Williamson and says, I guess

1051
01:09:02,460 --> 01:09:03,620
I'm okay with that.

1052
01:09:03,620 --> 01:09:09,020
My morning staff arrives at 630am tomorrow morning so you'll need to be out by then.

1053
01:09:09,020 --> 01:09:13,300
Williamson then sighs, looks back at Ava and Sierra and says, looks like I'll be spending

1054
01:09:13,300 --> 01:09:14,980
the night here tonight.

1055
01:09:14,980 --> 01:09:19,740
Sierra replies, Ethan, I work a full shift tomorrow, don't worry.

1056
01:09:19,740 --> 01:09:23,260
I can help clean up and get this place ready again before tomorrow.

1057
01:09:23,260 --> 01:09:25,900
I can stay as late as needed.

1058
01:09:25,900 --> 01:09:30,780
Ava watches as now four agents, along with their laptops and a printer, are all spread

1059
01:09:30,780 --> 01:09:33,300
out in the cafe talking and working.

1060
01:09:33,300 --> 01:09:38,300
She's always wondered how the bureau operates and they seem to be quite efficient.

1061
01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:43,060
She notices that one of the agents is taking Paul's testimony and then sees Paul making

1062
01:09:43,060 --> 01:09:44,060
a written statement.

1063
01:09:44,060 --> 01:09:49,340
Ava assumes this is related to his involvement and also wanting immunity and witness protection

1064
01:09:49,340 --> 01:09:51,500
for both himself and his brother, Tent.

1065
01:09:51,500 --> 01:09:56,140
After some time, Professor Hawthorne noticed that it was now past 7pm and was wondering

1066
01:09:56,140 --> 01:10:00,460
how long Agent Carson and the other agent would need to set up the sting operation for

1067
01:10:00,460 --> 01:10:02,220
Bill Sharpton.

1068
01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:07,020
Hawthorne approaches Agent Carson who is typing on his laptop and says, we may want to leave

1069
01:10:07,020 --> 01:10:11,420
soon since it'll take us about 10 minutes to drive over to the college and I'm not sure

1070
01:10:11,420 --> 01:10:13,780
how long you guys need to get set up.

1071
01:10:13,780 --> 01:10:18,340
Agent Carson looks up and responds, yep, give us two more minutes.

1072
01:10:18,340 --> 01:10:22,300
We are coordinating a few other things at the moment and we'll be ready to go.

1073
01:10:22,300 --> 01:10:26,100
Two minutes turned into five minutes, but eventually the three of them, Hawthorne, Agent

1074
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:31,060
Carson, and one of the other new agents, who hadn't introduced himself yet, departed out

1075
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:35,860
the back cafe door into the alley and then made their way to their vehicles.

1076
01:10:35,860 --> 01:10:40,260
Professor Hawthorne was instructed to drive his own car to the meetup and the agents would

1077
01:10:40,260 --> 01:10:44,980
follow some distance behind and then look for a different parking space once they were

1078
01:10:44,980 --> 01:10:53,300
close to the south lawn of the college.

1079
01:10:53,300 --> 01:10:58,660
A few minutes after Hawthorne, Agent Carson and the other agent left for their sting operation,

1080
01:10:58,660 --> 01:11:02,460
Ava, Sierra, Lily, Ethan, and Paul were sitting in the cafe.

1081
01:11:02,460 --> 01:11:07,180
Paul, however, was not sitting close to the others and was being watched by Special Agent

1082
01:11:07,180 --> 01:11:08,180
Williamson.

1083
01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:12,980
Ava had noticed that Williamson had been on and off the phone for the latter part of the

1084
01:11:12,980 --> 01:11:13,980
evening.

1085
01:11:13,980 --> 01:11:18,300
She assumed he was trying to work out a deal for Paul and Chen in exchange for Paul's testimony

1086
01:11:18,300 --> 01:11:20,540
against the others from the secret group.

1087
01:11:20,540 --> 01:11:24,620
All of a sudden, Ava, who's sitting close to Sierra and Lily, and by the front glass

1088
01:11:24,620 --> 01:11:30,820
door hears loud banging from the outside of the front door.

1089
01:11:30,820 --> 01:11:34,060
By this time, the parade outside was starting to come to a close.

1090
01:11:34,060 --> 01:11:39,260
The El Dorado drumline members, who were usually at the star-ending finale show of the parade,

1091
01:11:39,260 --> 01:11:42,980
were just setting up on the main street to give the spectators a show.

1092
01:11:42,980 --> 01:11:48,860
The college's drumline consisted of around 24 members with snares, tenors, basses, and

1093
01:11:48,860 --> 01:11:49,860
cymbals.

