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Foreign. Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves World. You know, I'm big on 250. I'm so excited about this year. I want to see 250 everywhere. I want to see American flags wherever I go. In Florida last weekend, it was so much fun because there was 250 signage everywhere. People were really leaning into it and embracing it. So if that's not happening where you are, just go to Naples, Florida and buy this children's book for the young person in your life who really is looking forward to embracing such a special year that kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Ainsley Earhart joins me now, obviously the co host of Fox and Friends and it's happy hour. Cheers to you.
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Cheers. So what did you put in this?
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This is pink bubbles. So it's sparkling pink rose and passion fruit and chopped strawberries marinated in.
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You have to bring all this from home and prepare all this the night before. Thank you.
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Of course.
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It's really sweet. That's very good. Lovely. It's very good.
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It's like vacation. It's like something you would have in the morning on vacation.
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Strawberries coming out.
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It's the red and the red, white and blue. I have blue Curacao in the cabinet here if you want me to put a little on top to make it really patriotic.
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It's very good. This is sparkling. What do we call it? Not champagne. Champagne region sparkling rose from Oregon in a can.
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Underwood.
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I love the Underwood bubbles. Yes.
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You can find them at. In New York, we can't buy booze in the grocery store, so we have to go to liquor stores.
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True.
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In California, you can go to CVS and get a gallon of Tito's along with diapers and motor oil.
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You can get. Oh, see, down in South Carolina, you can get wine and beer from grocery stores. You have to go to a liquor store to get liquor. They sell vodka in your grocery stores?
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Yeah, in cvs.
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Really?
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Yeah. I've, I've been.
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I've.
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At fourth of July, I have been in a pickle. CVS is the only thing open. And I'm like, I need some Ciroc because I need flavored vodka for a cocktail.
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And lo and behold, that's great.
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And also Band Aids.
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But you still have liquor stores. They just sell a big variety of liquor stores.
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Yeah. Specialized stuff. And Bevmo is big in Southern California, too. BevMo? Yeah.
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I've never had that. What is that, vodka?
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No, it's like a Costco of booze. Oh, yeah. Like anything you can imagine they're like, yeah, that's aisle 472.
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Yes. Never heard of that. Yeah.
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So tell me about this beautiful book.
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Thank you. Okay. It's called America, I'm so glad you'd were born. And I'm sure you were so sweet when my other book came out called I'm so glad you'd were born, which is a phrase my mom used to say to us on our birthdays. And I say it to my daughter and now I say it to all my friends and anyone on the text chat in our family. You know, I'm so glad you were born. Cause mom used to say that. And that book did really well because our viewers at Fox are just incredible. So the publisher said, will you do. And I'm so glad you were born book for America since we're about to celebrate 250.
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I love it.
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Yeah. And thank you. I was talking to Brian Kilmeade yesterday about this book and he said, you know, I said I was born in 1976, Brian. So I was born in the year 200. So now we're doing 250 and my daughter's here to celebrate 250. And he said I was 50 this year, maybe 50 that September.
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That's insane.
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I know, I know.
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I didn't know you were a September baby. Yeah.
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Are you September?
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Yes.
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When's your birthday? The 8th. I'm the 20th.
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Stop it.
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Yes.
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Virgo power.
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Yeah. That's why I love it. Dopeness.
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I know.
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I was gonna say that's why I love you.
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Oh, that's so fantastic.
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Thank you. So Brian said he was about 8 or 9 and he remembers how big of a deal it was when America turned 200. Every city, all the American flags, like you saw in Naples. He said it was a huge. Said, I hope that it becomes that big of a deal this go round.
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I really do. And I just, I want people, especially with the World cup happening at the same time, I want people to just dive in because World cup is like people. People get pretty excited during the Olympics. But there's something about World cup seeing other people in other countries, like, wear their colors. I was just in Argentina and everyone wears the Argentine flag. Like they're so excited to be Argentine, really. And I want people to lean into it and be excited about how incredible this country is.
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You definitely see that in Florida. I'm in Florida a lot. You see it there more than you see it in New York.
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Yeah, for sure. Especially in New York City.
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Except, well, after 911 in New York. You saw flags everywhere. But our country's changed so much. But anyway, the book is for little ones. Probably like, my daughter's 10. And, you know, I've read it to her and she loves it, but it's really for a little bit younger than that. It rhymes. It's really cute. Grandparents are like kids who are still
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being read to a lot. Because I'm sure your daughter is a reader.
