What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards, we're up in 22. Panina Dauners Optic football hobby, six box, half case break, number seven, pick your team style. Read off the list of our names and teams. We've got L and R with the Vikings, Anthony P. Buccaneers, Austin K. Chargers, Bo B. Eagles, Ben L. Packers, Blaine W. Seahawks, Carlos A. Jags Cardinals, Colin L. Falcons, Chiefs Jets, Edward P. Cowboys, Florian W. Raiders, James A. Saints, Jeff M. with the Bears Colts, Joseph C. Broncos, Justin M. Panthers, Kevin H. Steelers, Niners, Commanders, Kyan K. with the Dolphins, Mark K. Browns, Matthew G. O. Bills, Matthew G. W. Titans, Nakisvarin A. Patriots, Nicholas S. Giants, Reed P. with the Rams, Seth B. Bangles, Shazeed K. Lyons, Tyrone F. Ravens, and Victor F. with the Texans. Here we go, everybody, let's get into it. Gonna be fun again, just two to go in number 10. Impeccable in 17 left in number 11. Only two group breaks tonight with spots available. Thank you all again for getting everything sold out super quickly, super, super quickly. We're only an hour into the stream with just two group breaks with spots. Do appreciate that very much. That's a gold step on digs. There you go, Bills, nice one there. That is gonna be two of 10 for the Bills Montreal, Washington. This way to start this off. Devon Lloyd, Orange, Christian Watson, 2199 for the Packers, and a Ikemaquania, Rated Rooking. That is Matt Ryan, 299 Aqua Traylon Burks, Rated Rooking. Got a gold already, first pack, gold. Lighted up Lamar, Black Pandora, that is 20 of 25. There you go, Ravens, that's sick. It's very difficult to tell that that's numbered, though, I will be honest with you. You can kinda see the reflection there. Carson Strong, nice Lamar, toss that and recap. That is Diamond Hands, DJ Moore, Diamond DJ. Lime Green, Derek Brown, 235 for the Panthers, and Kobe Bryant. Hollow, Brett Farth, Bob Wreck, this is Mere White. Lead series, Traylon Burks, Jermaine Johnson. Traylon Burks, Jeremy Rocker. Hello, Miles Sanders, JMO, Jemisin Williams. There's Andrew Booth Jr., 2199, and Kairi Elam, Juan Briscoe. Drake London, Joe Barrow to 179. There you go, Bengels, and David DiGiardo, the Ravens. Red, Patrick Queen, nice PQ, 299. Hello, Forrest, Skymore. Hello. Looks like we got ourselves an auto coming up here. That is gonna be A, Tyrion Davis Price, 31 of 99. On the Aqua Auto, congrats to the Niners. That is on card as 12, Tyron Williams. Hello, Eric Azucanma, and a George Pickens Rookie. Very nice. Boye Maffei, 2179 for the Seahawks. Kyle Hamilton. And titanium donuts is AJ Dillon, 2125. Silver circles, Old Man Jenkins. It's just Old Man Jenkins and his Diloppy. All right, I'll drop you guys a link again to number 11 with 17 spots to go. 17 to go, 17 to go. So, legendary logos is AJ Brown, Jelani Woods. The gold of that was pretty sweet. Not gonna lie, because I don't think they had color on those last year. Diamond Hands, Cooper Cupp, and Jordan Davis. That is Chris Godwin on the Aqua, 299, and McGrath. Rising Suns, Andrew Luck, Kyler Gordon. Hello, Michael Dick. Kavon Tibidome, one of the Kavon Tibidome. What's Andrew Luck doing these days?  Yeah. Drippy. Hey, Drippy, let it up, Joe Burrow. There's some like Willis Rated Rookie. There's Amir White on the electric to 65. Arnold LaBequite. Brock Purdy. Like, what is he doing? He is off the rails, man. That's his runaway train out there. That is a Sam Donald to 199. Alante Taylor, Sam Donald Orange. Christian Watson Rated Rookie for the Packers. Arnold LaBequite to 179 for the Falcons, right? Yes. John Haskins. Hello, K9, Kenneth Walker on the Rated Rookie and Logan Hull. We've got a purple auto coming up here. It's gonna be A. Peer Strong Jr., 15 to 35. There you go, Pats. Nice one there, New England. New England, Patriots. And Luicine. You can just start doing the one that has 17 now. Laramie Toncel to 299. Sam Howell, nice, Silver Circles to 125. There you go, Commanders. Congrats on that. Very nice. There you go, Commanders. Nice lower, lowish numbered Sam Howell. Lamgreen, Don MacMabb, 35 for the Eagles and a Trey Anderson. And we are just running on the Red Bull today. Fired up, John. Fired up. Red, Austin Eckler to 99 for the Chargers and a Delish Jones Jr. Rated Rookie. Last pack is Aqua Sam Williams to 299. There you go, Cowboys and a Brian Cook. Another Coke Rope. You're saying Cook Rook? Cook Rook. I don't know what I'm saying, are you saying Cook Rook? No. No? No, Cook Rook. Yes. Okay. Yeah.  Okay, thank you. That's my thoughts. That's the guy out of here. Again, guys, 70 to go on that second or that third random teams. It's because I get it. Yeah, I know. I would have wished Pacheco would have been in this. Kind of surprised he's not, to be honest. I mean, I guess he wasn't in contenders with anything except to like one, that exchange just hurt me so much. So me, you're adding fuel to the fire for Vaughn now too. There's Alvin Kamara at 299. Plays chess. That's a guy out of here. There's Drake London on the track. Chihuahua Brisker. Silver circles, Alvin Kamara. Titanium Donuts to 125. Skymore. That is Aziz Ojalare on the electric to 65. David O'Java. I know. When are they gonna put Rossi Dowling back in products? I agree. They're holding them out, I guess. Evan Neal Hollow and George Pickens. I guess they're really holding them out. Making sure the true collectors have access. 41 of 99. That is a George Pickens elite series, Rookie Auto. Nice one there. Davis Mills to 299. Jerome Ford. Yeah, these guys are better pen. I know. Really? Eddie Jackson to 179. Bojack. It wouldn't have helped. No, I was gonna say George Pickens is a bum when it comes to autos. Someone should go in and talk to him. He'd be like, what is my image? It looks like your name, dude. Hello, Tom Brady. There you go. And Jamo. Like elite in prism. Yeah, true. True. Yeah, he's got the elite stuff and he's got the prism stuff, which is good. Yeah, no, we pulled a Deshaun Kye's recording. God. Fred Warner to 199 Orange for the Niners. Deacon McWanoo. That would, that's a rough one, for sure. Lee taking a spot in 10. 10 is sold out, everybody. 10 is sold out with one group break spot remaining. 17 to go. There's a My House. Najee Harris.  Nice one there. Thanks for the sub there, Kenneth H. Appreciate it. What's up, Kenneth? Welcome, welcome, my friend. What up? Silver circles. Jeremy Rucker. He pulled like every parallel of this guy. Two 125. Traylon Burks as well. Yeah, he's in, there's a few. He's seldom in products, but he will be in a few for sure. Stephon Digsaw. This is Amir White. Hello, DK Metcalf on the legendary logos for the Seahawks. I love those, dude. I wanna get the Lamar one so bad. I wanna pull the Lamar one. See what it looks like. The rookie is James Cook. Cook Rook. That is Keontae Ingram to 299. Copey Bryant knew that was coming. Make sure. Hey, you want my shirts? Trayvon Walker and Jermaine Johnson. I'm gonna bring all my latein' shirts back in my car. Back to my skids. Stinky drawers. And guys, only group break with spots. Again, if you're interested in PYTs, Matt's got a bunch tomorrow. Both impeccable and optic. Pick your teams, everybody. It's gonna be a good time for sure. Matt making his long-awaited return to the main channel in the morning. Call him Matty Main Channels. What up? There's Johan Dotson. Thanks for the sub there. Ben, Ben-O with the sub. What's up, Ben? Welcome in, buddy. Hope you're having a good time. Donovan McNabb, Jalen Naylor. That is a mythical Tua. Nice one there on the short prank. Congrats, Dolphins. There you go. Throw that in the recap. Devontae White. Matt Unmayne is the name for my new Havard Ashery. Hehehe. Muckasicki. Nice one there to 299. Aiden Hutchinson, rookie. Matt Unmayne. Bloop, DeForest Buckner for the Colts to 179. There's a redemption of Rony. Jamo, rookie patch auto. Nice one there, Lyons. Congrats to Shazeed. We got the need for Shazeed. Shandy taking a spot. We're down to 16 to go, everybody. Donnie Brasco, selfless Sean. Let's go. Oh man, Lyons. Jameson Williams, right? Yeah. Trevor Lawrence, legendary logos. That's a Vaughn card right there. That's a nice one. Shaky Sean. Let's go, Shazeed. Need for Shazeed. Let's go. That is Michael Carter electric. Come on. He's from there to 65. Brian Robinson, Jr. All I know is you're not gonna be falling asleep tonight when we have four at the end of the night of these. Orange, Sean Alexander to 199. Kevin Harris. I really hope we pull a really good rookie, Evan Neal, of that, so I could just title the video Bzzz. Why me? There's Elite Series K9. I know, you're just caught in the crossfire here. Damon Pierce. Donnie will be getting it a lot though. I'm sure we'll have some on Saturday. T. Higgins to 299 for the banks. There's Erica Zucanma. Shaky Sean, yes. Orange, Jamal Williams for the Lyons to 199. Chris Olave, Chris Olave, Kyle Phillips. Red, T. J. 299. There you go. Steelers and Devin Lloyd. Dude, I was fiddled with dudes with that sniper today. I know, you were. You were going off there. Nice, my house, Josh Allen. You really were going off with the sniper. It's kind of unheralded.  