Star Trek Lower Decks Cast Interviews

[00:00:30] Welcome to the SyFy Sistas podcast, where we give you our point of view. I'm your host, Tamia Harper, and I'm joined today by my sister, Yvette Blackman-Tom.

[00:00:40] Hello.

[00:00:43] Hello. I wish I could go that deep.

[00:00:46] Oh boy.

[00:00:48] It's so sexy. Oh my God. Once again, make it even worse. It's about to be like, it's so sexy.

[00:00:57] See, this is what happens.

[00:00:59] That's what he said.

[00:01:01] It's what happens when our other sisters leave the two of us alone is never right.

[00:01:06] Ooh, it can always be after dark with us.

[00:01:10] Always, always, always. Okay. Well, hey, everybody. Welcome to the show. We are proud members of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network, and we are proud to bring you this show today.

[00:01:21] We had a really nice time, although be it a very brief one, right?

[00:01:25] Yeah, it was. It was very brief.

[00:01:28] But we are blessed because Paramount, once again, included us in the press junket.

[00:01:34] CBS, excuse me.

[00:01:35] CBS, yeah.

[00:01:35] Yeah.

[00:01:36] It included us in the press junket for Star Trek Lower Decks for season five, which is about to air very shortly. Do you remember the air date?

[00:01:46] The 24th.

[00:01:48] The 24th.

[00:01:49] The 24th, right. Okay.

[00:01:49] Next Thursday.

[00:01:51] Woo-hoo! Finally. I can't wait.

[00:01:53] This will air on the 25th.

[00:01:55] So there shouldn't be any spoilers, but there might be. I don't think there's any, right?

[00:02:00] I don't think. We tried to keep it spoiler free. We didn't even ask, like, questions related to this season.

[00:02:05] We didn't get to ask.

[00:02:06] We didn't. It was so fast, y'all. Usually these things, like, sometimes they, like, will run over and the guests will be, it'll be because the talent or the actors are like, hey, like, ask us another question. It's okay. Do this.

[00:02:17] But today, like, we were at the beginning of the day and they were like, let's keep a schedule. We were fine with that.

[00:02:23] We were cool with that.

[00:02:24] Yeah. Totally cool with that. Like, I mean, we had, so what we got to talk to today, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noel Wells, and Eugene Cordero.

[00:02:35] Yeah.

[00:02:36] All of our main cast from Star Trek Lower Decks who we've come to love. It was cool, right?

[00:02:42] It was really cool because we've never really spoken to Noel or Jack before.

[00:02:49] We had once before.

[00:02:50] Have we?

[00:02:51] Yeah.

[00:02:52] We had the different group. They were in pairs and we had, they had us in for different groups.

[00:03:00] Okay.

[00:03:00] I'm glad you remembered.

[00:03:02] We got Jack once and we got Noel once.

[00:03:04] Okay.

[00:03:05] Cool.

[00:03:05] Cool.

[00:03:06] I'm glad you were there.

[00:03:09] I totally forgot.

[00:03:10] But yeah, it was great to see. It was actually great just to see them because we have seen episodes of Lower Decks already and watching this, knowing it's the fifth season.

[00:03:25] These five, the fifth season in Star Trek is usually that season where it starts getting so good.

[00:03:31] Really good.

[00:03:31] Because you know everybody, there's backstory, you're invested.

[00:03:36] And now that we're losing these shows at the fifth season, it's really, and they don't know.

[00:03:43] Yeah.

[00:03:43] That, you know, we're, we're, we're at the meaty part and, and you guys are going to love this season.

[00:03:49] It's just like every other season, but this is a, this is a fifth season of Star Trek, just like the rest of the fifth seasons.

[00:03:56] It's good.

[00:03:57] Yeah.

[00:03:58] Um, cause I don't think there's a bad five, fifth season of Star Trek if they made it to five.

[00:04:04] So usually they're pretty good.

[00:04:06] TNG's fifth season was great.

[00:04:08] And of course DS9's fifth season.

[00:04:10] We know DS9's fifth season.

[00:04:12] I can't recall enough of Voyager's fifth season right now to speak on that.

[00:04:15] I don't, I don't remember too much, but yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:04:17] I'm sure our Voyager fans are.

[00:04:18] I think it was Seven of Nine was there for the fifth season.

[00:04:21] Yeah.

[00:04:22] I think that our Voyager fans can let us know about fifth season Voyager.

