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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, joining me today in a conversation that I know is going to shake the room a bit, we have Mr. Jason Weaver. Some of you guys may know him as shot. It depends on where you're watching him at and what sentiment you're watching him because you may know his voice as well from the Lion King. Still to this day, there's been so many iconic moments in our history of storytelling that you've been a part of. So, you know, we are thankful to have you here at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. How you feeling today?
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Jason Weaver
What's up, Lauren? Hey, I'm so pleased and honored to be here. Thank you for having me on as a guest. Big fan of you and a big fan of the work that you do, especially on the Breakfast Club as well. So definitely happy to be here on the latest. This is dope.
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Lauren LaRosa
Oh, well, that means a lot because you've been in the show business since you could blink ever, so.
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Jason Weaver
Oh, yeah. But I pay attention, though. I always, I always pay attention to, you know, people that I see that are, that are ascending and that are rising stars and really standing out and, you know, that matter to the culture and, and have something positive to provide and to share and no. So I definitely respect, you know, your commentary and your perspective, especially related to current events, whether social, political. You always have a very intelligent perspective in the way that you articulate and express your thoughts, especially to that audience. I just really respect it. I think you do a fantastic job. So salute to you.
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Lauren LaRosa
I appreciate it. But. But I'm used to everything being about you, not about me. Now, y' all know here at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, we always check in behind the scenes of the grind and. And it's no different when we have our very special guest in the room back on the grind. So, Jason, how are you feeling today? And when I ask you that, you have to, like, really answer it, like, think about it a little bit, like, how are you? Because a lot of times when you out here hustling and figuring it out, we don't stop the check in on ourselves for sure. But Especially not each other. So I built this in so I could daily check in with myself.
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Jason Weaver
You know what? I love this segment, and I love that question. I'll be honest with you. You know, I feel good. I recognize that I'm. I'm very blessed and that my family is very blessed. I would be lying to you if I said I didn't feel a little uneasy at times, especially with the current climate, everything that's going on in the country, you know, the state of the economy, and, you know, I'm a father, and I'm the head of my household, and I take care of my mother, and, you know, as a provider in the things that are going on right now. And even just the. The tone, the. The tension that currently exists in the country right now, I do feel a little uneasy. But I also, in a weird way, feel hopeful because I'm seeing so many people, day in and day out, use their voice and their platforms to speak out in resistance of all of that stuff. And I see people even, you know, dealing with financial aspects and the uncertainty surrounding the economy. I'm seeing more people come to others, aid and be willing to help one another and come together. So it's weird. It's weird. But overall, I feel good, though. The show's out.
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Lauren LaRosa
I know what you mean. Yeah, you know what I mean. The show's out. You working, you got some things moving. It's like, you never want to complain because you always want to be grateful because of the climate. Things could be so much different. But there's always this, like, it's so weird that you have that. Do you have that? Like, what if I wake up tomorrow and, like, this. Is this a complete360? Do you still feel it sometimes?
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Jason Weaver
Oh, yeah. No listening.
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Lauren LaRosa
Your career. I feel like that now. And I felt like it's like a trauma of, like. Because I'm oldest. I'm the oldest kid in my house, oldest girl. So I'm always figuring things out for everybody in myself. And right now, things are moving and moving so fast. I literally get so nervous sometimes because I'm like, yo, what if I wake up tomorrow? Everything's over. Or I make a decision that, like, messes up everything and I'm providing for mad people right now.
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Jason Weaver
You know what? That's a very normal feeling, especially those of us who, you know, are in this business and, so to speak, blazing our own trail. You know, there are times where you may not have steady or gainful employment in this industry, and there are a lot of times where what you generate as far as revenue is literally based on your hustle. Yes. And depending upon where you can be at any given time. And then with the landscape of our business constantly changing through the advancement of modern technology, and then finding. Having to always navigate and find different ways to reach and stay tapped in with your audience. Yeah, the, the feelings that you have are very normal. Even those of us who people view as like, veteran players in the game or, you know, seasoned members of the industry, you know, all of us feel that way. It's just, it's just a. It's uncertain times. But also, I think during uncertain times is when, you know, some of the greatest ideas or some of the greatest occurrences can happen where innovation, you know, takes place and creativity. So, you know, again, as uneasy as I think so many of us feel right now, I think there are a lot of us who still realize that we have to keep going and we have to keep pressing forward. And in that willingness to keep going, it shows the universe or it shows God, Hey, I'm ready for it. And then before you know it, opportunities and new things enter into your life and, you know, in, in new ways are being made where you didn't see one at first. You dig what I'm saying?