Sir Tan, Trayvon Walker. You can find that. You have to buy that off the NPC in Steamy Springs. But it's worth it, dude. It's kind of nasty. Jeremy Ruckert Hollow. Because it's like a sniper that just burns everything around. So yeah, if you miss the guy, you're gonna burn him. Yeah. The Rookie East Breeze, huh? And Tide Shannon, so it's a good weapon. Very good weapon. Pink, Bilo, Bailey Zappi. Nice one there to 79. Congrats on that, Patriots. They're recapping this, Zappi. Sam Linn should have seen his face Sean made at me. I might go to HR on that face that he made to be honest. I'm going to HR because I have to keep hearing that. I'm gonna go to HR first though. No, I'll beat you there. It's the dragon's breath sniper. It's a mythic forest. If you go to Steamy Springs, you could buy it off the NPC with the gold bars. Yeah, it's really good, dude. Really good. It's like a heavy sniper, but it has like fire on it. There's Aiden Hutchinson. Like I said, it just lights everything on fire around it. That's Rockets, Austin Eckler. Nice one there on the short print, Devon Moyne. Probably if there's like a good rookie or those probably maggots who came with the jazz. Okay. Green, Roquan Smith. Nice one there to go into the Ravens, 235. Nick Veneto. We are mafia. Yeah, honestly, we are. We're a real mafia. Yeah. We're the Fortnite mafia. Way hot rookies, Brian Robinson, Jr. How... I'm Johnny Bang Bang. You're Papa Dingle. Papa Dingle. There's Troy Anderson. Hey, you're very brave, Laura. He is, yeah, Papa Dingle. 299. Traylon Berks. Oh, yeah. I love the Thunder Spirits, dude. Oh, yeah. Really, I'm surprised. They kind of stink, dude. But not when you're playing with all the red hot rookies. Yeah, true. And when someone's in there, you just start bumping them in there. Yeah, that's true. I guess that's a good point. It's more of a distraction than there's anything. True. That's a red Marlon Humphrey, all pro Marlowe to 99 for the Ravens. Evan Neal. Just base, I think, Manny. Nothing super, nothing to be super jealous of. Manny. What up, though, Manny? What up, though? Hello, Warren Moon. Kobe Bryant. Kobe. Rising Suns. Tremaine Edmonds for the build. Hello, brother. Chris Olave. Chris Olave. Hello, Manny. Hello, Manny. Marr. Tremaine Johnson. Yeah, man, I'm so cool. Yeah, no, I agree with that, actually. That's a good point. Now, like, when you explained it, Cooper Cop Hollow. Normally, I'm never at the front of the line. You know what I'm saying? I always got to catch up to everybody. So I just start dumping them in wherever I see you guys are shooting. Start firing them in there. Trayvon Walker. Very true. Kind of have to get squished for that one. Davis Mills to 179. Jameau. Jameau Draftings. Shazeed, Jimmy said Williams have plenty of time to sign that redemption since seeing he's suspended for the first six games. So, shouldn't have to wait that long, hopefully. Yeah, got him. Bloop, Sam Williams to 179. High channel. Wake up sleeping with the fishes. Take that rookie. Yeah, dirt now. That is 2125, Derek Brown. Silver circles. Skymore. eBay authenticator stressing out with the 1B. Oh no, oh no. We've got a Breeze Hall, 26 of 99. Gridiron Kings rookie. Otto for the Jets, nice one Jets. All servers. All servers. Michael Jordan. The Bryant. Trevor. Samir White, Olo. Trevor. Ryan Williams. Just wanted us to be authenticated. Orange, Lucine to 199. Kyle Phillips. All servers. Orange, Bobby Trees to 199. Robert Woods and Kyle Hamilton. What do you say? Again, guys, down to 16 to go in our last group break. Last group break. Last group break. Last group break alert. Who is going to break in the morning now? Kyle and Matt and me and Forrest sometimes. We'll have all four of us at some point probably break in the morning. Maybe not Kyle, I don't know. I'd have to, maybe. Maybe not. I don't know. Euler. Euler. Euler. Euler. Euler. Euler. Trippy. Trippy. Downtown Rogers. There we go Packers. Let's go dude. A-Rod. The new New York Jets. That's pretty sweet. It's got the milk in there. Ice cream, all the dairy stuff from Wisconsin. The little cow. That's a very cool downtown. I kind of like this one. Nice one there. Congrats on that. You get that magged up. There we go Packers. That is a J-Mo, J-Mo Drafting. Purple, Michael Thomas to 50. Slant Man. And Juan Briscar. Darkness Retreat Legend. That is Aaron Rodgers. There is a My House Brock Purdy. Oh, I got this guy out of here. I started just hurling people out of this chat room. Everyone has at least one morning. That's what I figured. Yeah, Dionthe Johnson to 35. Lambsree. That's what I figured, yeah. Cause I know Matt for sure. I know me and you. We have our Wednesdays and Fridays and then Kyle. Kyle will have the morning shift at least one. Blue, Eli to 179. And Drake London on the track. Orange AJ Turrell to 199. Andrew Luck, Rising Suns. The stream is live. The stream is live. Get in the water. Get in the water. Get in the water. Oh my God. He's in the water too. Drew Reese. I don't know what he's doing. Don't want him to mute. Ooh, Ice. Wow. White Hot Rookies. Kenny Pickett, 15 of 15. Nice one there, Steelers. One of the, probably the biggest, yeah. Biggest KP we've pulled so far. Tonight, very nice. Congrats to these Steelers. Very nice hit there. Again, that'll be going into a mag. A Java. I'll stream from my setup. Layton Banner. Patrick Mahomesala. George Pickens. Yeah, we'll send you some K-Von Tibidale Base Cards to review, manny. Eke McWannan. Let it up, Joe Burrow. Jerome Ford. Silver circles. Kobe Bryant for the Seahawks, too. 125. And Trey McBride. Trey McBride. There's a Roshan Gary. Light blue. Aqua to 299. Carson Strong. Gold, Gold rookie auto. Jalen Tolbert. 10 of 10 for the Cowboys. Very nice half case we got going here. Let's go. Congrats, Cowboys. That's Edward P. Let's go Edward. Orange, boy, I'm off A-2-1. 99. Got an RPA again. That's gonna be a... Ray Lewis for the Ravens. All right, see you guys later. Nice one there. Congrats on that Ravens. Very nice. Very jealous of this 25 of 35. That is actually an A-bay one of one. 52 is 25 backwards. That's Jersey number. Nice one there. Congrats to the Ravens. Very jealous of that, Zemir White. Hollow, Jalen Petrie. That's not an RPA. That's a legendary patch auto. Na na na na na na.  Stefan Diggs to 99. Jeremy Rucker. Got him. I'm getting everybody out of this. Got him. Everybody out of this chat. Alec Pierce, nice color match there. Ami Aqua to 2.99 and Denny Gray. Let's do a Recap Aroni, everybody. Recap Aroni.  Kobe Bryant, Jeremy Rucker to 125. Bailey Zappy to 79. That is, you're the buzz guy, so cool. There's a Bzzz, electricity is a mere white. Gold, Staphon digs. Black Pandora, Lamar, there's a mythical Tua. Autos, Breesol, George Pickens, Pier Strong Jr., Tyrion Davis Price, Jamison Williams, and a gold, Jalen Tolbert. Magged cards, we had a Ray Lewis legendary patch auto. Player one, not bad. There's a Kenny Pickett, Ice, 215. The Silver Circle, Sam Howell, Rookie 2, 125. And a downtown, Aaron Rodgers. It'll do it for the break, guys. Thanks again for the fill. Up next, we've got number eight.


