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And I- I"},{"speaker":"Meg","startTime":3434.717,"endTime":3438.167,"body":"can't leave him out either."},{"speaker":"Meg","startTime":3438.167,"endTime":3441.617,"body":"Yeah."},{"speaker":"Meg","startTime":3442.907,"endTime":3446.367,"body":"Those are my fun Philly facts"},{"speaker":"Meg","startTime":3442.907,"endTime":3446.367,"body":"for all of you."},{"speaker":"Bekah","startTime":3447.362,"endTime":3448.623,"body":"All right. Thanks, Meg."},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3449.163,"endTime":3450.0,"body":"[Chuckles] Awesome. Thanks,"},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3449.163,"endTime":3450.0,"body":"Meg."},{"speaker":"Meg","startTime":3450.0,"endTime":3451.0,"body":"Thank you."},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3451.0,"endTime":3454.643,"body":"Thank you for coming out."},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3451.0,"endTime":3454.643,"body":"Thank you for listening to this"},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3454.643,"endTime":3458.286,"body":"episode of the Virtual Coffee"},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3454.643,"endTime":3458.286,"body":"Podcast. This"},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3458.286,"endTime":3461.586,"body":"episode was produced by Dan Ott"},{"speaker":"Dan","startTime":3458.286,"endTime":3461.586,"body":"and Bekah Hawrot Weigel. 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