1094
01:11:49,860 --> 01:11:54,140
They always put on a spectacular performance, especially during the annual Go Rush Festival

1095
01:11:54,140 --> 01:11:55,140
parade.

1096
01:11:55,140 --> 01:11:56,140
They were about to begin.

1097
01:11:56,140 --> 01:12:00,140
Upon hearing a loud banging sound on the front door of the cafe, Ethan immediately rushed

1098
01:12:00,140 --> 01:12:03,940
to the front door and peered through the glass to see a large man staring back at him with

1099
01:12:03,940 --> 01:12:06,940
a smile and holding up his Sierra's badge.

1100
01:12:06,940 --> 01:12:11,500
That's odd, Ethan thinks to himself as the man was not in uniform.

1101
01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:15,500
Ethan without hesitation opens the door and is immediately pushed aside by the large man

1102
01:12:15,500 --> 01:12:18,020
who takes a few steps into the cafe.

1103
01:12:18,020 --> 01:12:21,340
The man then informs Ethan that someone in the community called the Sierra's office

1104
01:12:21,340 --> 01:12:25,860
as they had noticed people had entered the cafe after it was closed and that since he

1105
01:12:25,860 --> 01:12:29,460
was already close to his location, he came to check it out.

1106
01:12:29,460 --> 01:12:39,500
At the moment, the drumline outside on Main Street begins.

1107
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:44,060
There's almost simultaneous things happening at the same time.

1108
01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:49,180
The large man pushing his way into the cafe, the noise of the drumline outside the front

1109
01:12:49,180 --> 01:12:52,300
door on the street startling everyone in the cafe.

1110
01:12:52,300 --> 01:12:56,180
Even Special Agent Williamson and the other agent who were sitting on their laptops were

1111
01:12:56,180 --> 01:12:58,060
visibly startled.

1112
01:12:58,060 --> 01:13:02,420
Ava watches as both agents jump up to their feet and look in the direction of the large

1113
01:13:02,420 --> 01:13:06,100
man who is now standing there looking right back at them.

1114
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:11,220
She can tell the large man recognizes these two guys were feds by the way they were dressed.

1115
01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:15,780
It even bursts out, that's him, that's him, that's the guy from the tunnel who was guarding

1116
01:13:15,780 --> 01:13:17,660
me after I was taken.

1117
01:13:17,660 --> 01:13:22,780
Sierra grabs Lily's arm and pulls her back toward the corner of the cafe sitting area

1118
01:13:22,780 --> 01:13:28,580
and then looks towards the FBI agents who are now moving towards the large man.

1119
01:13:28,580 --> 01:13:33,460
Sierra notices that one of the agents had grabbed a paper from the printer and was holding

1120
01:13:33,460 --> 01:13:38,860
it up and studying it, as if to check if the photo on the printed document matched the

1121
01:13:38,860 --> 01:13:42,140
man who is now standing in the cafe looking back at them.

1122
01:13:42,140 --> 01:13:46,820
Ava, who's close to the door, watches as both Special Agent Williamson and the other

1123
01:13:46,820 --> 01:13:52,500
agent start moving toward the man who is now figured out he's about to be arrested.

1124
01:13:52,500 --> 01:13:57,780
The large man looks down at Ava and then back at the agents coming close to him and turns

1125
01:13:57,780 --> 01:14:02,980
around and runs out of the cafe into the sidewalk with both agents following him.

1126
01:14:02,980 --> 01:14:07,900
Ava steps out onto the sidewalk as she watches both agents running after the suspect.

1127
01:14:07,900 --> 01:14:12,220
The large man stands out in the crowd and is also pushing and shoving spectators as

1128
01:14:12,220 --> 01:14:13,580
he passes them.

1129
01:14:13,580 --> 01:14:17,580
The sound of the drumline cancels out most of the other noises around Ava, including

1130
01:14:17,580 --> 01:14:21,340
the agents' calls for the suspect to stop.

1131
01:14:21,340 --> 01:14:25,340
Ava, still watching the foot chase, starts walking in the same direction, following the

1132
01:14:25,340 --> 01:14:27,980
agents who are now over a block away.

1133
01:14:27,980 --> 01:14:31,980
She can still see the large man's head and shoulders bopping up and down from a distance

1134
01:14:31,980 --> 01:14:35,380
as he is still running through the crowds on the sidewalk.

1135
01:14:35,380 --> 01:14:38,860
All of a sudden, she sees him disappear out of sight.

1136
01:14:38,860 --> 01:14:41,980
It looks like he went down, maybe falling.

1137
01:14:41,980 --> 01:14:46,580
Still walking, she continues in that direction as the crowd around where the large man fell

1138
01:14:46,580 --> 01:14:48,720
disperses.