Today we have some interesting discoveries happening out there. Some of it a little bit of speculation. Some of it, well, it's sort of fact-based actually because we're looking at some potential information on the Nintendo Switch too. And look, we obviously talk a lot about Nintendo's upcoming platform because it's coming out improbably if I had to guess. A year, if not less than a year. And it's probably gonna be unveiled sometime in the next six months. So we obviously have a lot to talk about when it comes to this platform because as we get closer and closer to reveal interesting things are happening and it does turn out that Nintendo might have actually, I don't know, I can't call it accidentally but they might have revealed something about Nintendo Switch too in the latest direct and just sort of hoped nobody would notice. Now, before I dive in, I do wanna remind you we are on our road to 150,000 subscribers. So if you would subscribe to the channel and you're not, that would just be awesome as we're trying to hit this goal. Heck, maybe we have a 200K goal before Nintendo Switch 2 comes out. I don't know, maybe that's something we could throw out there. Either way, you can go ahead and ring a link, that ding a link to be notified of all future videos and you know what, drop a like if you're really enjoying this content. Now, before I get into any of this, I need to give credit to a couple of people. Now, the first person I wanna give credit to is Andres Restart who really brought this to my attention in a real way last night. We had a fairly in-depth conversation behind the scenes on this particular thing that he already covered in his video but we need to also make sure that we give original credit for this to Jake Steinberg over from GameXplain for making these connections. I wanna make sure I also give a shout out to Nintendo Gaming Forum Famibords. They have a giant thread there talking about Nintendo's future hardware and in there people discovered some additional things we're gonna add on to this original theory. So what are we talking about? Well, it looks like Nintendo might have actually unveiled something about the controllers for the Nintendo Switch shoe. Now, again, this is going to be speculative but there is some evidence. Now, in Nintendo's Nintendo Direct, Super Mario RPG shows off different colors for the various buttons, A, B, X and Y. Now, this has nothing to do with Nintendo Switch too but this is to prove a point. The A is red, the yellow is B, the green is Y and blue is X. This is actually the exact same color scheme used on the Super Famicom controller out of Japan. Now, in the West, if you actually look at the original release of Super Mario RPG, it didn't use those colors, it only used them there. Whatever, this doesn't really mean a whole lot other than to indicate that Nintendo does put these colors in their games to reference systems and controllers, okay? They did not update this for Nintendo Switch to go to all gray buttons or whatever. They actually kept the references in and used it to reference the original Famicom or Super Famicom in this case. Now, this is why this actually is important to note from Super Mario RPG because what's interesting is the button commands in Paper Mario and the Thousand-Year Door, the Remake, Remaster, whatever we're gonna call this at this point, uses A for red, yellow for B, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. It is the same color scheme used on the Super Famicom. Also, the astute among you might know, it's the same color scheme used on the new Nintendo 3DS as well, which used that same color scheme from the Super Famicom. Of course, in this case, we can't say that this color scheme is a reference to the original system. If you go back and look at the original release of Thousand-Year Door and actually use the color scheme of the Nintendo GameCube, I wonder why it would use that color scheme for buttons. It is, after all, a Nintendo GameCube game. So there's no real reason to include references to the Super Famicom controller button colors as that was never something that this game was ever playable on. So it's interesting to think about them putting those colors in there. Now, what's interesting at looking at the red, green, blue, yellow situation is Nintendo has obviously used these on prior platforms. The Super Famicom as an example and even the mid-gen refresh new Nintendo 3DS. So this could potentially be nodding to the fact that Nintendo Switch 2 is using this button color scheme layout. Now, why would Nintendo Switch 2 go to this after using gray on the Nintendo Switch? And the reason could be just to indicate a new controller type, right? That would be the idea. Let's say that this is another detachable controller system that has two detachable controllers. And while they might not call them Joy-Con 2s, we're gonna refer to them as Joy-Con 2s in the moment. What's interesting in thinking about that possibility is if they want to make sure they signify that these are different than the original Joy-Cons in more than just a slight visual way, one way could be a extra visual cue of the buttons being a different color. Also, Nintendo has a patent we've already talked about for a hall sensing control stick using a fluid and that could also be included in these as well. So even if they looked similar, they wouldn't actually be the exact same controller. Now, that is really, really interesting to think about in how these color references in Thousand Year Door could be referencing Switch 2 because in order for it to be referencing Switch 2, we have to accept that this game would be a cross-generation title. Now, Thousand Year Door is the only title from the Direct from Nintendo published by Nintendo that has a general 2024 release date, meaning it could release anytime next year, including after the Nintendo Switch 2 launches where they would obviously want to sell copies on, say, the Nintendo Switch 2 and the base Nintendo Switch. Now, of course, you can look at the game from a visual perspective and notice there's a lot of jagged edges. You would presume if this was brought over to Nintendo Switch 2, it would clearly have clean edges. It would obviously have anti-aliasing and or use DLSS to clean things up a bit. And look, it is possible that we obviously were looking at the Nintendo Switch version of the game, not the Switch 2 version of the game. That's not really what I'm debating here, especially since it appears to run at 30 FPS. However, they could just be using the same button control colors between the versions because hey, if we're just gonna use DLSS to beef it up, why change a bunch in the code base and change color codes? So, it is a theory. It is a plausible theory, and I am very interested on what you guys think about it down below. But that's not the only place these button colors are starting to appear as if it wasn't enough. As if it wasn't enough. There is also some thoughts about this. Fashion Dreamer, which is an upcoming game for Nintendo Switch in November, is also using this color scheme, and it's made by Marvelous slash X-Seed. Yiz X for Nintendo Switch is also coming to PlayStation, also features this color scheme made by Falcom, and it drops at the end of the month. The notable thing about these developers is they are Japanese developers, and the most likely Japanese developers that have early dev kit units to start planning out bringing current games over to the next platform would be Japanese developers. So, it's entirely possible that they were already planning a release for the new system, and they pre-prepared by dropping these color schemes in there. Now, we need to obviously play a little bit of Devil's Advocate, and maybe you need to hear this before the thoughts. They could be nothing, right? This could mean nothing. Did the same team who is remastering Super Mario RPG also happen to remaster a thousand year door? And maybe they simply just carried over some code and happened to use the same color scheme. Is that color scheme even final, considering the game as a vague 2024 release? To make reference to this, the original showcase of Super Mario Wonder had white slash, you know, sort of gray button prompts over in June, and today with the updated demos and the updated showcases, now those button prompts are yellow. So we can't even presume that these are even final at this point. Obviously, this assumption, again, only works a thousand year door, is indeed a cross gen title. And beyond all of that, I just don't know that this really means a whole lot, but I wanted to present both sides of the story, the theory, the criticism of that theory, and then you guys can let me know what you think about this down below. But this isn't the only thing we have to talk about today. Thanks to our dear friend, Andres Restart. This is something he's actually brought up a few times to me privately, and I think twice now on our podcast. He brought it up, I think back in, you know, around June when we were reacting to the June Direct, and he brought it up again last night on one of our live streams. And this is something him and I have discussed because it's really interesting to note. And since he finally brought it out and put it in a video yesterday, I finally feel comfortable after the fact mentioning it in this video. And this is something to indicate that Nintendo Switch 2 could be getting revealed quite soon because Nintendo's already setting up their Nintendo Directs for such a thing. Now, again, it doesn't mean it's gonna be revealed in a Nintendo Direct, but setting up Nintendo Directs to indicate a new platform. How does this work? So, yesterday I focused on my opinion about the Nintendo Direct and how it's setting up a reveal for the Nintendo Switch 2. Of course, this was just an opinion speculation. It doesn't inherently mean anything on its own. Friend of the channel, Andres Restart, made a similar video to the one I did yesterday, but he also found some interesting evidence that goes beyond the speculative intent of games shown in the Direct. All the titles of the general Directs in 2023 include Dash Nintendo Switch in the title. They were not doing this with any Directs before 2023. This sort of suggests there is going to be upcoming Directs airing that are going to have games that aren't for or about the Nintendo Switch and using this tagging in the title helps signify what product the Direct is for. Now, again, this is sort of interesting throwing this out there. It is something Andres Restart himself discovered and full credit to him. And I honestly think that this might be the strongest evidence yet that Nintendo has already got their plans in motion for what's happening next. Anyways, folks, that is my update today for Nintendo Switch 2. Don't know if we'll have more tomorrow. I do have some other videos, sort of planned in the works, something on Metroid Prime 4. Very interesting to see how you guys react to that one. And I got some other stuff in the works, maybe for a thousand year door as well, because even though I might not be the most hyped for that game, it is a big deal that it's coming back and there are some deeper conversations to have about that. If you're enjoying these more single-topic conversation-focused videos, I'd appreciate all of your feedback down in the comments below. We're still gonna have our general Prime news videos every single day of Monday through Friday when there is obviously enough news to justify them existing. Otherwise, we're gonna create a lot of interesting discussions along the way as we lead up to the launch of Mario Wonder. We have Super Princess Peach or I guess we shouldn't be calling it that anymore. The Princess Peach Showtime. It has an official title and all that game looks utterly incredible. Thousand-Year Door. We have so many more amazing experiences ahead. The Game Awards as well. World Tears of the Kingdom. Walk away with the crown. It's got some pretty stiff competition. Future discussions for another day. I'll catch you guys in the next video.


