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And so happy to have"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1441.75,"endTime":1445.44,"body":"you on today."},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1445.77,"endTime":1448.02,"body":"Yes, thank you for"},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1445.77,"endTime":1448.02,"body":"having me. I hope that everybody"},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1448.02,"endTime":1451.56,"body":"had a chance to learn something"},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1448.02,"endTime":1451.56,"body":"and certainly go and check out"},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1451.59,"endTime":1451.74,"body":"EWAAB."},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1452.41,"endTime":1456.94,"body":"Yay! Awesome. All"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1452.41,"endTime":1456.94,"body":"right, well, and then there are"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1456.94,"endTime":1463.21,"body":"some things coming up too, in"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1456.94,"endTime":1463.21,"body":"2024. So we'll make sure to post"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1463.39,"endTime":1466.72,"body":"everything about EWAAB when we"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1463.39,"endTime":1466.72,"body":"post up our podcast and"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1466.93,"endTime":1469.75,"body":"hopefully we can get some more"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1466.93,"endTime":1469.75,"body":"following for things to come in"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1469.75,"endTime":1470.62,"body":"2024"},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1470.92,"endTime":1471.97,"body":"Yes, exactly."},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1472.39,"endTime":1473.95,"body":"All right. Great."},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1472.39,"endTime":1473.95,"body":"Thanks, Sam."},{"speaker":"Sam Collins","startTime":1474.52,"endTime":1475.09,"body":"Thank you."},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1476.32,"endTime":1478.42,"body":"We are"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1476.32,"endTime":1478.42,"body":"DefinedTalent, a DefinedLogic"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1478.45,"endTime":1481.99,"body":"service coming to you at Top5"},{"speaker":"Tara Thurber","startTime":1478.45,"endTime":1481.99,"body":"Make it a great day."}]}