1139
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:53,660
As she approaches, she sees both agents on top of the man, one holding him down and the

1140
01:14:53,660 --> 01:14:57,980
other handcuffing him.

1141
01:14:57,980 --> 01:15:01,260
It's both men to keep him pinned down and then handcuff him.

1142
01:15:01,260 --> 01:15:04,900
Ava then hears a familiar voice come from her right side.

1143
01:15:04,900 --> 01:15:06,740
Ava, is that you?

1144
01:15:06,740 --> 01:15:09,500
Grandma Turner says with some excitement in her voice.

1145
01:15:09,500 --> 01:15:12,220
Ava is stunned to see her grandma standing there.

1146
01:15:12,220 --> 01:15:14,100
She's standing next to Frank and his wife.

1147
01:15:14,100 --> 01:15:15,780
Gran, Ava responds, are you okay?

1148
01:15:15,780 --> 01:15:16,780
What happened?

1149
01:15:16,780 --> 01:15:21,380
Well, we were just sitting here, Frank, Ethel and I, enjoying the parade and the drums when

1150
01:15:21,380 --> 01:15:26,100
we noticed this large guy here coming right towards us on the sidewalk, pushing and shoving

1151
01:15:26,100 --> 01:15:27,100
people.

1152
01:15:27,100 --> 01:15:30,800
Then I saw these guys chasing him and thought, they're the feds, and I bet they're chasing

1153
01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:32,020
a bad guy.

1154
01:15:32,020 --> 01:15:36,100
So we got up from our lawn chairs to get out of the way and I waited till that big guy

1155
01:15:36,100 --> 01:15:37,100
there?

1156
01:15:37,100 --> 01:15:40,580
Grandma Turner points to the large man who is now sitting there in handcuffs with both

1157
01:15:40,580 --> 01:15:43,100
agents standing over him and then continues.

1158
01:15:43,100 --> 01:15:47,380
I kicked out the chair I was sitting on right as he ran in front of me and, well, he tripped

1159
01:15:47,380 --> 01:15:48,380
on it and fell down.

1160
01:15:48,380 --> 01:15:50,900
I wasn't really thinking, I just kind of did it.

1161
01:15:50,900 --> 01:15:55,660
Ava shakes her head and mumbles, wow, Gran, good job.

1162
01:15:55,660 --> 01:15:59,900
I don't really know what to say except for thanks for being in the right place at the

1163
01:15:59,900 --> 01:16:04,220
right time and for deciding to come down to the parade.

1164
01:16:04,220 --> 01:16:07,060
I've got to go and I'll call you in a bit.

1165
01:16:07,060 --> 01:16:09,060
Please stay with Frank and Ethel for now.

1166
01:16:09,060 --> 01:16:13,660
Ava says this and then turns around and walks back in the direction of the cafe while the

1167
01:16:13,660 --> 01:16:23,540
agents were escorting the large man in cuffs.

1168
01:16:23,540 --> 01:16:27,660
Professor Hawthorne parks his Bronco in a public area close to the south lawn of the

1169
01:16:27,660 --> 01:16:32,900
college and notices that the fireworks teams have roped off a section of the lawn to keep

1170
01:16:32,900 --> 01:16:38,220
the spectators who have already started to come for the fireworks show away from where

1171
01:16:38,220 --> 01:16:41,420
the fireworks would be lit and shot from.

1172
01:16:41,420 --> 01:16:45,380
The time is close to 8 p.m. and Hawthorne knows Sharpton will not be late.

1173
01:16:45,380 --> 01:16:46,380
He never is.

1174
01:16:46,380 --> 01:16:51,620
So, the professor quickly finds Agent Carson and the other agent who have set up out of

1175
01:16:51,620 --> 01:16:56,500
sight of the main lawn area and asks for any last minute instructions.

1176
01:16:56,500 --> 01:17:00,980
Mr. Hawthorne, please put this wire under your shirt and clip it close to your chin

1177
01:17:00,980 --> 01:17:01,980
on your chest.

1178
01:17:01,980 --> 01:17:07,140
Agent Carson hands Professor Hawthorne a small microphone and wire and then shows him how

1179
01:17:07,140 --> 01:17:08,860
to attach it so it is hidden.

1180
01:17:08,860 --> 01:17:13,620
You're going to be wired so we can hear and record your conversation with Bill Sharpton.

1181
01:17:13,620 --> 01:17:16,420
We'll move in as soon as we get what we need.

1182
01:17:16,420 --> 01:17:20,260
Don't worry, you won't have to carry on much of a conversation.

1183
01:17:20,260 --> 01:17:24,620
As the other evidence Ruby has logged in and collected should be more than enough for our

1184
01:17:24,620 --> 01:17:26,040
case against him.