Hi, this is Pastor David Rosales of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley, California. I was recently thinking of the fact that I have been doing Facebook Live broadcasts for a while now and have not taken the opportunity of actually introducing myself. With that in mind, I want to introduce myself to you by sharing a bit of my personal testimony. I was born in Whittier, California in 1950 and I grew up in Norwalk, California. I was raised Roman Catholic and was baptized in Los Angeles at La Placita Church. I went on to receive my first communion when I was 8 years old and my confirmation when I was 12. In spite of my basic religious training at the age of 15, I began to experiment with alcohol, moved on to marijuana, finally began to experiment with hallucinogenics. From the time I was a small boy, I longed to be in love and to be loved. Like all of you, this kind of longing is natural because it is God-given. My problem was that I longed to be loved by a girl, then later by a woman. And there was more than just loneliness in me. There was an aching void that just never seemed to be filled and I thought a woman could feel it. As I grew older, I came to realize that I did not trust anyone. Of course, there were many reasons why this was so, not the least, being my mother's serious and frequent illnesses that left me extremely insecure. As a child, I didn't think that she would survive because of her illnesses and I grew up with a deep fear that one day I would come home and find her dead. This fear led me to, on one hand, to desire a loving relationship with someone, but on the other hand, it caused me to be certain that such a thing could not really happen because you never really know when the one you love will vanish from your life. When I grew into a young teen, I had typical crushes, but many of them were just quick. I was the guy who didn't really have a lot of relationships. I'd pretty much care for somebody, but not really allow myself to care too deeply for her. At the age of 16, I really only had two girlfriends and both of them cared for me, but were hurt by my crazy life and selfishness and they eventually just couldn't put up with me and they broke up with me. The first breakup didn't bother me too much, but the second breakup devastated me because I really thought I was in love. When the second breakup occurred, I went into a huge tailspin, began living a dangerously crazy life. I was never consciously suicidal, but I began taking risks that, if continued, could have ended up with my death. I just didn't care anymore. I began to drink more heavily to mix drugs and alcohol. I was so lonely, so brokenhearted that I just pretty much gave up on life and lost any hope that it would ever get any better. At this time, I began to see friends die tragically. One was under the influence of alcohol, reds and acid.  Another died of a drug overdose. Another was stabbed to death. What hit me the hardest was the death of a childhood friend that I had known from the age of five. My dear friend Ray was shot to death in a backyard across the street from where I lived and I began thinking that I too might end up dead if I didn't change the way that I was living. It was during this time that my friend Bill began attending a small church in Costa Mesa called Calvary Chapel. At that time, I was a hippie and Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa was a church gaining national fame for being a hippie church. In the late summer of 1970, I went to this church for the first time and I was impressed by the love that kids seemed to have in their lives. My first visit to the church was made after drinking beer and smoking marijuana, but nobody noticed. All I knew was that there was something there that I didn't have and I was impressed. Shortly after visiting the church, I almost overdosed. I drank nearly a half gallon of wine, took five reds and almost died. I was lying in my station wagon on a mattress. I felt the urge to vomit but was paralyzed, not able to turn my head. I knew that if I began to vomit, I would suffocate on my own vomit and would drown. For the first time in many years, I prayed, I prayed, God, please don't let me die.  I remember thinking about how terrible it would be for my mother and father to discover my body and I asked God for help. God spared my life, but it didn't cause me to turn to the Lord. When I survived this near-death experience, I began seeking an answer for the pain my heart was feeling. It was about three months later that the pain and the hurt that I was feeling, not to mention the huge amount of guilt I carried, was used by the Lord to bring me to Him. The date was December 27, 1970. I met Jesus at a youth concert in Hollywood at the invitation of a street evangelist by the name of Arthur Blessed. My life was changed. I went into the military three months after being saved and served in the army in the 82nd Airborne Division. After being discharged, I attended Biola College in Lamarota, California and in 1973 I began teaching a home Bible study in Norwalk and then in 1974 I began teaching a second Bible study in the city of Ontario, California. I wish I could say that the loneliness that I lived with was instantly removed, but it wasn't. I kept longing for love. One day the Lord made it clear that my plans were not His and I submitted to Him my hopes, my dreams, wishes and pains and asked Him to place me in the same place He had put Adam in before He brought Eve to Him. I asked God to put me to sleep to my longings and determined to delight myself in Him. It was at that time that I met the girl who would one day become my wife. I met Marie. Marie married a man under construction, but she married a man who had learned to love Jesus more than anyone else. I've never placed her before the Lord. I've never looked at her to be my savior, the one who would fill all the empty spaces of my life. Only Jesus has ever been able to do that. And the blessing is that she married a man who did not have such a great need to be loved who actually wanted to learn to love other people. I began ministrying in a Calvary Chapel in Claremont, California. I was ordained as a pastor in 1979. On July of 1981, I planted a church that is known today as Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley. Over these many years, I have seen God bless in so many ways, beautiful babies, precious grand babies, friends, church members who are too numerous to count. At this time, I have taught the Bible for almost 45 years and am now in my 37th year of pastoring this amazing and loving church. 37 amazing years filled with lessons, hurts, disappointments, losses, and sorrows that have been healed by God's amazing goodness, love, grace, mercy, compassion, and care that have overflowed in my life. I thought it right for me to introduce myself to you. And as I close, may I say that it is my sincere prayer that you know the Lord and that you love and serve Him every day. There's no greater joy than serving Jesus. May God bless you as you do. This is Pastor David Rosales of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley, California.


And yeah, right now I'm happy that one of our partner here has time for me. It's Jürgen Nussbaum from Regal. And Jürgen Nussbaum from Regal phoned me via video call this morning and we were talking about the participation here in Intergeot Digital. And right now I would like to start to see again with Jürgen Nussbaum what's going on. So welcome and good morning. What were Regal's key motivations for participating in this digital Intergeot 2020? Yeah, our motivation was and is that we consider Intergeot to be the most important trade fair in the surveying sector in Europe. And that we naturally do not want to let hang our longstanding visitors, customers and partners as well as of course also the organizer too. Yeah, since we had no other option due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we try to see it also positively as an opportunity to further develop ourselves in terms of an even better and intensified digital global marketing presence. So we will do our very best to present our new products to the visitors of the Intergeot Digital as clearly as possible so that they can gather all the important information, the key specs, the features of the new products as complete as possible by means of our many brochures, product videos and of course our online presentations which we're offering at the virtual Regal booth. Yeah, during the last months, just to give you an additional note, we have also put a lot of efforts in our digital presence to stay in touch with our prospects, customers and partners by posting news in the Regal newsroom, by hosting our own webinars on various topics and also in different languages and also for the first time with our own Regal podcast which we name and call Rycast. So of course we are looking forward already to Intergeot 21 where we can hopefully get back again to maintain personal contacts as we are used to. Yeah, Regal is really well prepared for this digital edition. Thank you very much for these insights but also let us know what Regal is showing or presenting this year. So let's talk about your innovations. So this is your stage, please explain to us. Yeah, we are very happy and ready looking forward to presenting our new and innovative products to the esteemed visitors of our virtual booth. In the field of UAV based laser scanning, we are honored to present a brand new high performance slider scanner which will not only underline our position as a technology leader but also expand and consolidate it. The new scanner is called Regal VUX120 and it establishes a new generation of ULS unmanned laser scanning sensors with further increased performance data. It offers a pulse repetition rate of 1.8 megahertz with up to 400 scan lines per second and with a large field of view of 100 degree which I would say is extraordinary for a lighter sensor of this handy size of two kilograms only. Furthermore, these scanner features as we see it first time in the UAV scanning market is so-called new Regal NFB scanning capability which allows to deflect the scan lines alternately looking nadir downwards as well as 10 degree forward and 10 degree backward. NFB scanning allows to capture more complete information from the decal objects such as for example power line poles, industrial areas, plants, infrastructure in urban area or even the inner structure of vegetated area or forests. So we are really proud to present you this new groundbreaking ULS scanner, the VUX120. Yeah, what else do we have? In addition, I would also like to announce a new mini VUX3 UAV scanner offering increased pulse repetition rate of up to 300 kilohertz for acquiring even denser point clouds. It can also be operated in the proven 100 kilohertz and 200 kilohertz laser programs as of the other mini VUX sister types. In the field of airborne scanning in the segment of the high performance or large format systems, we are pleased to present a new version of the VQ1560 Mk2, namely the VQ1560 Mk2S where the S really stands for stronger or superior. It offers increased laser output power allowing to acquire airborne data of large areas or large regions even more efficiently operating the system at the full four megahertz pulse repetition rate from higher operating altitudes. For the well-accepted VUX240 LiDAR scanner engine which we have presented last year, we have developed the new VPX1 helicopter pod which allows to accommodate the VUX scanner to 40 but not only but it has enough space for a high performance IMU GNSS system as well as up to three high resolution cameras. Yeah, of course we are also happy to inform our visitors about the latest developments in the other areas of MLS or TLS where we can present a number of enhancements of existing and proven workflows as well as a number of new camera integrations and optimizations. Yes, sure, I think many visitors will use this chance to head over to the expo to Regal, to Regal's digital booth and get more to know about these novelties, products and solutions you just presented. Thank you very much for that. So coming to the last question, let's talk about Regal, the company itself.  So what drives Regal and what is important to your policy? Tell us about the company and what drives you. Yeah, as you correctly have mentioned before, Regal always stands for innovations in technology. And that is of course also our aim and our focus. So we are really pleased that we can contribute to more safety in so many different areas and sectors with our innovative scanner technology. For example, with our outstanding long range 3D laser scanners for monitoring or with our high performance mobile laser scanning systems to precisely capture the road infrastructure for the future of autonomous driving so that they can produce accurate maps for safety of the autonomously driving vehicles. And in the ULS segment where we have today presented this new VWIX 120, it will be possible now to efficiently fly large distances along power line or pipeline corridors without exposing a pilot to a potential safety risk by means of integrating this new high performance VWIX 120 into a modern fixed wing UIV platform or a vertical takeoff and landing system to fully exploit the UIVs beyond line of sight capability. So we are confident that the VWIX 120 will start here a new era of laser scanning from such airborne vehicles. On the other hand, with high end systems such as the new BQ1560 Mark II S large areas or entire regions can be surveyed from higher operating altitudes without compromising accuracy and resolution. So in order to further reduce flight time and thus to save resources and to protect the environment in the best possible way. So in short, our main goal is to further develop and implement Regal Technology for a more efficient, accurate and reliable digitization of the world. Faster, safer and more eco-friendly. Learn more about the Regal Technologies and Regal products presented here at Intergeo Digital. If you head over now here in the expo and look for Regal and then there you will meet many, many people from the company talking to you, showing your presentations, letting you more knowing about these products Jürgen Nussbaum was showing us today. So thank you very much, Jürgen Nussbaum and enjoy Intergeo Digital.