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Right. You know, she's reading chapter books now. But this is great. It's still a good reminder. It's just a good stepping off point where you can teach your kids about how we can go wherever we want to go, worship freedom of speech. We have so many more freedoms. We do so much on Iran. And these women can't leave their houses without an escort. They can't drive, they can't go to school. We have all of this, these freedoms in America because of our founding fathers. So it's, it's just a good way to teach your children that. We also have military men and women that are fighting for our country and fighting for those freedoms. And we have police officers that are making sure our streets are safe. And my daughter, I remember watching some news recently, and she said, could that happen here, Mama? And I said, no, honey, because we have the strongest military. They would never allow that to happen in America.
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Yeah. And we also have people with guns, which, you know, it's like. I'm not just saying that to be funny like that is a massive deterrent.
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Absolutely.
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Because if you were going to invade the United States, you'd have to think twice because you imagine, especially in certain parts of the country, people are well defended.
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Yes. And in Iran, when all those individuals were protesting in January, 30 to 40 of them were killed, were shot, shot in the back, shot just for protesting. But they couldn't defend themselves because they don't have guns.
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Yes, exactly. Same in North Korea, same in China. And whoever has the guns, and any. Exactly. Whoever has the guns has the power. And I try and explain that to people who are very anti second Amendment. And there is something very sacred about that. And that is one of the most democratizing things in our country, the right to bear arms.
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Because I heard one person say this, and I like to say this kind of adopted it, that if you. If you take away the guns from the good guys, the bad guys are still gonna get their guns.
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Amen.
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And then the good guys can't defend themselves.
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Yes. There is as many guns as there are people in the United States. And law abiding people will follow the law. They don't want to run afoul of the law. And then you put them in an even worse position. So what does your daughter, you know, when she hears about the opportunities that we have here? I love that age, because that's when they really start to look outward and dream. What does she talk about when. When she dreams about what her life might be?
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Well, I tell her she can be anything that she wants to be, which is incredible. That's not true in a lot of countries, but in our country, she. She knows that she can worship freely. We can go to our church. She loves the Bible. She can own a Bible in other countries. You can't if you do get thrown
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in prison in North Korea if you're caught with the Bible.
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Yes. So. And we also teach her that we don't have a king. We have a president who is elected. And you better vote. You have to vote that. A lot of people fought for that. Right. Especially the right for women to vote. And that's part of the book. There's a cute little. I'll read you a little bit of it. Where do you want me to read you some from the beginning?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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I love it.
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All right.
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Thank you. I love children's books so much, and the illustrations are gorgeous.
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Well, when I was little, I would love. I loved Curious George books because they were always based in the city. And you could look in all the windows of the apartments. And remember, in that window, it's like the mom was cooking in that window. The little boys were doing their homework in that window, it was an old man talking to his wife. So I just would look at all the different windows in the skyscrapers and in the big, tall apartment buildings and the Curious George books. So I was reading this the other day, and I thought, oh, my gosh, the illustrator did such a good job. Because everyone has their own little story, and they're all doing something different. Yeah. So it's fun just to look around and see, you know, it's fun for the little children to relate to one of these kids. And it's very diverse. So we have children of all different shapes, sizes, colors. This little boy's in a wheelchair, and we did that so that every child who reads this can find someone that looks like them.
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Yeah. And see a part of themselves and the story of our country.
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Right, Right. So I'll read you this. Okay. I'll read you a few pages. It's time to celebrate the US Of A. So let's wish our country a Happy birthday. We'll plan a parade A big celebration with bands floats and stars and stripes decorations we'll line all the streets and we'll cheer and we'll wave for the land of the free and the home of the brave Then we'll bang the drums loudly and blow the brass horn and shout to America. And all the kids will scream at the same time I'm so glad you were born.
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Oh, I love that.
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Isn't that great? This republic was founded a long time ago. We declared independence. The king had to go. It's rules made by people just like you and me, created for life, love and liberty as citizens. That means we all have a choice and we choose our leaders and we have a voice. So thank you, America, for all that you do. Now let's tip our hats to the red, white and blue. There you go.
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It reminds me of Julia Donaldson. Do you know any of her books? No, they're my favorite kids books.