1185
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:28,060
Agent Carson's phone rings.

1186
01:17:28,060 --> 01:17:31,900
He nods his head a few times and says, that's great news.

1187
01:17:31,900 --> 01:17:32,900
One more to go.

1188
01:17:32,900 --> 01:17:38,140
He hangs up and then tells Hawthorne that the other suspect is in custody and is currently

1189
01:17:38,140 --> 01:17:40,420
being transferred out of the county.

1190
01:17:40,420 --> 01:17:42,700
Alright Professor, one more to go.

1191
01:17:42,700 --> 01:17:50,780
Just do what we talked about and you'll be fine.

1192
01:17:50,780 --> 01:17:54,420
Hawthorne goes over and stands by the large sculpture that sits almost directly in the

1193
01:17:54,420 --> 01:17:56,340
middle of the south lawn and waits.

1194
01:17:56,340 --> 01:18:01,140
He looks down at his watch, almost 8pm, and then looks over in the direction of an old

1195
01:18:01,140 --> 01:18:06,380
maintenance building some 20 meters away where Agent Carson and his partner are stationed

1196
01:18:06,380 --> 01:18:07,380
and waiting.

1197
01:18:07,380 --> 01:18:10,220
Hawthorne hears a familiar voice behind him.

1198
01:18:10,220 --> 01:18:14,180
Bill Sharpton walks up from behind Hawthorne and says, good evening Jim.

1199
01:18:14,180 --> 01:18:18,100
Sharpton calls Professor Hawthorne by his informal name most of the time, especially

1200
01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:21,340
when they are not at the college or in a formal setting.

1201
01:18:21,340 --> 01:18:25,020
Sharpton continues as he sees Hawthorne turn around and look him squarely in the eyes and

1202
01:18:25,020 --> 01:18:29,660
then says, okay, let's figure this out tonight, right here and right now.

1203
01:18:29,660 --> 01:18:33,660
And just to be clear Jim, I'm doing you a big favor, probably because we have history

1204
01:18:33,660 --> 01:18:34,660
together.

1205
01:18:34,660 --> 01:18:36,460
And let's face it, I like you.

1206
01:18:36,460 --> 01:18:39,780
So with that said, name your price.

1207
01:18:39,780 --> 01:18:44,020
Retirement is not far off and well, I can help with that in a big way.

1208
01:18:44,020 --> 01:18:48,100
So how much do you want to keep quiet and to stay quiet?

1209
01:18:48,100 --> 01:18:52,900
Hawthorne hesitates a moment and then responds back, I also need some guarantees from you

1210
01:18:52,900 --> 01:18:57,980
and whoever else is involved, that the girls will be left alone, that no harm will come

1211
01:18:57,980 --> 01:19:00,620
to them so long as they keep silent as well.

1212
01:19:00,620 --> 01:19:03,340
Sharpton responds, okay, fair enough.

1213
01:19:03,340 --> 01:19:07,180
I can make that happen so long as they are quiet and then just move on with their lives.

1214
01:19:07,180 --> 01:19:08,340
So what else?

1215
01:19:08,340 --> 01:19:12,380
By this time in the evening, there were many people in and around the South Lawn area who

1216
01:19:12,380 --> 01:19:16,660
are now waiting for the fireworks display, which begins around dusk.

1217
01:19:16,660 --> 01:19:21,220
Hawthorne notices that the fireworks will be starting soon so he then asks, I don't

1218
01:19:21,220 --> 01:19:24,740
know Bill, how much is my silence worth to you?

1219
01:19:24,740 --> 01:19:26,460
And for me to look the other way.

1220
01:19:26,460 --> 01:19:30,660
Sharpton knows that Hawthorne just started the negotiations with that statement.

1221
01:19:30,660 --> 01:19:34,360
So Sharpton throws out a very low number to see if Hawthorne bites.

1222
01:19:34,360 --> 01:19:37,820
So he says, how does 250 grand sound?

1223
01:19:37,820 --> 01:19:42,180
Hawthorne looks at Sharpton in the face and then says, really Bill, I always knew you

1224
01:19:42,180 --> 01:19:43,680
to be a cheap guy.

1225
01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:48,620
At that moment, Professor Hawthorne sees both Agent Carson and his partner grab Sharpton

1226
01:19:48,620 --> 01:19:53,360
from behind, hold him and then cuff him.

1227
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:56,940
As they were standing in the middle of the lawn near the large sculpture, there were

1228
01:19:56,940 --> 01:19:59,660
many people who noticed the commotion.

1229
01:19:59,660 --> 01:20:02,300
Some even started recording it with their phones.