What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here. We're gonna be talking about terrifier 3 in this video here again today We're gonna be going over some of what you can expect from Sienna in the upcoming third installment in the terrifier Series I guess franchise if you will We know it's being directed by Damian Leone once again Lauren Lavera We know it's gonna be returning as the character Sienna that she starred as in the sequel that came out Last year no 2022 and yeah, she's returning to play Sienna again in the third film Which is slated to begin shooting later this month in New Jersey, I think but I'm gonna recap the new characters first before diving into what you can expect Allegedly for Sienna in the upcoming film So we know that it would appear according to the casting call That is out there for you to see that Sienna and Jonathan are now living with their aunt and uncle as well as their cousins or a cousin who looks up to Sienna Very greatly or is very fond of Sienna if you will so you have Gabby who is 12 to 15 years old She's a young sassy girl full of life She's curious about the world beyond her peaceful suburban life She is seeing in Jonathan's cousin and again She idolized Sienna like the big sister. She never had then you have Jessica who is the mother To this girl Gabby she is Jonathan and Sienna's aunt She's smart stable and empathetic with the heart of a fighter, but unlike her late sister Barbara She has a gentle soul and she's the wife to the next character. We're gonna talk about Greg. So Greg is Jonathan in Sienna's uncle He is in his early 50s late 40s. He's everyone's favorite uncle type of guy He's a solid loving provider for his wife Jessica and daughter Gabby. He's the cool dad He's a well-kept man with a strong athletic physique Then you have these other characters Cole and me I'm not gonna go over their bits, but I want to talk about what Lauren Lavera had to say about her Return as Sienna before I dive into what you can expect. So this was in One of the articles that dropped in December of last year, I believe or late November She said I'm thrilled to be returning to terrify her three Damien's vision for my character was special And now he's set to take it to an entirely new level It's been surreal to witness the immense connection and support from fans for Sienna and I applaud Damien For introducing a strong female character the angel dressed heroine who gets to face off against art the clowns and merciless waves I can't wait for you to see the next chapter of Sienna as Damien dives deeper into her backstory now I don't know how exactly this will correlate to Anything with this character's backstory, but allegedly Sienna will be dealing with PTSD during terrify three I know surprise surprise. It's not really that shocking So I would compare this to maybe we're getting some Lori strolled Rob zombies Halloween 2 type of stuff Maybe not as extreme, but you get me her uncle Greg actually finds her to be a danger Uncle Greg finds Sienna to be a danger or liability to their household And is very concerned about how close Gabby is getting with Sienna since Gabby follows her around like a puppy dog And Sienna has some sort of mental breakdown or episode during this film allegedly That seems to be why Greg is concerned in the first place Greg seems to be taking the fill from child's play to approach if you recall how Phil was Uncertain if he was qualified to handle Andy's trauma during child's play to well It seems Uncle Greg does that same thing during terrify three and questions if he and his wife Jessica fully understand How those events impact the Sienna granted though unlike Greg See Jessica her aunt is not gonna give up on Sienna and wants to have the girl around She's not gonna give up on her niece Sienna apparently also is allegedly very medicated per the doctor's orders and keeps a diary now where she's journaling stuff I'm assuming these have to be nightmares Because I don't recall her having a journal in the last film But anyway, this diary includes her recounting a dream I would assume of her being chained in a dark place as it's described some type of Crip she describes and It would appear there's some type of confrontation that happens between her and Gabby over Gabby's Discovery of this journal. So that's what Sienna is dealing with during terrify three some sort of PTSD She has an uncle who doesn't want her around an aunt who is Really holding on to hope regarding her rehabilitation not that she's had some sort of Some sort of drug addiction or anything, but you know, she's she's had it She apparently has an episode some type of mental breakdown during the film and she's medicated per doctors orders That's what Sienna's dealing with PTSD. That's really all I wanted to talk about. What do you guys think about that? Are you really shocked? I don't think anyone is shocked that they are taking this approach with the character because it feels like a natural next thing to do After you've gone through something so traumatic like what she went through during terrify or two We also know apparently of course Jonathan will be away at college From the time jump descriptions that we've heard about given that Jonathan is in college now And he wasn't in college during terrify or two and in fact wasn't this boy in middle school So the fact that they were talking about a college setting in this casting call Makes it seem that there's definitely a significant time jump that's happening if we're going to college I don't know if anything with that Christmas teaser We got when terrify or two had its re-release even correlates to the story I would assume it doesn't and I think it's more so a teaser in the vein of that jack-in-the-box Teaser that's so iconic to child's play to the jack-in-the-box had no significance during child's play to but it's a very iconic Teaser that exists to promote the movie. Sorry Jack. Chuck. He's back I think obviously a hundred percent. It's gonna be said at Christmas, but I don't think we're gonna see art the clown Butcher this little girl that everybody assumes he's going to do based off of that teaser I think the teaser has nothing to do with the overall film But maybe that'll be proven wrong as we learn more again production is supposed to start later this month out in New Jersey at the end Of January, but again, those are the alleged details None of this is confirmed until it comes from the reputable trades, of course But I hundred percent already know that this stuff is true It's just not gonna come out until it's not gonna come out as official until the reputable trades start talking about it or until Damian Leone or Lauren LeVar start acknowledging this But yeah, that's what Sienna is dealing with in terrifier 3. Let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section Well, do you like this? Do you not like this? What else do you hope goes down in terrifier 3? Do you not care? Why are why not let me know down below if you haven't already course Make sure you go ahead and subscribe turn on post notifications secondaries video in the description I'll have links to all of my social media accounts. I am on Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there of course Let me know if there are any movies news or reviews you like me to cover in the future and with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video


Good morning, good afternoon and good evening everybody joining us from across the globe This is no summary Conversations with artists that don't fit in a box. We are Golden Thread productions for those who may not know Golden Thread is the first American theater company focused on the Middle East and we are based in San Francisco It's my pleasure today to join Four fabulous playwrights of Arab heritage who we just had the honor of commissioning to create new work They are Hassan Abdul Razza, Hanna Falil joining us from the UK Tareq Hamami and Mona Mansour joining us from the US in New York Welcome everyone. Thank you. Thank you. So I just wanted to start by asking you Identity questions. Oh dear. So I'm curious to hear from you. How your Background noise How your Middle Eastern or Arab heritage has influenced Your writing your your work Whoever wants to start first I Guess I can dive in so my name is Tareq Hamami my background is I'm Algerian American and I Guess the way that my background has influenced my my work. I is because I always kind of feel like I'm you know in In two worlds, you know That of being in America and that's of my of where I was born and where I come from in Algeria and so And also trying to hold on to that identity because I feel like especially From from non-Arab people they'll say oh, you don't look Arab and so they won't know that I am and so I've always felt this need to let people know to really hold on to that And so I think a lot of my writing has been influenced by that of people trying to Hold on to who they are figure out who they are or in fine work defined who they are as a person as well and Also the fact that My I was I was raised in a dual religious house of my dad being Muslim and my mom being Catholic I think I've always my writing is always focused around faith in some way and not specific religion But just that idea of faith and how do you find? Faith meaningful specific to you when there's so many different ideas around and so I think that's kind of influenced my writing as I've As I've grown as a writer Thanks Hannah you want to go next? Oh So I am half Palestinian half Irish and I was brought up in the Middle East as a child in Dubai and then my parents separated when I was a teenager and I came to London and I was with my Irish mom and I still saw my dad Frequently, but I stopped I didn't go to Palestine after I was 11 and and I was sort of I didn't feel part of Sort of Arab community or diaspora and then in my early 20s I started writing plays and I always wrote Arab characters because I felt so frustrated with the way Arab characters or portrayed often on telly and in the theater and so I was trying to redress that balance, but I was also sort of trying to Learn more about my own heritage and and through that kind of process of beginning to write plays about my heritage I reconnected with it in this really beautiful way and and I met and and sort of became part of this wonderful growing diaspora of Arab artists in London and more widely the UK and and so yeah The first player about Palestine plan D was really sort of important to me Because it was terrifying. I was really scared to write about such a huge subject But then it felt really like the right thing to do and now I don't seem to I don't seem to be able to write about anything else Which is you know problematic because the Irish side are getting annoyed But yeah, so that's that's me Mona hi everybody nice to see you all. I'm the only one wearing these I Would just echo what taught it and how to have said that feeling of being like half, you know, I mean I'm Born and raised in America, but my dad came from Lebanon in the late 50s and Where I grew up in Southern California, my dad was sort of the first person from his village to Come to the States and so when the war happened Many of our cousins came to live with us and so I always say it was like the Middle East kind of came to our house so It is interesting and to hear you talk about that Hannah about Kind of when you started to write into that whatever that is that identity because I don't Don't Yeah, I don't think I had a palpable sense of it until I started to write my own material like I was an actor before But when I look back like the first Complete thing that I wrote that wasn't a sketch that wasn't like sketch comedy was a play called me in the SLA And it was about my obsession with Patricia Hearst Who I don't know if anybody was but you know who was kidnapped and Blah blah blah But it was like the SLA which also was the southern Lebanese army and and so I brought into this whole sort of notion of like You know how at the end of the day it was my desire to be really American and not just American but to be like One of the gold chip families of America like I I didn't want to be middle-class and I didn't want to be certainly didn't want to be like Arab middle-class and And and I guess the last thing I'll say right now is that I moved to New York a year after 9 11 and At that time there was so much going on There was a community that was beginning to coalesce So there was a company called Nick Nebras and you know out of that I think nor came and and the lark started to have things go on and that's really been a joy To see that grow and part of the reason it grows is because stuff's happening like bad things are happening But the flip side is we get to be in conversation and to talk about things that we probably didn't talk about before Thanks, Mona Hasan Hello, everybody. My name is Hassan Abdul Razak. I'm a playwright originally from Iraq and I grew up in a little bit in Iraq Until the age of eight and I left and moved around in in Egypt in Algeria as well and in To to the United Kingdom and I wasn't when I arrived in the United Kingdom I had this sort of Arab makeup in my in my in my blood and I had family connections But I started wanted to really integrate I wanted to become sort of part of the British society and I didn't really think I Avoided thinking about the politics of the Middle East and so on I this was something like my dad and his generation did and and I wanted to be kind of different from that but circumstances forced Forced the identity in a way upon me. The first was the first Gulf War and suddenly I was at university and Everybody around me the student union were talking about Saddam Hussein and Iraq and as if everybody was an expert and felt really really frustrating when I was watching my country