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Lauren LaRosa
Oh, I get you. I get you. Because then when you get to the other side, you like, oh, I see why I had the boom, boom, boom. Like, you understand the sticking move. You understand?
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Jason Weaver
Absolutely. I've been, and I've been there a couple of times in my life, you know, whether, you know, I know people have this perception of me. It's like, oh, yeah, he's been on TV since he's a kid and he's done the Lion King and. Yeah, and all that's true, and all that's good, and I have been very blessed, but that doesn't mean that I haven't encountered my fair share of obstacles and ups and downs.
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Lauren LaRosa
You know, I've.
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Jason Weaver
I've had lulls in my career as well where I've had to, you know, restart, re kickstart and find different ways to keep myself out there while at the same time maintaining my integrity and staying within the moral boundaries that, you know, I've set for myself. So, no, I mean, we're. We're all challenged with that on the day to day. So anybody out there as well, that's feeling the same things that we're feeling, like, just know that you're not alone and don't be too hard on yourself and, you know, take each day, you know, one day at a time, and one foot before the other and, you know, just keep pressing forward because everybody's feeling it, you know what I mean?
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Lauren LaRosa
One happy hour at a time. That's how we get through, you know what I mean?
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Jason Weaver
You know? Get you a glass. I'm a bourbon drinker, so, you know, if you have one of those days, you just need a light sip and you need to look at Sports center, you know, to clear your mind. That's what I do, you know?
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Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
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Jason Weaver
Do whatever it is, even if you're worried. Do what works for you, you know, but. But find that inner peace because, you know, all of this is temporary anyhow. Not to sound so morbid, but it's true. It's life. You know, this is, this is an opportunity just for you to experience life and to learn from it and to grow and evolve. And it's not based all around how much money you have, what new bag you have. You know what I'm saying? What new house, a new car, like all the material stuff, especially in America, that people place such so, so much importance on the surface level and superficial aspects of life and the material. Man, it ain't about that, man. You know, you can, you can feel down one minute and maybe sit down next to somebody at a barbersh or sit next to somebody at a bar and have a conversation that'll lift your spirit. So just be open to all good things and positive things and even confronted with the negative, understand that that's just part of the experience, but you will get through it and come back out on the other side of it a different, stronger person. That's what I just try to do. But we all deal with it, you know what I mean?
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Lauren LaRosa
That's the way you do it. See, that's why we check in. That's literally why we check. Because you sometimes you need that reminder for yourself. Somebody listening may need it. We, our community here is called the Lowriders and it's over 8 million plus of them. So I try to make sure that like, I know, right? It is so crazy. Podcast is a little over a year old. The Black Effect Podcast Network is. They're very powerful. They, they, and they're really, they're really good at understanding what they have, talent wise. Because to be honest with you, all I do is press record sometimes from my car, from my bed. I might be. I mean, I be over wherever I'm at. I'm taking a podcast with me and I pride myself on that. And it's just been working out, but a lot of it is ups and downs, whatever. I'm very honest about what I'm going through, especially during this segment right here. It's like my, almost like my ministry or my testimony because people are watching me grow and watching the podcast grow in real time. So we appreciate you for checking in with us today.
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Jason Weaver
No, and thank you for, for asking that. I appreciate, because those, those questions are important and, and you presenting those questions and making and normalizing that to where even your guests, probably when they do that with their friends, I, I respect you and appreciate you for doing that. That's dope.
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Lauren LaRosa
Of course. Now let's get on into the latest because we got Jason here, y', all, and y' all know we gotta get into the questions. Let's do it.