1230
01:20:02,300 --> 01:20:06,020
As Bill Sharpton is being manhandled by the two FBI agents who have now started to move

1231
01:20:06,020 --> 01:20:10,660
him in the direction of their parked car, he looks back at Hawthorne and says, what?

1232
01:20:10,660 --> 01:20:11,660
Really?

1233
01:20:11,660 --> 01:20:12,660
Come on, Jim.

1234
01:20:12,660 --> 01:20:16,020
So this is how it's going to be?

1235
01:20:16,020 --> 01:20:27,340
And those are the last words Bill Sharpton ever spoke to James Hawthorne.

1236
01:20:27,340 --> 01:20:32,380
A few days later, we find Ava sitting on her own couch back in Sacramento.

1237
01:20:32,380 --> 01:20:35,780
It's early in the evening and she's got her feet up and just trying to relax with some

1238
01:20:35,780 --> 01:20:37,400
mindless TV.

1239
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:41,540
She glances over toward the corner of the room and smiles at what's stacked up against

1240
01:20:41,540 --> 01:20:44,260
the wall and covered with her favorite blanket.

1241
01:20:44,260 --> 01:20:48,780
The previous few days had been so busy, from documenting and writing a series of articles

1242
01:20:48,780 --> 01:20:54,460
for the Bee and interviews with the FBI and other news outlets, to reflecting and wrapping

1243
01:20:54,460 --> 01:20:58,580
up the adventure with Cira, Lily, Ethan, and the professor.

1244
01:20:58,580 --> 01:21:02,860
She's had countless meetings with the Bee's editor-in-chief and Ted about the series of

1245
01:21:02,860 --> 01:21:08,180
articles the Bee has already started to release, of course, with the FBI's approval.

1246
01:21:08,180 --> 01:21:12,640
The Bee has been careful not to publish any evidence or facts that may harm the ongoing

1247
01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:15,660
investigation that the FBI is still working on.

1248
01:21:15,660 --> 01:21:20,580
Ava has also spent a good part of an hour explaining everything to Grandma Turner, who

1249
01:21:20,580 --> 01:21:23,420
took everything better than she thought.

1250
01:21:23,420 --> 01:21:28,300
Grandma Turner seemed to be quite excited about the entire situation, well now after

1251
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:29,300
the effect.

1252
01:21:29,300 --> 01:21:34,540
Grandma Turner felt a small sense of pride for having helped the two FBI agents apprehend

1253
01:21:34,540 --> 01:21:36,700
one of their first suspects.

1254
01:21:36,700 --> 01:21:41,580
Needless to say, Ava's beyond tired and leans against a pillow eating her favorite ice cream

1255
01:21:41,580 --> 01:21:42,940
flavor.

1256
01:21:42,940 --> 01:21:46,580
Ava grabs her remote and clicks the TV on and notices that one of her favorite shows

1257
01:21:46,580 --> 01:21:48,060
had just ended.

1258
01:21:48,060 --> 01:21:52,220
She looks at the clock and notices that it's 9pm, so she switches channels to one of the

1259
01:21:52,220 --> 01:21:56,060
local news network stations to watch the news.

1260
01:21:56,060 --> 01:22:01,940
She watches as one of the local news stations blasts a graphic across the screen which reads,

1261
01:22:01,940 --> 01:22:04,740
Breaking news!

1262
01:22:04,740 --> 01:22:10,460
City and state officials arrested for bribery, corruption, and other crimes that span several

1263
01:22:10,460 --> 01:22:11,820
decades.

1264
01:22:11,820 --> 01:22:15,980
She knew more arrests were going to be made soon, but she and the editor didn't know when

1265
01:22:15,980 --> 01:22:17,780
that was going to happen.

1266
01:22:17,780 --> 01:22:20,420
She thanks herself as she settles back onto the couch.

1267
01:22:20,420 --> 01:22:23,500
Okay, I guess the cat's out of the bag now.

1268
01:22:23,500 --> 01:22:27,340
She looks down at her almost empty cup of ice cream when all of a sudden, she hears

1269
01:22:27,340 --> 01:22:32,900
one of the local news anchors says, Ava Turner from her very own Sacramento Bee, along with

1270
01:22:32,900 --> 01:22:38,340
several Coloma residents helped crack the corruption and expose the crimes and lies.

1271
01:22:38,340 --> 01:22:43,300
Upon hearing her name and seeing her photo on the TV, she drops both her ice cream and

1272
01:22:43,300 --> 01:22:44,300
remote.

1273
01:22:44,300 --> 01:22:47,300
Out of shock, she says out loud, No way!

1274
01:22:47,300 --> 01:22:51,700
I guess the editor was given the green light to publish the first article.