sort of suffering in that in that first Gulf War and people like my frustration of the People's lack of basic understanding that Iraq was not Was not at all about Saddam Hussein and that was really implanted the first sort of impulse pulse to try and make great stories That explain who I am and what my people are like and what I know about Iraqis But really probably what cemented it for me was I went to the States in 2011 and I and I worked in Boston and Just when 9-11 happened And I had a group of Arab friends. I was working as a scientist My background is not is not really literature is more science and my academic background and and there we really Became kind of a very closely together and we started talking about politics all the time and about Arab identity and It was the first time I read Edward Said and It politicized me obviously 9-11 and it was it was very difficult to be in America at that time I had in my neighborhood trucks driving by going with a slogan death to all Muslims now And I will never forget that it's kind of this emblazoned on my on my memory So when I went back to the to England, I was I had this desire to write and I went and I saw plays about Iraq And I knew I knew the Iraq war was going to happen even before it happened and then I saw these plays about Iraq and written by English playwrights and American playwrights and it's really frustrated me and that was my incentive to write my first play which was back that wedding and to try and give voice to To to to the truth about Arabs as I knew as I knew it Thanks, Hassan. It's it's interesting because I I come from Iran and I come also from a Muslim Christian background and I Had to move to the US Because of the Iranian Revolution or stay in the US because of the revolution in Iran in 1979 And I feel like our lives are so impacted by politics that the I Don't know the ambivalence that we encounter in the US And I don't know if it's the same in the UK or not the ambivalence towards politics Really bothered me. I remember during the hostage crisis Iran was on the news every night, you know, the the reports of the hostages were Every like day one days 30 day, whatever But people in my neighborhood, I think there was only one family in my neighborhood who actually knew where Iran was Nobody knew where the country was What language people speak or what the revolution is about or what is what the US has done there So there is this Urge I feel that we all share to tell our stories and I wonder Hannah you talked about, you know, your Irish side is now gonna You know want to be represented and Mona I know in your trilogy You have kind of mapped out your family history both your mother side and your dad side, right? and I wonder Yeah, what if what is that urge to like do justice to the Complex complexity and the many layers that we that we carry because I feel like I'm constantly In a position of correcting people. We are not just this. We're not just that especially, you know as a woman from the Middle East and I wonder if Any of you have or Hannah and Mona just because I mentioned your place if you have something to add sure, and I I I very much Echo everything that you said to range and it's really for me a lot of it's about There's a there's a fine line because you don't want to write history lessons That's not our job as as artists We it's not our job to educate people in a sort of, you know in an academic kind of way And sometimes people see my plays and they're like, but I didn't find out enough about the history And I'm like, there's this thing called Google feel free, you know, like you can find out if you really want to find out It's more a provocation but also about Demystifying and sort of it's that I'm sure we all Felt like we don't I want to see the people that I know on stage the Arabs I know like and we're talking about sort of also about I think it's important to talk about Islam and about Muslims and and You know, I talk about this so much to people who question because like many of you I'm also, you know, I have Catholicism on one side and I have Islam on the other side and In any portrayals of Christianity people are allowed to have different degrees of Commitment to their faith, aren't they? You know, you can be a Christian who's a very very dedicated Christian and who goes to to church every Sunday Or you can be someone who just prays occasionally But that's not allowed if you're a Muslim and you're not allowed to have an ongoing Negotiation or conversation with your faith if you're a Muslim and so I think I think just showing people those possibilities because everything's always so blindery Is really really important and that's and I feel like the responsibility is more to about humanizing and saying look We're all the same and really aren't we? You know, we're all just human beings and and with different Experiences have a look have a look open the door look in the door and see this is the house This is the this is these are the conversations. We have it's not so different and As a way of kind of opening the door for people to then take responsibility to go and find out more and as you say to I was like to find out what's going on in these places that you have an opinion about but you don't really know anything about Yeah, I uh hearing you say you talk Hassan is like I don't say music to my ears, but I've heard people Talk about Iraq I'm like, uh, if you don't know how to fucking pronounce it Then don't talk to me about what we should be doing over there um Just to clarify like my so the trilogy is about, you know a fictitious Palestinian scholar and Kind of these two ways his life could go so just to be super clear, you know My dad's Lebanese And while almost an atheist, you know is is from is christian and so I didn't know I would be writing that trilogy I mean, it was a completely unwise decision, right? Like so many things we do in the arts like you're just like wait, how did I But I had written the first play urge for going Which is now the third play in the trilogy, but I really wrote that just to sort of say I wanted to sort of interrogate The place my father came from and specifically his village Which is called me you me and it's in the south and it's near Sidon and when you tell people That your family is from me. You need they go. Oh, it was at the camp Like they assume they're from the camp. They actually don't realize that there's like a village there And so when I was growing up, it was you know, I would say the notion of Palestine Was was in my home and not in an academic way and not in a particularly A way that I would appreciate now, but it sort of made me want to look at that so um I just wanted to clarify that but it The interesting thing I think at least doing this in the states is that Our community, right? So like in the trilogy itself I I have two actress who are Palestinian. I also have an Iranian actress and I have someone who is I think Nadine Malouf is like Italian and Lebanese and Caitlyn Cassidy is like Syrian and Irish there's a lot of us who are just these mixes of things and and so we sort of What am I trying to say? I think we sort of bring that That that confrontation that we've had with both sides We sort of bring it into the room If that makes sense and it and it creates a sort of energy That you you might not have right if you did it in in the country where it was where is set But that thing about wanting to correct people and I totally echo what you're saying Taranj And Hannah that thing too of like I've had people say the same thing like well, wait a minute. I wanted to know more and it's this Yeah, we're It's a play And moreover, you know, it's not an NGO like if it if it does uh Open up hearts and minds. I mean I I don't know why we would be doing this if we didn't want to do that But to say well, I hope to get 200 more signatures or something that's an actionable item I'm not writing those. I mean people can But that's not where I'm at um I sort of want to unsettle people too. Just like any theatrical experience Speaking of where we're at and oh Tarik. Did you want to add something? Well, I was just going to add in there. I think part of the thing that draws us to tell Like our stories is also this I feel like there's no greater Or just there's nothing more sad than when People aren't known, you know, like for instance when I was growing up and people would ask Oh, that's an interesting name. Where are you from? I would say I'm from Algeria And at first they'd say oh Nigeria said no no no Algeria and they wouldn't they would never heard I get I get palace. I say Palestine. They say oh Pakistan I'm like no Yeah, no two different places and then they'll say oh, I'd never heard of that country before and it's It's the largest country in Africa, you know, so So this idea of of not even knowing that are like our people exist And then even on top of that the struggles that are faced like I wrote a play about The Algerian civil war and part of the reason I wrote is because no one knew it happened And so all of these people suffered all these people died and especially in the United States If you would mention Algerian civil war people would say I didn't even know that happened there So I think there's a lot of of North African and Middle Eastern hit like Not it's not even history because you know, like you said, we don't want to write a history lesson, but just knowing that There are That that there's struggle and that there's triumph and that there's people there not just from what you see on your 90 second Clip on the news every night. I think that's a driving force You're all um You know, you have established careers as playwrights. Some of you also teach so I'm curious What did you have lined up? before the pandemic hit and I guess that's the first part of the question and then the second part is and what are you how did that How did the pandemic change or what did you end up working on? I will let Hassan start. Oh, yeah, I was um I was asked to write which I would still love to do Uh, but although the the centenary has passed, but there was the centenary of the iraq 1920 revolution Which was an uprising that happened in iraq. It started Mainly in the south of iraq against the british colonial powers And uh, and I was being asked to to do that as a as a project for the bradford literary festival And then of course covet happened and and it didn't happen, but it's uh, it's it's uh I'm still reading about that revolution and I would maybe it's something I would I would sort of come back to it because there are In iraq history, there is always these echoes of Everything that happened under the british has also subsequently happened Under the americans and these echoes and connections, which hannah brilliantly explored in her play Museum, sorry, I was gone out of my head the title But you you will say it So, uh, yeah You know those connections between the past and the present are something of interest to me So I hope to go back to that project once once covet goes Tarek, do you want to jump in? I yeah, I was actually right in the middle of a rehearsal process for her production Um at the school that I teach at uh being a two colleagues of mine We uh, we wrote a musical about the life Another actual historical story about someone named mary rogers who who was lived in new york and Died under mysterious circumstances and it was interesting because it became the first tabloid You know kind of murder story where people sensationalized things and so it was this idea of like The news starting to not become the news anymore And then subsequently people had you know written about used her Death as a means to write something else and no one's ever actually written about her and her life So we wrote a musical about her and we were in the middle of rehearsal when suddenly everything shut down And so the whole production kind of got cancelled and and so now We're back in this semester doing it But now it'll be in a radio play with uh with kind of a video companion piece to it So it's it's been a whole uh new world of of theater production Trying to do a musical over zoom. I can tell you is Is a little difficult So we're been we're trying to find our way through that right now Hannah you want to tell us what you were doing and what are you doing now? sure, so um, it was April was supposed to be my month April 2020. Little did I know? um, I had had my play museum in Baghdad that um Has sound so kindly I mean you can imagine how terrified I was when I sent the first draft of that play to my good friend the Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdul Razak I've written a play about the museum in Baghdad. Please don't Please don't tell me off. Please don't hate it. Thank goodness. He only had one note Which was we don't drink mint tea. We drink cardamom tea. I was like, I'll take that. That's fine Oh, anyway, so So that play had been at the raw Shakespeare company in Stratford upon Avon And it was supposed to be transferring to London to the kiln theater, which was used to be called the tricycle so that was hugely exciting and at the same time I was supposed to have a play opening at Hampstead Theatre Which is just up the road and I absolutely adored the idea That people who had never heard of me, which is most people in north london would be like, who's this Bitch who's got a play on at two theaters like we've never heard of her And she's got a play on like like one stop on the tube away from each other But sadly it wasn't to be so the the show that was supposed to be on at Hampstead was a play called sleepwalking Which is a two-hander about motherhood and both shows have been cancelled and I don't know what's going to happen with them. So that was very sad and I was very Um, I was very low in april As what I was calling the ghost milestones went past tonight should be first night tonight should be closing night but um I've had some lovely other opportunities. I've always wanted to write for children I've got a daughter who's eight and um, who's really annoyed that she's never allowed to watch any of my plays because they're not really appropriate and So I've I've been working on a couple of things for young people one was a joyous I mean what I've been so impressed by is how innovative people have been And so one project was a company called fly high stories who are a young people's company here Basically commissioned a bunch of writers to write tiny plays five minute plays that were to be sort of uh re-imaginings of classic stories and the idea was that you could download them print them at home And then perform them at home with your kids So during lockdown and so I wrote one for them called not the gingerbread man Which is basically about the fact that we couldn't get any flour I don't know if you had the same thing in the states But everyone bought up all the flour and all the thing everyone was baking And so my version is we can't make a gingerbread man because there's no flour in the house So let's make rocky road instead and it became the rocky road person And because we've made a lot of that Um Yeah, so I've been doing that and I also have been doing some adaptations of greek myths Which has been really lovely and I'm really enjoying that so yeah I've I've been keeping busy Jumping Mona I wait, did you make rocky road ice cream or is it like an english? So what is rocky road?  