[00:04:26] But yeah, so far what I've seen this season has been amazing and I've loved it.

[00:04:32] And it's like, and it's shifting into a different type, a little bit of a different type of storytelling for them.

[00:04:38] Yes.

[00:04:38] Yes.

[00:04:38] Yes.

[00:04:38] Yes.

[00:04:39] And I'm here for it.

[00:04:40] I'm here for it.

[00:04:41] I mean, of course I'm such a huge Lower Decks fan.

[00:04:44] Like I love this show so much that they can really do no wrong.

[00:04:48] But what I feel like is really comfortable.

[00:04:51] No, nothing.

[00:04:51] But I feel like is super comfortable in their, in their hands.

[00:04:56] Like I will go wherever they lead with the storytelling.

[00:04:59] I don't care how they tell it, you know?

[00:05:00] I agree.

[00:05:01] I think I really agree with that.

[00:05:03] I just, whatever they tell, I'm there for it.

[00:05:07] Cause I know they know what they're talking about.

[00:05:11] Um, and a lot of times they know, they know Star Trek.

[00:05:13] I, I would think much better than I do, you know, because they'll bring up stuff and wait till you see what they bring up.

[00:05:21] Oh my God.

[00:05:22] I'm saying there's, Oh, I had moments like one moment in particular was so surprising that I was emotional about, like, I was surprised that I was emotional about it because, you know, it's a call back to, as they do, you know, this is what they do.

[00:05:40] It's a, they call back to different episodes or movies and it's a call back to an episode that I never felt particularly connected to, but is nonetheless an iconic Star Trek moment.

[00:05:53] Yeah.

[00:05:54] Right.

[00:05:54] And now I feel connected to it, like in a way that I never did.

[00:05:58] Like it, it helped deepen my appreciation for that moment.

[00:06:01] You know, it was like, Oh wow.

[00:06:02] It really did.

[00:06:03] I love that.

[00:06:04] Um, I don't know.

[00:06:06] It's, it's the story starts off in the beginning.

[00:06:09] I mean, there's a, just like last season, the first episode is setting you up for a long, for a really good long story.

[00:06:18] And the fact that they can get so much out of 25 minutes always is I'm just, Oh, I'm, I think even Tani was talking about it in this interview.

[00:06:27] You're going to hear that so much and it's wrapped up.

[00:06:30] It's, it's, it's a good story for 25 minutes.

[00:06:33] We got a really meaty Star Trek story, you know?

[00:06:37] So, so yeah, it's, it's, it's, I can't wait for you guys to see a lower decks and I'm really sad that it's ending.

[00:06:45] Me too.

[00:06:45] Uh, at least that's, we hope it's just, we hope there's more.

[00:06:50] We do.

[00:06:51] And I hope that, you know, I hope that, you know, uh, we fans can continue to have as zealous of an effort to keep lower decks in our lives as we have for prodigy.

[00:07:03] I think that, um, you know, if any show really deserves it, I mean, prodigy deserves it.

[00:07:08] Don't get me wrong.

[00:07:09] Oh, definitely.

[00:07:09] I'm not saying that they don't.

[00:07:11] I just think that if any show really does lower decks does because lower decks was there for us.

[00:07:17] As Yvette often points out through the pandemic, lower decks helped get us through the pandemic.

[00:07:22] It was our bright spot and our joy and a little bit of sanity, you know, and if nothing else, we owe them that, you know, and so like, you know, I, I don't know.

[00:07:32] Who's out there who can get a, a fly a damn plane for lower decks, but come on y'all, you know, like I'm doing everything I can do.

[00:07:41] I'm using my platform and we're talking about it and we're hyping it.

[00:07:44] I'm waiting for somebody else to step up someplace else to help as well, because I can't get a plane.

[00:07:50] This is what I do.

[00:07:51] Like, this is what I have time to do.

[00:07:54] Right.

[00:07:54] So I'm doing what I have time to do.

[00:07:56] Who else out there has time to do something?

[00:07:58] I mean, we've gotten petitions going.

[00:08:01] That's great.

[00:08:02] You know, but we need to step up the fire.

[00:08:04] People are sending donuts into the prodigy writers room and stuff like what are we going to do for lower decks y'all?

[00:08:10] Yeah, we got to do something.

[00:08:11] Come on.

[00:08:11] Because even if it's ending, which is, which I think is fine, but I think there's so much more story to tell because it's animated that these characters can go on to do other things.