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Kal Penn
Hey everyone, it's Kal Penn. I'm the host of Irsay the Audible and I Heart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Ray Porter, the narrator of Andy Weir's audiobook project Hail Mary Massive Sci fi adventure about survival and science and what happens when you wake up alone, very far from Earth.
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Ray Porter
I really had to make a decision because I caught myself getting that frog in my throat and starting to get teary as I'm narrating some of these sections. And it's like, okay, yo, yo, yo, is this indulgent? And I really thought about it. I was like, no. At this point it would kind of be betraying the trust the author and the listener have in telling this story if I don't go through it. But there's places in this book that that deeply, emotionally affected me and I left it on the mic.
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Kal Penn
That's great.
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Ray Porter
Great because it served the story. People will say like, oh my God, I cried at the end. It's like, yeah dude, me too.
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Kal Penn
Listen to Irsay the Audible and Iheart Audiobook Club on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lauren LaRosa
I saw you guys link up for that ATL reunion.
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Jason Weaver
Yeah, unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it for that. I was actually in New York.
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Lauren LaRosa
You Listen, when you was in New York, you didn't come by and see us at the Breakfast Club. And then you. And then when they. When they. When the, you know, nostalgic, it was seeing that photo and videos of them together. It was. That's another thing where I'm like, we need. We need more. Why?
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Jason Weaver
What happened? And this is what happened because I was trying to make it to the ATL premiere. I mean, to the ATL reunion, because Tip and Hannah. Shout out to Tip and Hannah. They. They had planned that, like, a month and a half, maybe two months prior to the actual event. So I was locked in to come. But right as we were rapping the shy. Paramount had made us aware that we were immediately going to start premiering the new season, and so we had to go on the press junket to do that. So I had to go to New York. And I. I'll be honest with you, Breakfast Club was definitely one of my destinations that I wanted to hit, but I had to take orders from the network.
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Lauren LaRosa
Like, I get you.
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Jason Weaver
You know, they. They put things with, like, the age groups and the generations, and so I think they wanted the. The younger class to be able to come on and hang with y'. All. But when I'm back in the city, I'm coming up there for sure.
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Lauren LaRosa
Well, maybe you can come when you guys are telling us when we're gonna get the next atl. Because I know that it was. It was greenlit. Like, a studio has said yes to you guys. Right.
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Jason Weaver
Like, for a second, there was some interest. I know that there was some conversations that were happening. I know that Tip and Chris Robinson had gone to Warner Brothers, and there were some discussions that were being had, but I don't know if anything ever really materialized.
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Lauren LaRosa
I thought I saw something that said you guys were in development, but I don't know at what stage of development that. Because that could just simply be conversations, right?
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Jason Weaver
Yeah, the development pretty much means that, is that there's conversations revolving around it. But until you get a script and until there's a budget set in place and, you know, and you've brought the actors back and contracts are signed, you know, it's not real until then. But what I will say is, is that if there ever is a time where we can get an opportunity to do A sequel to carry on that story. You know, I would love to be a part of it. I don't know how that story would be constructed. Maybe it would even be a new generation, like our children or whatever that are. That are into it now. But either which way, I would just jump at the chance of being a part of it, because I love all my cast members. You know, Tip, Lauren out, B, Jackie, Evan, the twins, man, everybody. I mean, we. We literally grew into our own little family. And even prior to the. To the reunion, you know, we correspond with each other on a family group text. Like, we'll tap in with each other, like, every three months, just checking in with one another. So it. There are real friendships there. There is a real ATL family bond that's there.
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Lauren LaRosa
Y' all do stuff. Like, I remember there was that video that y' all posted, and y' all were like, what? It was the video. Y' all was, like, walking down the street. It was. It was you, Lauren, London.
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Jason Weaver
Yep. And people were on a beach weekend.
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Lauren LaRosa
Yes. But we thought that that was, like, okay, filming's about to start. Like, y' all be playing with our heartstrings a little bit.