Okay. Yeah recipe. Yeah Um, I think we're all gonna need that recipe I know let's just put it on a group chat. Um, I Is similar, you know, I mean to everybody's experiences. I Was at the public theater. We were in our third technical rehearsal for the vagrant trilogy You know in terms of working on it like with the public It's it's been about a 10 year process so I I almost feel like I I haven't blacked it out, but it's just like I don't I think I just went on autopilot You know, we were all called into the on-sparker space at the theater Um, there were three plays rehearsing. Um at that time The visitor was another one And nobody knew anything and at that point I thought I would be coming back over the weekend for a paper tech I was like, I'll do it. Um and Here we are. Uh, my Beloved director marqueen davie got got covet. He's better. Thank god, but it was very obviously You know scary time and in new york, uh in particular um that From what I know is is postponed and you know, our set is in there We've got this like 2000 pound The main piece of our set that at different times was a hill in palestine and then a sort of ceiling in london and Then the floor of their dwelling in urge for going so it's in there um the cast Somewhere in there Because we were sort of broken up so quickly we started doing these friday night zooms And we've kind of had a good record and we get together Sometimes there's music Um, there's poetry Sometimes it's just bitching and complaining about life, but we we always read this Naomi shihab nai poem called kindness that I highly recommend. We just read it's like going to church and we always read that um But you need to share that with us Yeah I will it's anyway, it's Gorgeous to be able to connect with all of them and we miss each other terribly and You know in theater there's so much I I assume it's the same in the uk, but I know in the states there's a sense of you know I don't know people can be expendable or like look, you know just And and and I I try to fight back against that also in regard to casting it's like no this person's been with this piece For nine years. I have a couple of the actors who've been with it since the beginning and so It's it's terrible like i'm not gonna lie. It's really painful Um, but i'm grateful for that So that is postponed and beyond that I had I was supposed to have two productions of we swung we talked we go to war uh next year Um One that's been canceled and the other I just haven't heard anything at all I had a suspicion that that's not happening. Um So that's you know, I have a theater company and and and we did do a play on zoom Um Back in august I think and I was very very happy about how that turned out Uh, it was a play. We we we researched it the way, you know the joint stock method Um, and we wrote it and it's an absurd and ridiculous I'm very heightened And it somehow my director scott elingworth did an incredible job and that play is called beginning days of true jubilation And we do want to do it in person sometime next year But um, but that the gift and it and it helped to laugh Because you know at one point I was like should we be doing this now? There's so much in the world that It just seems like is it out of tune? but I think at least speaking for myself it was a gift To sit in a rehearsal And be like how how is this ridiculous? Bit gonna work.  Right this comedia moment. Um, it's a gift. I think The psychic costs to all of us. We just don't even know um Not to sound because there's so many things in the world that are so Literally more important right then then then like my expression is a playwright But at the same time it's it's part of all that and I do think that I don't know I follow Hannah on Twitter. So we get to sort of Check in and on each other that way and um, you're pretty open about the stuff you go through and it's there's you know I think there's a lot of a lot of us in theater who are who are Becoming adaptable, which is great, but we are grieving And it's it's the thing that we want to do the most and the reason we're in this ridiculous business has been sort of, you know Taken away from us And I just want to say one last thing which is it didn't have to be that way and it definitely did not have to be that way in the united states Thanks, mona We have some questions from the folks that are Watching on facebook and I think we'll Shift our conversation to talk about your commissioned work So golden thread has commissioned you to create new work and that's been So it's one way that golden thread Obviously, we try to support our artists during this tough time that there have been so many cancellations but also as You all mentioned I think we're all looking for Community we're all looking for opportunities to be creative and to find Creative fulfillment. So I think Giving an excuse to play rights to to sit down and write via a commission. I think has been one way For us. I pulled on thread to do that and I want to begin with you tarik so your commission is To write a play about the Black Panthers time in Algeria Um, I know that this is early in the process, but is there something you can share with us about that? Yeah, it's um It's a really fascinating thing to to dive into research wise because there's there's some things I I kind of knew about something that I you know knew a little bit of information about but the more you dive into it It's it's a really fascinating time in Algeria and specifically in Algiers in the late 60s early 70s Because basically the the general idea is Eldridge Cleaver had to flee the United States and him and and some other prominent Black Panthers found their way to Algiers and the reason why they went there is because the Algerian revolution had had just ended earlier in the decade and Algeria and specifically Algiers had kind of established itself As this hub for anti-colonial revolutionaries around the world And so it wasn't just the Black Panthers, but there were many other groups that were all kind of converging onto the city all at the same time and it's just this fascinating look at how You know the new Algerian government wanted to establish, you know a governance for its people, but also be like a kind of beacon for other Countries around the world to to kind of exile their their colonial oppressors And so I'm excited about this play too because I mean one it combines a story from both of my my heritage is, you know, the Algeria and America And part of the reason why everybody was coming to Algiers at the time was because of the Algerian Revolution and as I started researching this I realized that a lot of my My conversations with family growing up had focused largely on on the Algerian civil war because that had been You know so prevalent through my life that I realized I had never really Spoken to my dad or my a lot of my relatives about the revolution You know, like my dad was a child during the revolution And so I sat down finally and just said tell me about The revolution. What do you remember? What happened? And he told me these amazing stories That I realized how have I never heard this before? um And so I you know, it's been fascinating to go down that line And so I think this story Will have a lot to do with with the revolution and mainly the the aftermath of the revolution And um, and then what the Black Panthers were looking to to get from being in Algiers Whether it be information or even resources Because the Algerian government at the time Would at some point officially recognize a revolution and give them like office space And a monthly stipend so you're also getting resources from it And so I I think the play will focus mainly on The the Black Panthers looking for that official recognition from the Algerian government And then finding the similarities between the Algerian revolution And the revolution that the Black Panthers are trying to start here in the United States because the more The more you you go into it the more you realize that there were many similarities in terms of the treatment from the their each person's oppressor and And then ultimately what they what they were looking to do and also what some of the You know the the roadblocks or the you know the the pitfalls were because You know Algerians we definitely had a lot of pitfalls after the after the revolution there and I think that there were I think some things that the That the Black Panthers might have learned from that maybe so That's that's why I've been really excited about it just for the research and also an excuse to pester all my My relatives and the people I know for stories and and even my dad's old friends from college, you know because it turns out that Eldridge cleaver announces to the world in July of 1969 at the University of Algiers that he's now in Algeria And I did the math and I realized wait my dad began his undergraduate studies at the University of Algeria the next month and so He him and and some of his good friends from college Were were kind of in the midst of of everything during that and so They've been some really good A lot of a lot of good help and stories have been coming from that That's great that sounds fascinating and then the three of you Hannah Mona and Hassan You guys decided to collaborate On one play and I just want to be clear that this isn't something golden thread asked or suggested But that the three of you Suggested and are pursuing so who wants to speak on behalf of your mutual project Go on Hassan. All right Well, we We're still very early days. So we've actually had our first meeting today Just discussing broad ideas And Mona had the idea of having this sheet of Google sheet that we are sharing and putting in kind of like a collage of ideas So everybody's just putting in things that are attracting them Um You know stories that they've come across or specific moments And just kind of we're building it up into layers now and To so what are our subsequent meeting will be building up on these ideas and trying to find where the connections are And then Hannah had today this wonderful idea of just like kind of having Almost like a baton being passed on so maybe one of us would start with with With writing something and then somebody else would react to it and take Maybe a character or a or a moment And expand them Or take something into into their into the next story and so we would write three stories that have a kind of Either it's going to be a thematic link or just a basic link But we're not we're not wedded that it has to be completely synchronized I think we can we can each bring our own kind of interest to it And I've had uh, so i'm So far this is very early. I mean i'm sharing something that will probably change completely by the time we get through the process But I was interested in two areas of one was an incident that sort of happened to me uh, where I visited a I was I was visiting a town called dorset in in the south of of england And I met a group of of people who I thought would be sort of very liberal very left-wing And I was quite shocked by their anti-immigrant stance and this was post brexit And and dorset is not one of those places that is Typically talked about when people talk about brexit they talk about Working class northern towns where people have didn't have jobs and so on dorset is actually quite wealthy and and a lot of people who live there Have have money. So I'm interested In that in that dynamic of of people who have and then on a completely different subject I don't know which one i'm going to pursue. I'm also interested in people who Come back from the dead People who are who experience near death exp or have death experiences and I resuscitated and being brought back And now there is a whole science to that that where people are Can be brought back and there are machines that are being made and and so on that that Allows, you know, so the moment when you die is not really a final moment It's a moment where you can be brought back from and there's something about that a metaphor somewhere is sitting in that and the idea that I might explore So maybe it's somebody who has a near-death experience indoor set Combining both ideas Yes There's a Hannah Mona. Do you guys want we have one more question from our facebook audience? but um, I want to give