[00:08:23] Infinite stories to tell in that universe, in the timeframe that they're in with these characters.

[00:08:28] I mean, they're only, remember, lower decks is only two years.

[00:08:32] The five seasons is only two years.

[00:08:35] So there's so much that we could, um, we could talk about that.

[00:08:40] So many stories that.

[00:08:41] Yeah.

[00:08:41] So, because I mean, this Star Trek history, like there's, it's a rich that time period.

[00:08:46] There's so much going on at one time.

[00:08:48] And it's peaceful and it's a piece.

[00:08:49] It's the peaceful.

[00:08:50] It's a very peaceful time.

[00:08:51] So, yeah, I would like to see some more.

[00:08:54] Yeah.

[00:08:54] I would like to see some more, but you know, until then we've got a great interview for you.

[00:08:58] Yeah.

[00:08:58] Hope you guys enjoy.

[00:09:00] Hi, Tamia and Yvette from the Sci-Fi Sisters.

[00:09:03] Hi, everybody.

[00:09:06] It's so good to see you all.

[00:09:08] It's really lovely, um, to see you all in a little poignant too.

[00:09:12] And, um, just know that we love you all very much and we're fighting to get you back.

[00:09:17] Okay.

[00:09:19] Please.

[00:09:19] Thank you.

[00:09:20] Yeah.

[00:09:21] Um, so, okay.

[00:09:23] Real, just hopping on in here.

[00:09:26] I want to know, um, what have you guys learned from your respective characters throughout these five seasons?

[00:09:33] And for sure, after dark answers are more than welcome.

[00:09:39] Ooh, I'm like, what have I learned after dark from Mariner?

[00:09:43] I don't know.

[00:09:44] I think I have learned a little bit of like balance and like, um, yeah, like, uh, maybe more like

[00:09:51] outward expression of like friendship love for her friends.

[00:09:55] She, she does that well-ish, but like truly like the love between these guys is, has really

[00:10:00] informed how I kind of like treat my, my platonic relationships in my life.

[00:10:05] And yeah.

[00:10:07] Okay.

[00:10:07] So this is platonic.

[00:10:09] Yeah.

[00:10:09] I mean, the four of us are platonic.

[00:10:12] Okay.

[00:10:12] Okay.

[00:10:13] I'll be sure.

[00:10:13] Cause we haven't been together in a while.

[00:10:14] I know.

[00:10:15] The vibe changed, but you know,

[00:10:16] the four of us collectively have had a will they won't be thing going on for a long time.

[00:10:21] Yeah.

[00:10:21] I'll talk to you offline.

[00:10:24] On a.

[00:10:25] After dark.

[00:10:26] After dark.

[00:10:27] After dark.

[00:10:27] After dark.

[00:10:29] I would second that.

[00:10:31] I think, uh, you know, it's so rare, especially in animation where you're mostly recording,

[00:10:35] you know, separately at different times in your own booth.

[00:10:38] Like how many friends I've made on this show.

[00:10:41] And I think it's just, I think it's just wonderful.

[00:10:42] And I think our whole show is about, you know, on Trek in general, I think is about the spirit

[00:10:46] of friendship.

[00:10:47] So, um, I just love that, you know, being on a Trek show has made me gain some friends and

[00:10:53] made me appreciate the friends I already have.

[00:10:55] It's, it's, it's really awesome.

[00:10:56] It's really special.

[00:10:57] Tindy for me is as facet of my personality that those optimistic, um, sort of like go getter,

[00:11:06] but, uh, gentle underneath.

[00:11:08] It's a part of me that is basically exactly who I am that I feel like I have to hide a

[00:11:15] lot.

[00:11:16] And then the fact that I got to bring her out on the show and that people like her and

[00:11:20] they show people on the show, liking her and accepting her for who she is.

[00:11:24] It's really helped me not be embarrassed of that part of me.

[00:11:31] We do like her.

[00:11:33] Yeah.

[00:11:34] I feel like it's often met in the real world with like, I don't know how incredulity.

[00:11:40] Yeah.

[00:11:40] Yeah.

[00:11:41] Like people don't believe that I could be like when my optimism comes out and it's often

[00:11:45] like bit at, and I'm like, Oh my God, am I a freak?

[00:11:49] But then on this show, freak, we need optimism now more than ever.

[00:11:53] Like our world's so cynical.

[00:11:54] We need you.