1275
01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:54,260
She gets online and pulls up the Bee's website.

1276
01:22:54,260 --> 01:22:57,020
Her first article had just been posted.

1277
01:22:57,020 --> 01:23:00,980
She watches as the news anchor talks about and quotes part of her first article.

1278
01:23:00,980 --> 01:23:03,220
The anchor turns it over to a reporter.

1279
01:23:03,220 --> 01:23:07,420
The news reporter continues to discuss the details of the arrests as the TV station shows

1280
01:23:07,420 --> 01:23:10,820
footage of the FBI making arrests in the past hour.

1281
01:23:10,820 --> 01:23:17,100
The mayor of Coloma, a city council member, and the last and most prominent state representative,

1282
01:23:17,100 --> 01:23:18,100
Stuart Brown.

1283
01:23:18,100 --> 01:23:20,180
At the moment, her phone rings.

1284
01:23:20,180 --> 01:23:21,980
It's Ted.

1285
01:23:21,980 --> 01:23:22,980
Any answers?

1286
01:23:22,980 --> 01:23:23,980
Hello?

1287
01:23:23,980 --> 01:23:24,980
Um, yeah.

1288
01:23:24,980 --> 01:23:25,980
Yes, sure.

1289
01:23:25,980 --> 01:23:26,980
I'll be okay.

1290
01:23:26,980 --> 01:23:32,500
I guess I didn't know when the articles were going to be released.

1291
01:23:32,500 --> 01:23:33,500
Makes sense.

1292
01:23:33,500 --> 01:23:38,380
Okay, so my articles will be published over the next few days, one after the other?

1293
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:40,460
Okay, sounds good.

1294
01:23:40,460 --> 01:23:46,980
Oh, hey, before you hang up, thanks for your help, Ava says, before hanging up the phone.

1295
01:23:46,980 --> 01:23:50,900
Even though Ava was there from the start and knew of their involvement before anyone else

1296
01:23:50,900 --> 01:23:54,380
did, it was that much more real when seeing it on the news.

1297
01:23:54,380 --> 01:23:58,140
Letting the sound of the TV fade into the background, Ava closes her eyes and shares

1298
01:23:58,140 --> 01:24:01,980
she thinks back to the events that have occurred in the past few days.

1299
01:24:01,980 --> 01:24:04,820
Some of the craziest days in her life and short career.

1300
01:24:04,820 --> 01:24:08,940
If you couldn't imagine how different her month and summer would have been if she had

1301
01:24:08,940 --> 01:24:11,540
not returned to El Dorado County.

1302
01:24:11,540 --> 01:24:14,420
Just then, her phone rings again.

1303
01:24:14,420 --> 01:24:16,100
Ava is startled, but not surprised.

1304
01:24:16,100 --> 01:24:21,860
I mean, her face and name was just plastered all over the news for the last 10 minutes.

1305
01:24:21,860 --> 01:24:24,700
She picks up her phone to see an unknown number.

1306
01:24:24,700 --> 01:24:26,700
She taps accept and introduces herself.

1307
01:24:26,700 --> 01:24:30,340
She sits up straight again on the couch as she listens to the other person on the line

1308
01:24:30,340 --> 01:24:33,740
say, Ava, this is Ben Michelson from Reuters.

1309
01:24:33,740 --> 01:24:38,460
She holds her excitement back as she listens and responds, nice to meet you, Ben.

1310
01:24:38,460 --> 01:24:41,500
No, you're the first call.

1311
01:24:41,500 --> 01:24:44,940
Okay, I'll discuss that with my editor.

1312
01:24:44,940 --> 01:24:47,700
Okay, yes, email me the details.

1313
01:24:47,700 --> 01:24:49,060
Thanks.

1314
01:24:49,060 --> 01:24:52,460
She continues to chat with the reporter from Reuters before hanging up.

1315
01:24:52,460 --> 01:24:57,140
She finally slouches back down on the couch, looks down at her empty ice cream cup, smiles

1316
01:24:57,140 --> 01:24:58,140
and says to herself.

1317
01:24:58,140 --> 01:25:09,780
Well, I guess my little life is about to change in some really big ways.

1318
01:25:09,780 --> 01:25:14,740
It's mid-August and Professor Hawthorne has yet to prepare for the upcoming fall semester,

1319
01:25:14,740 --> 01:25:17,780
which starts just after the US Labor Day holiday.

1320
01:25:17,780 --> 01:25:21,860
He's tried to keep a low profile for the last two months, mainly keeping to himself

1321
01:25:21,860 --> 01:25:25,460
at home, taking some time off with his wife and writing.