Hannah and Mona a chance if you have something about this collaboration that you want to comment on or idea that you want to share I'll just say that like I mean all my ideas are very In their infancy, but what an amazing opportunity you've given us to run You know like seriously as as writers you never ever get a message from someone saying We'd like to commission you do you want to have a think about what you might like? I mean just never happens you have to go begging begging begging and like dance and buy wine and be charming and so And and to have the opportunity to write with these two other Writers who are so brilliant whose work I respect so much and who I love and you know writing is such an isolated thing So to be able to kind of have a particularly now as well You know we don't even leave the house for meetings anymore So to to be able to have conversations and to share creative ideas with these two It's just I hope you know Taranj how grateful we are and how How exciting it is for all of us. It's it's really wonderful. Thank goodness for golden thread I'm glad to hear it. So Mona our next question from the audience. I think is directed at you because you began working as an actor and then sort of started writing and the question is can you share a time you really Resonated with or saw yourself in a character or play on stage A formative moment that brought you to writing the plays you write So a moment as an actor That then shaped you to become a playwright I mean in my case, there's sort of a A bridge period, I guess you could say because I had studied Very diligently You know, whatever my undergrad was a sort of high pressure program or something acting Program so people got cut, you know, I mean we thought it was the end of the world if that happened But I thought I wanted to be sort of a classical regional theater actor So I wanted to play like major Barbara and things like that and then We started doing improv like I guess my senior year and I I just took to it right and Eventually I got into sort of the improv and then kind of high pressure comedy scene in la and I and I was in something called the Sunday Company at the groundlings where it was just you know It's funny when I think about that now because in the states the Liz Lerman method of feedback and all of that that we do here That's really quite kind and very artist focused That process was much more at least then it was much more like, you know, you'd present a scene and The person running the Sunday Company would be like Get off the stage and don't ever let me see that again, you know So it was very uh, you know, or you'd get it in the show and it would bomb So I learned how to do that and and that was really That middle period what I realized was oh, I don't want to I don't want to be the one doing this anymore um I just I want to hand it off to other people And then I had written this to a hander with another woman And when a friend of mine said can I take that to a director's lab? And work on it and I said you mean like a real play Like not us in it. He's like, yeah, I said, oh that'd be great And I think that's when I just literally went oh, I'm so happy to hand this off to somebody but um But it's always in it informs all of my writing. I think you just kind of can't Kind of can't shake it for better or worse, right the being of the being an actor and and uh the way that I've also just feel lucky being able to observe really great directors among them ever an ochre can From golden thread now at osf um mark wing davie Mimi O'Donnell like watching people Who are very high level? Speak to actors into the heart of the moment. I'm like, oh, that's a why I wasn't a very good actor and b This is really good for me to understand now As I'm writing because that director picked up on the turn that this character's made that I didn't even realize I had written in there and they're solidifying what This blueprint that I've put down so I don't know if that answers that question, but It wasn't a character. I guess I should say that it wasn't like I saw a character and went.  I think I just wanted to be listened to You know, I was like listen to me You know some child impulse that probably should gotten worked out, but it didn't so You know here we all are But Hannah, I you said something earlier today. I feel like you must say in this context about your characters It was so brilliant. It was so great. That's so not fair I will say but what I will say first before I say that is that on the question of a character um Really important moment for me was I think it was around 2000 2001 I went to see a play called nine parts of desire written by heather raffaugh Performed by heather raffaugh and she came to london and did it the bush I had never seen an arab actress on stage who was so brilliant and who Did all these different characters and all these women I knew and I'd never seen it done before and I went Oh my gosh, it's allowed. It like I'm so Grateful to heather. Um Yeah, that was a really key moment for me.  I work really hard. I do the research. I know the Situation that I'm setting up But then I sort of try and put myself in the shoes of the characters and imagine what I would do if I was them So it's not as lazy as it sounds. I then realized after I said this and Hassan and Mona were laughing at me I was like, no, that sounds terrible, doesn't it or really narcissistic, but um, Hopefully not that. Hopefully just empathetic Yes, I think we all get inspiration from our our family um And not from our political leaders So I want to in our final few minutes. I want to throw in the election and brexit and I don't know What's happening How are folks, uh, how are folks coping? With with this situation has everyone voted already Or uh, Mona and Tarek Early voting doesn't start until tomorrow in New York, but I have my plan Uh, so on Tuesday, I'll be I'll be heading out to vote Yeah, I mean it seems appropriate For this conversation it seems appropriate to say that all the ways of this anxiety in this country about ballots and and corruption, I mean I think if I'm looking around this circle itself, right Where most of our families come from or we ourselves come from are often the places that The western world likes to look at to say, oh, well, that's just Look at that. Look at that corruption And people are very scared as you know, Torange, you know, and I think there's a great deal of anxiety I I've definitely got the circle of friends who were like, I can't do don't ask me anything till after Yeah, I remember when um, Trump was elected in in, um, I don't know when he was elected There was like a little gathering of theater artistic directors in the bay area to figure out. Oh my god. What happened What should our response be and I was like, you know, to actually be Aligned with your political leader is so rare and such a privilege You know Most leaders are corrupt and not popularly elected and not, you know, all the things that We take for granted um With our with our democracy and so as you know, I said I come from Iran a country where, you know Many in the country do not identify with their leadership. So Not identifying with our political leadership is uh is Part of part of our daily life One of the problems here of the last four years is just the idea of not knowing Where anything is going or not knowing what's going to happen and give it circumstance like I think about, um, there when during trump's actual inauguration. I was actually in algeria um, I I brought on my wife had come uh for the first time to go see algeria and um We came back the week before that that muslim band have been put into effect and so um, I remember flying home thinking like They're saying this is gonna happen. I don't know what's gonna happen When I land, you know, I have a us passport, but I also have an algerian passport. So I don't know and so I think that's kind of a microcosm of what the problem has been the last four years Is that we nothing is really known about What's going to happen or how things are going to happen and I think that's Really what the anxiety is But the thing I do keep in mind to keep myself positive and uplifting is that as as much as As bad as this was in 2016 a positive note is how few people did vote in 2016 because You don't really need to overturn any Trump votes to vote him out. You just need people to finally Feel empowered enough to leave their home to go cast a vote And as long as that happens I think we might be okay, but you know, that's always still a big if But I don't think we need to have some of the most Uh die hard of his of his kool-aid drinkers see the light in order to rectify what's The situation there. So I try to keep that as a positive impact in my life I don't know that actually translates as well. We we appreciate that Tarik Hannah and Hassan Are you feeling the the impact of rex it at all? The the changes that are happening Brexit in a way somewhat disappeared From the headlines and I mean we were we were like brexit every day. It was up to covet And that is really worrying because we don't really It's it's what what is being done in the background On brexit is is really worrying like what what the effects of what will come out Will probably not be as thoroughly debated as if we if we didn't have the covet Because it really has receded from the from from the headlines So, uh, we are looking it looks like we're heading towards a no deal Brexit that's that's definitely happening And that's that was before a nightmare scenario that even the even the conservatives Even the even the group who are pro brexit where we're often going no, no, no, this is not going to happen We will find it So we are now like they're like, oh, yes.  We were all fearing But covet has somehow made it less So it seems It's it's people are so worried about that that they are That that they don't see that this is going to be a real cliff. We're jumping off So it has made matters matters worse in that in that regard And my point of view, I think the biggest the biggest sort of legacy of regsett has been And also the government that we have and the way they've behaved is that it feels like and I think you Probably echo this in the states is is that there seems to be permission for people to be racist So people who probably were always racist, but but kept it to themselves now It's okay. And you know the incidents of of You know racial abuse that people are suffering is disgusting and I think And that the the legacy of brexit we don't quite know yet has and what it's going to be for us every day because of course The deals haven't been reached but I mean even on a personal level so I can't talk about this very much yet, but I have been offered a post In the states and it took a really long time for that to be agreed and I didn't know why that was and now I know it's because That uk won't be in In the EU when when this you know when this thing happens So so it makes it really complicated and I you know, I could have not got the job as a result of that if it you know So I think it will have really big repercussions on people's lives and we don't even know what they are yet like day to day Um, which is worrying. But yeah, but the the whole permissive permissive racism thing is just distressing and awful Yeah, in the Bay Area, we've seen a Surprisingly high number of anti-armenian violence of violent acts The school and church were there was graffiti written on the walls and then The church the school hall was Burnt they they said it was arson. So That's really Shocking to me in this day and age in in the Bay Area too. So Yeah, it's not just anti-Muslim. I think you're right that everyone Feels like they have a carte blanche to express whatever hatred they have towards anybody In ways that were completely unacceptable before Um, we are almost that are at time. Um, any last comments or Words of wisdom you want to share I mean, I'm really grateful to you to range as well Oh, I just want to say that you and and golden thread and um, you you're you've kind of held a lot of us together and held us up And um, I'm excited for this next part of your life Yes, yes, maybe one day. I'll be I'll be a full-time playwright uh tarak, yeah Here this this commission has been a bit of a a lifesaver Right when new york Fully like really locked down and became the epicenter of the virus in the world. I my my second child was born and so We had a a baby through the height of the of the pandemic and so Dealing with that and then after he was born and just dealing with Having a second kid in the middle of all this. I was feeling very um Very uncreative, you know It was very hard and then I felt awful about myself as like what kind of writer are you that you can't write right now Which now that I'm passing a little bit. I realized was ridiculous Um, but then when I got your email about this like, hey, what do you think of this idea? It really kind of helped me out of that that whole that that like creative block of a kind of hole I dug myself into so I was very very appreciative of of uh of your commission and I just go through it in general Well, thank you. Thank you to you for your writing and for your talent and for your creativity and for sharing it with us Uh, I want to thank howl round for providing this free live stream service I want to thank wendy reyes our live stream tech and Linda hirone who's minding the facebook live stream and sending me questions Join us next time for our third no summary conversation with the team of golden thread fairy tale players That will be on november 6 and that will focus on theater for young audiences And how representation matters even more For children. Thank you so much for being with us. Uh, check out our programming on golden thread.org And join our email list if you are not on it yet. Thank you so