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Really?
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Yes. I love that.
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Do you remember the title?
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The Snail and the Whale? The Gruffalo. Charlie Cook's favorite book.
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Okay.
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The Gruffalo's Child. Like, those are just. But the Snail and the Whale, like
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Snail and the Whale. Yes.
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How cute is that? Yeah. So whenever I have a friend who has a baby, I try and get at least one Julia Donaldson book.
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Okay.
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They're so good.
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I'll have to get some. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's so sweet. We used to read three books every night when Hayden was little. And we would read two that she would pick out, and then one, I had this series, these great series. I wanted her to learn the characters of the Bible.
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Yes.
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And so these books, they were paperback books. And on one side was a story about Noah, on the other side was a story about Abraham. And so you'd read half of it and then flip it over and it would be the story of the other character. And those were great. I loved that.
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You should give those to Jesse Waters.
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Oh, I know, I know.
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Not for his kids, but for Jesse Waters. See, he's on a journey.
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Yes, but the rhyming books were some of my favorites because, remember, at the end of the day, you know, you have to read. And there were some days you were like, oh, my gosh, I've got to get through this day. And you make a drink, especially when
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you get up at 2 in the morning.
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Yes. And your child. My child does not want to sleep. She's always been like that. She fights it. And so these little books would help me kind of into the day, relax us all yeah.
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Get through that. I remember that so, so well. And then at some point, like, it flips and you just have to give in because your kids are gonna stay up later than you. Don't go anywhere more. Kennedy saves the world right after this.
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What do you miss most about them being little?
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I miss, like, going to the park and I miss, like, sidewalk trucks.
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Yes.
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And, you know, it's like. And not rushing.
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Right.
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You know, it's like walking slowly. I was watching a little boy and his mom walk down the block today, and she was walking, you know, normal, kind of quick New York mom pace. And he was running, and he was, like, trying, so. And it was so cute. Cause he was so earnest, and he was trying to keep up. Yeah, it was very sweet. But I love where they are now. Like, I love sitting around the table, 17 and almost 21.
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What is that like?
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It's hysterical.
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Okay. Wow.
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Yeah.
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They.
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They. The way they see the world. You can just be more honest with them.
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Okay?
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You can be more honest with them. And it's very fun looking back on their childhood, because now they ask me questions like, hey, do you rem this mom from gymnastics? And I can tell them, like, now what I really feel?
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Right.
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And it makes them laugh, like. Yeah. Because they have different memories and.
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Oh, yes.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yes. The children, they. Only when they're little, they. They. They just think about themselves and their little friends. They have no idea that there are moms behind these little ones. Yes.
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Yes.
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Oh, that'll be fun. That will be fun.
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Yes.
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I'm looking forward to that. I'll tell you, I'm in the thick of it right now with the homework. It's like two or three hours.
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I know.
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Why did they do this?
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It drives me crazy.
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And they go to school for eight hours, and then they come home and they have to do more of it.
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No, the work should be done in school. It should be collaborative. That's where the thinking is. And, you know, maybe you have a little bit of research, a little bit of reading, but to offload two or three hours a night, it's like, how are they supposed to do extracurricular activities? How are they supposed to do sports? And, you know, all the things that eventually build the resume for college.
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Because everyone says now you can't get into college even if you have a4.0 or a4.4 that some of these kids have without sports.
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Yeah, it's insane.
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Like, was it like that when the girls were going.
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I mean, pele was Covid. So it was like, all bets were off. And it was, you know, it's like some schools didn't take SATs or ACTs and, you know, and some kids just, they didn't have extracurriculars, they didn't have sports because they couldn't. And so much was forgiven. And now I'm finding with Lotus at 17, she and her friends are so much more thoughtful and they're not putting as much pressure on themselves and they're really investigating, like, different programs. And, you know, and now I was talking to Kellyanne Conway and she was like, the important thing is not making it seem like you've done 50 million things, because that's inauthentic.
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Right.
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And she said colleges are much more interested. Like, did you have a four year job as a dog walker? Like, that's much more impressive than, you know, I did model you in and I volunteered here just to make it look like you were busy.
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Right, exactly.
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Which I love getting back to the basics because that's what builds the core of a decent human being.