[00:11:55] I feel like that's the same, a similar thing to what I've gained from, um, playing Rutherford

[00:12:02] is the positivity and the confidence that you can have from, um, loving the thing that

[00:12:11] you love.

[00:12:12] Like, um, it's not weird.

[00:12:14] It's not different.

[00:12:15] It's not whatever.

[00:12:16] It's like, you studied really hard to become a great engineer and you love telling people

[00:12:21] about it.

[00:12:22] Yeah.

[00:12:22] Great.

[00:12:23] Like that positivity is a good thing to have in your life.

[00:12:26] And you get to be good at your job.

[00:12:28] And you can be good at your job.

[00:12:29] Like there's just too many comedies.

[00:12:31] There's just too many things in life where it's, you know, self deprecating.

[00:12:35] And this guy is just like, no, let's just stay positive, be excited about what we, we know

[00:12:41] and we learn.

[00:12:42] Um, and, and that's what he has.

[00:12:44] And that's what I try to bring, um, after dark.

[00:12:57] My question is, um, have you developed a back personal backstory for your characters?

[00:13:03] And if you have, please share.

[00:13:05] Ooh.

[00:13:06] Mine was kind of all laid out in season four.

[00:13:08] When we got that Cito Jackson drop, I was like, this is giving us meaty drama.

[00:13:14] This is prestige drama level backstory.

[00:13:17] I love that.

[00:13:18] Fan fiction.

[00:13:18] Fan fiction.

[00:13:19] Yeah.

[00:13:19] Yeah.

[00:13:19] Like a little 22 minute cartoon that gets that kind of pithy.

[00:13:24] I love it.

[00:13:24] So I didn't do any work besides that.

[00:13:26] Mike did.

[00:13:28] I know that Boimler was born and raised on a vineyard on earth, a raisin vineyard.

[00:13:34] So, uh, and I just think that changes you.

[00:13:39] And I think that explains everything about the way that he is.

[00:13:42] He doesn't want to be a raisin farmer.

[00:13:44] So he needs to do well at his job.

[00:13:47] Season four, we learned a lot about Tendi.

[00:13:49] Oh yeah.

[00:13:49] Like it's all laid out.

[00:13:51] And then season five, you get to continue seeing the fruits of where she's from.

[00:13:55] Great.

[00:13:56] And it's great.

[00:13:56] Yeah.

[00:13:57] And it's great.

[00:13:57] Yeah.

[00:13:58] Yeah.

[00:13:58] It's good stuff.

[00:13:59] Um, and, um, yeah, rather for, uh, I mean, if I thought of anything, it would get deleted

[00:14:04] and then Mike would change it.

[00:14:06] So I get excited because, you know, luckily for my character, he, um, yeah, he's erased

[00:14:14] of his past.

[00:14:15] Yeah.

[00:14:16] Great.

[00:14:17] Make up whatever I want and then get changed.

[00:14:21] Yeah.

[00:14:21] Yeah.

[00:14:22] Um, looks like we only have three minutes.

[00:14:25] So, um, Samia, do you want to ask one of your questions?

[00:14:29] Okay.

[00:14:29] So, all right.

[00:14:30] Imagine yourselves at the, uh, Sci-Fi Sisters cookout, right?

[00:14:34] And like everybody from Trektum is there.

[00:14:37] Imagine your characters there.

[00:14:39] I mean, you guys are already invited, but imagine your characters there.

[00:14:43] Where would they be hanging out?

[00:14:44] Would they be like at the spades table or would they be in the kitchen cooking?

[00:14:48] Um, would they dare to bring potato salad?

[00:14:50] Would they be at the grill?

[00:14:52] What do you think your characters would be doing at the Sci-Fi Sisters cookout?

[00:14:55] I don't think, I think my character will have been sent to go get some ice.

[00:15:01] And I think he will have slipped on all the ice.

[00:15:04] And he's just still at the grocery store, like figuring out that situation.

[00:15:08] But he'll be back soon.

[00:15:09] He promises.

[00:15:10] He promises.

[00:15:11] By the time he gets back, it's just water.

[00:15:13] Yeah.

[00:15:13] It's just water.

[00:15:15] A series of mishaps has befallen Boiler yet again.

[00:15:18] Yeah, for sure.

[00:15:20] I think Mariner would be kind of like a combination of like, uh, handing out punch, but also kind

[00:15:26] of watching the door a little bit, like checking the guest list a little bit.