1322
01:25:25,460 --> 01:25:29,580
He's only done a few news interviews about his part in helping uncover the truth about

1323
01:25:29,580 --> 01:25:34,780
the gold rush and the rampant network of corruption that existed among some of the more prominent

1324
01:25:34,780 --> 01:25:35,780
members.

1325
01:25:35,780 --> 01:25:40,260
Many of his interviews were also structured so he could provide historical context so

1326
01:25:40,260 --> 01:25:44,780
the viewers or listeners would understand how large and long the corruption secrets

1327
01:25:44,780 --> 01:25:46,460
and crimes went on.

1328
01:25:46,460 --> 01:25:50,500
Professor is at home, relaxed, sitting at his desk, looking out the back window, just

1329
01:25:50,500 --> 01:25:51,940
sitting there and thinking.

1330
01:25:51,940 --> 01:25:56,380
His laptop is open and the cursor is blinking in the middle of the blank page.

1331
01:25:56,380 --> 01:25:59,820
Hawthorne hears someone enter the room behind him so he turns his head and says,

1332
01:25:59,820 --> 01:26:02,260
Hey there, his wife had just entered the room.

1333
01:26:02,260 --> 01:26:04,720
She was smiling and walking toward him.

1334
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:08,100
The professor asks, How was lunch with your friends at Ethan's?

1335
01:26:08,100 --> 01:26:09,100
It was great.

1336
01:26:09,100 --> 01:26:11,300
It's always nice to catch up with them when I can.

1337
01:26:11,300 --> 01:26:13,220
Ethan was there and sends his greetings.

1338
01:26:13,220 --> 01:26:17,540
Mrs. Hawthorne is now standing next to the professor and looking down at the blank screen

1339
01:26:17,540 --> 01:26:20,780
on his laptop with the bouncing cursor and then says,

1340
01:26:20,780 --> 01:26:25,420
Oh, two packages were just delivered as I was pulling into the driveway.

1341
01:26:25,420 --> 01:26:27,260
They're rather heavy for their size.

1342
01:26:27,260 --> 01:26:29,620
I set them on the floor behind you.

1343
01:26:29,620 --> 01:26:31,380
They're addressed to you.

1344
01:26:31,380 --> 01:26:34,700
She then says, Did you come up with a title yet?

1345
01:26:34,700 --> 01:26:38,940
Professor Hawthorne was inspired by the recent events to write yet another book and he had

1346
01:26:38,940 --> 01:26:42,340
just finished the first draft in record time.

1347
01:26:42,340 --> 01:26:47,380
Several publishers had sent in high bids wanting to help distribute and publish it for him.

1348
01:26:47,380 --> 01:26:51,540
The draft read like a story out of a fiction novel, but it wasn't fiction.

1349
01:26:51,540 --> 01:26:52,820
It was all true.

1350
01:26:52,820 --> 01:26:53,820
All of it.

1351
01:26:53,820 --> 01:26:57,420
Hawthorne's intention was not only to tell the story of what happened to the five of

1352
01:26:57,420 --> 01:27:03,820
them, himself, Ava, Sierra, Lily, and Ethan, but also he wanted to make sure the old manuscript

1353
01:27:03,820 --> 01:27:08,740
was referenced and the history and events that preceded everything were revealed while

1354
01:27:08,740 --> 01:27:10,440
all but one of them.

1355
01:27:10,440 --> 01:27:14,020
He was still committed to keeping one secret, a secret.

1356
01:27:14,020 --> 01:27:15,700
That was the formula.

1357
01:27:15,700 --> 01:27:18,100
Hawthorne looks up at his wife and says, I got it.

1358
01:27:18,100 --> 01:27:22,140
He smiles and then looks back down at his laptop and the blinking cursor on the blank

1359
01:27:22,140 --> 01:27:26,780
white page and types, the secrets of El Dorado.

1360
01:27:26,780 --> 01:27:27,780
There it is.

1361
01:27:27,780 --> 01:27:29,220
That's the title, he says.

1362
01:27:29,220 --> 01:27:34,980
Mrs. Hawthorne watches as James types out the title and then adds, Yep, I like it.

1363
01:27:34,980 --> 01:27:37,620
I think the others are going to like it too.

1364
01:27:37,620 --> 01:27:41,620
The professor swivels in his chair, gets up, walks over and then bends down to inspect

1365
01:27:41,620 --> 01:27:43,940
the two boxes that were delivered.

1366
01:27:43,940 --> 01:27:47,600
He slices open the tape and then opens one of the boxes.

1367
01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:52,860
Inside the box, surrounded by packing popcorn and tightly wrapped in brown butcher paper,

1368
01:27:52,860 --> 01:27:57,420
was a polished and bright solid gold bar with no markings.