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Well, and I was at the dentist's office and my dentist was working on my mouth. And he said he hired someone to help his child get into college and to do all the application stuff.
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Yeah, I did that.
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And he's paying a lot of money to this lady and they had to come up with it. She said, has he done anything like develop a company? And so he developed a company.
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Oh, wow.
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And I can't remember what type of company it was, but he got into an Ivy League school because he really developed this company, like his freshman year, and then ran this company for four years just so that he could get into college.
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That's cool.
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Yeah, it is cool.
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I love that.
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I know.
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And hopefully that company will change the world.
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Right? I don't remember what it was, but that's crazy. We're not even there yet. When did you start all of that?
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No, not until. Not till, like with Lotus, I didn't start till the beginning of her junior year. I didn't want her to feel the pressure of this outside force. But, you know, your junior year, that's when you have to visit colleges. And it's not like a crazy expensive company. They're very, very good, very thoughtful, and they helped Pele with all of her stuff. But, you know, they find a list of colleges that might be good for your potential major. It's like, do you want a big college? Do you want a small college? These colleges are giving out scholarships to New York City public school kids. And they, you know, they're like, don't focus on this for your sat. Focus on this. And so it's SAT practice and, you know, really keeping them away from AI when they're writing their essays.
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Right.
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Because now they have programs that can see right through that.
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Right. Change the sentences.
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I. That's a. That's a good question. Probably. Like, AI is now so sophisticated. And I've been watching videos about professors grading papers and they're like, we can see how many keystrokes. We can see how long it took you to write this essay. We can see the editing process. And I was like, mind blown.
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Wow. The pressures. I love AI though. I use it every day.
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I do too.
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I love it. Yeah. When I. When we do research. Yes. Any of our talking points, you can
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ask it a very specific question and it'll come up with something. I had no idea. Whereas before, that would take you hours.
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Right. And it cross references all that. Like if you, if I said, tell me about the Ohio Senate race, it would cross reference all of the different publications that have Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Post, and all of the information, all of those articles is summarized in AI. It's amazing.
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Yeah. And you know, for what you do a three hour show every day.
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Yeah. It's just great to get information. If you have a question, I agree. Even if you're. Anything. Anything. What were we searching yesterday? Something at my house. And it was just, I wanted to know something about an individual. And it. It could be. It could be a teacher at your school. If there's any information on them, it's on AI. It's really crazy.
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So Pele was coaching gymnastics, had a birthday party, and she said a famous Broadway actress came in and I was like, what's her name? She's like, I can't remember. But here are her kids names. And so I put in her kids names and the color of her hair. And I was like, is it this lady? And she's like, yeah. And it's like, really? Yes.
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That's wild. That's wild. Have you ever searched your name on AI? None either. I'm scared of what I'm gonna find.
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Yeah, no, I'm good either.
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I don't want to read all the negative stories.
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But also, there's so much weird fake stuff.
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Yeah, that's true.
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An ad came up the other day of Greg Gutfeld and his wife and baby, and he was holding up an ultrasound. And I'm like, I know that's not true.
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That happened with us with Shawn and I when we were. When we got engaged. There were all of these stories, like, a month later of us getting married. And pictures. Pictures of us at the wedding. Yeah. And my friends were sending it to me, and I was like, does that look like a wedding dress I would have picked out? I don't think so. And look closer, best friend. That's not my face there. Some. It looks like me, but it doesn't.
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Yeah.
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And I'm like. And look at Shawn. Do you really think Shawn would be crying at our wedding? They have Shawn with, like, a Kleenex. And then a month later, it is pictures of us holding up an ultrasound or twin babies. And Sean has one and I have one. Like, we do not have to.
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How are the twins, by the way?
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You mean the quadruplets? That was the last one. Yeah. Yeah. We are not married, and we do not have any babies together.
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Well, the day is young.
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I know.
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Ainsley, cheers to you. Thank you so much, America. I'm so glad you were born.
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Thank you. I am, too. Second, God bless you, America.
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God bless America. This has been Kennedy Saves the World Happy Hour along with Ainsley Earhart. I'm Kennedy. Listen ad free with a Fox News podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Prime. Members can listen to this show ad free on the Amazon music app. Oh, go ahead and leave me a review while you're there. I'd love to hear what you have to say. You've been listening to Kennedy Saves the World on the Fox News podcast network.