{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":4.4,"endTime":6.2,"body":"This is another episode of Stand Up"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":6.24,"endTime":9.608,"body":"Comedy. Your host and emcee celebrating 40"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":9.664,"endTime":11.448,"body":"plus years on the fringe of show"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":11.504,"endTime":14.792,"body":"business stories, interviews and comedy sets from"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":14.816,"endTime":18.328,"body":"the famous and not so famous. Here's"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":18.344,"endTime":21.336,"body":"your host and emcee, Scott Edwards."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":21.528,"endTime":23.72,"body":"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":23.76,"endTime":26.424,"body":"podcast. We got another great fun interview"},{"speaker":"R. 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Please hold your"},{"speaker":"Ian Willams","startTime":49.116,"endTime":50.4,"body":"applause till the end."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":51.26,"endTime":53.14,"body":"Ian, thanks for being on the show,"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":53.18,"endTime":53.76,"body":"man."},{"speaker":"Ian Willams","startTime":54.3,"endTime":56.052,"body":"Not a problem. I'm happy to be"},{"speaker":"Ian Willams","startTime":56.076,"endTime":56.9,"body":"here. Great."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":57.02,"endTime":59.252,"body":"Well, you, I've done some research and"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":59.276,"endTime":61.22,"body":"you did a lot of comedy back"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":61.26,"endTime":63.06,"body":"in the day. Why don't we share"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":63.1,"endTime":65.12,"body":"with the audience? You know, what age"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":65.16,"endTime":66.56,"body":"were you? 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Scott Edwards","startTime":2014.72,"endTime":2016.808,"body":"week with some great stand up comedy."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2016.904,"endTime":2018.8,"body":"Thanks for joining us on the podcast."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2018.92,"endTime":2021.06,"body":"We'll see you soon. Bye."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2021.48,"endTime":2023.36,"body":"We hope you enjoyed this episode of"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2023.4,"endTime":2025.34,"body":"Stand Up Comedy. 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