[00:15:29] Because you said everybody from Trektum is there.

[00:15:33] And I went, everybody?

[00:15:34] No, not everybody.

[00:15:36] Everybody.

[00:15:39] You feel me.

[00:15:40] So yeah, Mariner would be like, we got to make sure the vibe is right.

[00:15:44] That's right.

[00:15:45] Right, right, right, right.

[00:15:46] Oh, I think, um, I think Tendi and Rutherford would be together just hopping around looking

[00:15:52] at, like.

[00:15:53] Playing with the dogs.

[00:15:54] Playing with the dogs.

[00:15:55] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:15:56] Yeah.

[00:15:57] The dogs.

[00:15:58] Yeah.

[00:15:58] I think we'd just be around and be like, who is that?

[00:16:00] You know, like.

[00:16:01] A child.

[00:16:02] Yeah.

[00:16:04] Yeah.

[00:16:04] I think we would be the children.

[00:16:06] Uh-huh.

[00:16:06] Yeah.

[00:16:06] The children.

[00:16:08] Yeah, we'd be at the kids' section.

[00:16:10] I think somebody's drowning.

[00:16:12] Oh, that's me.

[00:16:12] Oh, wow.

[00:16:13] Oh, my.

[00:16:14] Oh, yeah.

[00:16:14] You guys would definitely be sitting at the kids' table.

[00:16:17] Oh, yeah.

[00:16:19] Cornhole?

[00:16:20] Oh, my gosh.

[00:16:21] It looks like we have to wrap up.

[00:16:24] But I just wanted to tell you guys how much we love this show.

[00:16:29] And I, you know, Tani and Eugene, you know how much we love you guys.

[00:16:33] And it's so good to meet you and Jack.

[00:16:35] And Jack and Noel.

[00:16:37] It's real well.

[00:16:38] I'm so happy we finally got all, the whole crew here.

[00:16:42] We love this show.

[00:16:43] We always tell everybody, this is where you start.

[00:16:46] You guys are the best.

[00:16:47] You guys are the best.

[00:16:48] Thank you for your support.

[00:16:49] We love you so much.

[00:16:50] Thank you.

[00:16:51] We love what you do and what you represent in the fandom.

[00:16:53] Thank you.

[00:16:53] Thank you.

[00:16:54] And we always come by and say hi.

[00:16:55] So we will.

[00:16:56] You better.

[00:16:57] You better.

[00:16:58] You better.

[00:17:00] I love you guys.

[00:17:00] I love you guys.

[00:17:01] Thank you.

[00:17:03] Okay.

[00:17:04] What did y'all think of that?

[00:17:06] It was pretty cool, right?

[00:17:07] It was short and sweet, right?

[00:17:09] Short and sweet.

[00:17:10] Yeah.

[00:17:10] They were great.

[00:17:11] I mean, I appreciate them, you know, especially Tani at the end shouting us out.

[00:17:15] You know, love that.

[00:17:17] Love that.

[00:17:17] Love that.

[00:17:17] I did almost cry a little bit.

[00:17:19] Yeah.

[00:17:20] Her and Eugene.

[00:17:20] They're the best.

[00:17:22] Yeah.

[00:17:23] They're the best.

[00:17:23] They've become very, I don't know, very, we've become very close to them.

[00:17:29] And just, just their vibe.

[00:17:32] I don't know.

[00:17:33] And we always, every time we're in the same place, you know, like Eugene said, don't, I'm

[00:17:38] coming.

[00:17:38] Don't worry.

[00:17:39] You better come on by or I will come on by.

[00:17:42] That's, that's our thing.

[00:17:43] We got to make sure we come by and just check on each other and make sure we're good.

[00:17:46] So.

[00:17:47] Yeah.

[00:17:47] Yeah.

[00:17:48] So I thoroughly enjoyed that moment with them.

[00:17:51] Like it was, that was really, uh, it was nice.

[00:17:54] Like I said, it was sweet and brief, but I also really enjoyed talking to Jack and Noelle

[00:18:00] because we never get, we really don't get any time with them and they are just so delightful.

[00:18:05] You know, I'm kind of sad that we didn't get to talk to them more because I really, I really

[00:18:11] would like to know them more.

[00:18:12] Yeah.

[00:18:13] For sure.

[00:18:13] I love their characters, you know, so.

[00:18:15] I love their characters.

[00:18:16] I like them as human beings.

[00:18:19] They just seem like such wonderful down to earth, well-grounded, funny, warm people.

