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Hello and welcome to Lightly Used, a bit of a

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different show than usual this time. We recently

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did a very successful live telethon fundraiser

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and a massive thank you to TJ and Rob for letting

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us broadcast from the big Channel 84 studio.

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But don't worry if you missed it. Now, unfortunately,

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I wasn't able to record everything or any of

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the video. As for the audio... Some cards failed

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and my radio mic went out of range before I was

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able to get to any of the outside stuff. I think

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there might have been a bit of a compatibility

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issue regarding the satellite link. But otherwise,

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from what I've been able to save, these are some

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of the highlights from our live fundraiser. This

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is Rightly Used with Adam and Karen. Hello and

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good evening. Welcome to the likely used live

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fundraising special to buy myself back. I'm raising

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money to buy back my illegal AI voice clone from

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Arthur. Karen's running a bit late. She's stuck

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in traffic. She will be here. Will be here. Live

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shows. In the meantime, we've got a full evening's

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entertainment for the whole family. There's music,

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song, dance, magic and monster trucks. Plus,

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we'll be awarding... our inaugural Peace Prize.

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There's tons of fun coming up, giving you plenty

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of reasons to dig deep. So to start us off, while

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we wait for Karen to arrive, you know it, you

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love it, it's the lightly used theme song. Welcome,

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if you're just joining us, to the lightly used

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live fundraising special. And I think it's important

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for us all to remember why we're here tonight.

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Now, when Karen and Mike started here at Channel

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84 back in July 2024, that's nearly two years

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ago now, I met a man that, through misunderstanding

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or mishearing, I thought he told me that we could

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get an art grant for having a book section on

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the podcast, and he would work on bringing some

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money into the show. Karen later clarified after

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meeting him that his name is Arthur Grant, and

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we can call him Art, and he was asking if I liked

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books, and suggesting we do a segment, because

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that's what he's interested in. After this misunderstanding

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was cleared up, We thought sponsorship would

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be the way to bring some money into the podcast.

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And to apologise for the confusion and my disappointment,

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Art offered to get us a sponsor. I'll be honest,

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we were sceptical, but he got one. And a couple

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more here and there. And we found out I think

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most, maybe all, were for companies and side

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projects Arthur was working on. The last one

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of these turned out to be, well, He just did

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an AI clone of my voice from the podcast and

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started using that to do sponsored reads on other

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podcasts. We've asked nicely. We sent polite

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and stern and then just rude letters. He hasn't

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stopped. So we're asking for your help to raise

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the money to buy him out. The number should be

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on your screen. Please phone right now and donate

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every penny that you can. And now for the next

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portion of our show, we can cross live by satellite

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to Canada for Shane and Tom. Thank you very much

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to Shane and Tom of the Squeezebox podcast. I

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thought we'd only have you on the feed for 20

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minutes. You gave us a full hour. Very, very

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generous of your time. And we're hoping that

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you will be generous with your donations tonight

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too. I'm being told Karen is just moments away

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from the studio. Thank you very much for being

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with us at the live, lightly used fundraising

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special. Please give what you can. It really

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does make a difference. The number is on your

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screen now. And I'm being told that the Saucy

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Puppet Show has also been cancelled. But if you

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follow me just down this corridor, we can go

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outside where the monsters are just about to

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start. The first and possibly only Peace Prize

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awarded on the back of a monster truck. And can

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we get a look at the totalizer please? And I'm

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being told the totaliser is on screen now. Wow,

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look at that total. Look at that. Thank you very,

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very much for all your generosity, all you've

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done this evening, all for the past three hours.

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And as one final thank you for the light, to

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play us out, Rufus Mufasa. Thank you once again

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to everyone who came to the live show, everyone

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who watched, and especially everyone who donated.

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And a special thank you to TJ and Rob once again

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for letting us film and broadcast from the big

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Channel 84 studios. Apologies for no photos.

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Again, I didn't have spare hands. I forgot. Speaking

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of, we are part of the Studio Channel 84 network.

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There's the variety show with TJ and Rob, the

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untitled sci -fi show with Rob and TJ, and Who

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Takes the Socks Off with Ross and Simon. Find

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us all at channel84 .co .uk. Adam and Karen have

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been lightly used. Visit lightlyused .co .uk

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for more. To get in touch, email pod at lightlyused

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.co .uk. This was a studio channel 84 network

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show to find more head over to channel 84 .co

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.uk. Now.