1369
01:27:57,420 --> 01:28:00,920
Without a word, the professor looks up at his wife with a half smile and then pulls

1370
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:04,460
a small card out from inside the box and it reads out loud.

1371
01:28:04,460 --> 01:28:06,020
Thanks for the adventure.

1372
01:28:06,020 --> 01:28:07,660
What's next?

1373
01:28:07,660 --> 01:28:29,500
And A and S.

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The Secrets of El Dorado Epilogue, One Year Later

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As for Ava Turner, after publishing her series of articles and making numerous appearances

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on talk shows and other news networks, she was promoted to be one of the executive editors

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for The Bee.

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She is more passionate about seeking the truth and uplifting marginalized voices more than

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ever and she volunteers at an organization that teaches journalism to low income students

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every week.

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She also has dinner with Grandma Turner every now and then and of course visits Ethan's

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Cafe.

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Ava and Ciara's little side venture after the first initial arrests were made, over

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a year ago, Ciara paid off her college debt and bought a house just outside of Coloma.

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She's dedicated to pursuing her passion of art, design, and education as she recently

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landed a high profile teaching position at a local private school.

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She no longer works full time at Ethan's but does help out on the weekends from time

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to time when Ethan calls and asks.

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She's not ready to give up her employee discount just yet.

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Besides, she loves seeing and talking with her old customers.

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Lily Hahn is on her way to earning her undergraduate degree at the college, debt and worry free

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with the gifts she too received in the mail.

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Between classes, Lily loves to pop into Professor Hawthorne's office and talk about their adventures

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and the new things he has been working on.

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Because of her help with the investigation, she was awarded a permanent green card with

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permission to live and work in the US for as long as she wanted.

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She still loves to study at Ethan's cafe and, sometimes, she gets lucky and runs into

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both Ciara and Ava there.

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Ethan Brooks is still loving his cafe as it remains a local favorite.

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He's added several new sandwich options but the famous pastrami stack is still the

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favorite.

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Ethan sold his tracking device and technology and software to the FBI and then bought the

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30 plus acres of old man Sutter's property, hoping to build a small cabin for himself.

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He continues to tour around with tech and loves the hobby even though he still receives

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numerous job offers from firms in Silicon Valley.

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Some of his newest inventions and prototypes are for the food and beverage industry and

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involve the integration of menus, tables and AI.

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He's already had two investors from the Valley show interest.

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And finally, Professor James Hawthorne went on to publish his book, instantly becoming

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a big hit.

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More and more readers became intrigued by the history of El Dorado County and the Gold

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Rush and the events that took down one of the longest crime and corruption sprees in

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US history.

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There were also several online chat groups about Hawthorne with one even being called

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Hawthorne's history, which typically consists of discussions of his past work, some of his

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latest findings and past lectures from the college.

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He became somewhat of a celebrity in academia with no plans to retire.

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Not yet.

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And that concludes our 10 part story titled The Secrets of El Dorado.

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All parts are now available starting with part 1 which was originally released with

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episode 55.

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A special thanks to all those who contributed their voices to help make this adventure come

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alive.

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Our 5 main story characters were voiced by the Season 2 Students Incorporated Podcast

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team.

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They were…

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Ava Turner was voiced by Premi.

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Ciara Reese was voiced by Chania.

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Billy Hahn was voiced by Rebecca.

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Ethan Brooks was voiced by Yen How.

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And Professor Hawthorne was voiced by myself, Mr. Jason.

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And our special guest voices were…

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Professor Sharpton was voiced by Kush.

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Grandma Turner was voiced by Mrs. Amber.

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Paul, Chen's older brother, was voiced by Pun.

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Agent Carson was voiced by Enosh.

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And Mrs. Hawthorne was voiced by Mrs. Donnie.

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Thanks again for listening.

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Let us know what you think by direct messaging us through Instagram or emailing us at studentsincpodcastatgmail.com.

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As we end this episode and Season 2, I'd like to thank you for sticking with us through

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another season.

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Don't worry, we aren't going anywhere.

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We are only taking a short break.

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01:33:18,700 --> 01:33:23,300
Students Incorporated will be back with brand new content and a new team for Season 3 coming

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late August 2024.

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Until then, get caught up on all our previous episodes available on all popular podcast

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streaming platforms.

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01:33:33,340 --> 01:33:36,940
And feel free to recommend our show to a friend or a colleague.

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Okay, until next time, we'll see you next season.

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01:33:40,980 --> 01:33:46,060
And as always, this podcast would not be possible without the hard work and support of our international

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student production team.

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All music and sound effects are courtesy of Pixabay.com, a vibrant community of creatives

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sharing copyright free images, videos, and music.

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And we are signing off until next time.

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We are Students Incorporated.

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Because your voice matters.