[00:18:26] Yeah.

[00:18:26] Who have embraced the, this little show, you know, as something really, I think they get

[00:18:32] it.

[00:18:32] You know, we say that a lot.

[00:18:34] Did you think they got it?

[00:18:35] And I think this whole group has definitely got what they've got, what they signed up

[00:18:40] for.

[00:18:41] Yeah.

[00:18:41] They, they pretty, I know they understand what's, what's to come, you know, cause therefore

[00:18:46] it's, you know, start when you get on Star Trek is forever.

[00:18:48] So that's right.

[00:18:49] So you better make the best of it.

[00:18:51] Yes.

[00:18:52] Right.

[00:18:53] Cause you're stuck with us and with us.

[00:18:57] That's right.

[00:18:57] I lower decks.

[00:18:58] I mean, yeah.

[00:19:00] Yeah.

[00:19:00] I mean, people have come, I, I mean, people, my family are, uh, maybe not Star Trek fans,

[00:19:06] but they do love lower decks.

[00:19:07] I just want to say like, you know what I'm thinking about right now is the memory from

[00:19:11] the cruise.

[00:19:12] When Tawny was first introduced, when we had the embarkation ceremony and, and they, oh,

[00:19:19] no, it wasn't.

[00:19:20] No, it wasn't.

[00:19:21] Tawny wasn't there for the embarkation ceremony.

[00:19:23] Who was it from lower deck?

[00:19:24] Like was it at the cruise?

[00:19:27] I don't know.

[00:19:28] I remember this time she was there this time.

[00:19:31] Yeah.

[00:19:31] Like I remember the year before she wasn't right.

[00:19:35] Yeah.

[00:19:35] This time when she was at, when she came out, uh, at the embarkation ceremony and they're

[00:19:40] introducing all the different guests.

[00:19:41] They, they bring them out one by one and they introduced them.

[00:19:44] Tawny came out on stage and the entire deck of the ship starts going lower decks, lower

[00:19:51] decks.

[00:19:51] Like, I mean like forever, like you couldn't get us to shut up and all the rest of the cast

[00:19:55] members were up there.

[00:19:56] Like, wow.

[00:19:58] Like, let me tell y'all TNG folks, y'all gonna find out.

[00:20:02] We love us some lower decks, man.

[00:20:03] Like they were, you always shout out to you because they're like my old heads now.

[00:20:08] Like, you know, they've been doing this for so long, you know, I mean, you know, I'm just

[00:20:13] saying like, yeah, I agree.

[00:20:16] I agree.

[00:20:17] I'm just saying, I just say, like there were some looks up on stage, like what's going

[00:20:22] on here and what's going on here is the, is lower decks.

[00:20:25] Yeah.

[00:20:26] Yeah.

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:20:27] But no, I mean, just such a great addition to our, our star family.

[00:20:31] I'm so happy that, and, and I love the fact that, uh, the lower decks, um, especially

[00:20:38] Tawny, she's, she's such a big fan of star Trek and she's getting to live out her, her childhood

[00:20:44] fantasy.

[00:20:44] And then she's doing the same, you know, doing the same thing for us and the rest of

[00:20:50] the fans.

[00:20:51] And she's, you know, I think she, I see her as the person that's like bridging all the

[00:20:56] rest of me to arrest them together.

[00:20:59] Yeah.

[00:20:59] You know, that type of thing, you know, so definitely the glue that is binding the different

[00:21:05] generations and the different fans together because everybody sees themselves like, because

[00:21:09] she's such an all well-rounded fan that they, they can connect with her in so many

[00:21:16] different ways.

[00:21:16] And she's so approachable and very, very approachable.

[00:21:19] Yeah.

[00:21:20] Yeah.

[00:21:20] Yeah.

[00:21:20] Yeah.

[00:21:21] Yeah.

[00:21:21] Yeah.

[00:21:21] Shout out to Tawny Newsome.

[00:21:22] Yeah.

[00:21:23] Well, you know, Tawny Newsome, you know, we told you back in Chicago when we first met

[00:21:27] you, you know, we had your back and you're our girl and we'd love you forever.

[00:21:32] And of course it would be us too.

[00:21:34] I know.

[00:21:35] Right.

[00:21:37] Oh boy.

[00:21:38] Oh well.

[00:21:39] You got to go back to that episode to find out what that's all about.

[00:21:42] Yeah.

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