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Jason Weaver
Nah, here's what it was. I'm gonna keep it real. And I hope. I hope Tip doesn't mind me sharing this and divulging this, but that was used as a strategy for the longest. Tip and Chris Robinson and all of us have been encouraging Warner Brothers to do a sequel for the film. Right. Okay, here's. Here's the problem, and here's how Hollywood sees this. Just so everybody knows, now, we, as a culture, we look at, ATL is an iconic or classic film that we all enjoy with our families, and that resonates with us, and it sits in our hearts. To the average Hollywood executive, they're like, okay, it performed well domestically in the theater. It performs slightly. It performed moderately well in a foreign market. But does it. Did it perform that well overall? Globally to where, you know, it's worthy of me investing 30 or 40 million dollars to get this film done, and I may possibly make anywhere from 80 to maybe 90 of it back, or maybe not. If that. That's how these executives look at it, that's how they tabulate it.
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Lauren LaRosa
That's crazy to me, though, because even if they culturally don't understand, you guys made, what, like, $21 million by the end of the movie's run? From what I'm seeing reported, right? Yeah, but think about it. That was at the time where, like, there was social media but, like, not for real. For real. You guys know what? Y' all are way more seasoned in your career now. You know what to do. TI Is even bigger, bigger, bigger. King of the South. Even though he say he hanging up King, all of y' all are huge now. It's different.
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Jason Weaver
No, let me point this out too, as well. Based on the performance that was on a limited amount of screens, we weren't. We weren't released, like, full amount of screens. So, like, to give you an example, and people can probably look this up as well in the analytics and the data, I think every theater because Ice Age. It was either Ice Age or Ice Age 2 came out the same weekend, right? Every theater that we performed in along with that Ice Age, we, like, surpassed or we had numbers that were equal to theirs as far as, like, revenue that was generated at the box office. But the theaters that Ice Age was at, that we weren't at because we had limited amount of screens that we were on. Of course, that's how they were able to get the numbers to where they won the weekend. But we came in, I think, initially at either a strong second or possibly a third. But we came in.
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Lauren LaRosa
It was third. You guys came in at third. But to be fair, I just want to. I want to make this clear for people who don't understand what you're saying. So when Ice Age came out, Ice age grossed about 600, $660 million worldwide. You guys came in at number three. You're telling me you were up against. You were limited in theaters, right? And if I'm hearing you correctly, if you're limited in theaters, that mean the marketing behind you guys wasn't the same as, like, an Ice Age. So that's what I mean. So I don't understand why Hollywood Studio wouldn't understand the easy genius math there. Like the fact that y' all had to put out that video to basically say, hey, look, the people want it.
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Jason Weaver
Right? People want it. Yeah, basically. And I mean, still, it was. It was met with a little bit of, like, not skepticism, because they know that it can be successful. I mean, TIP is a successful brand, right? They would just add it, like, well, what is it just worth the investment at the end of the day just to make a little bit of coin back? And that's how these executives, unfortunately, look at it, particularly when it comes to telling our stories. You know, we. We always get hit with that. I mean, even when Sinners first came out. And I remember there was an article in Variety where they were more or less downplaying the performance that Centers had at the box office, although it performed well, performed better, I think the most things it was competing against in the marketplace at that time. But they still tried to put a little bit of shade on the initial results, you know, of the numbers that came back. And you know that unfortunately that's just how it, how it was, how to some degree it still is. But again, that goes back to my initial point of I feel optimistic about the future. You know, when I see, when I see people like Byron Allen stepping up and stepping forward, putting their, putting their money on the line, putting their money where their mouth is, then buying up these companies or acquiring these companies, that will allow us to really have skin in the game and to have ownership in, in what it is that we're doing and empowering us as black creatives to where we don't have to hear those rejections anymore in those no's. You know, that's what I feel encouraged about. So that, you know, maybe, maybe even ATL at some point, you know, maybe Warner Brothers would be willing to, you know, merge with the stars or something on, or co produce it with the stars and maybe we'll get a, a sequel then. But you know, until things like that happen where we have control, full control over these intellectual properties, you know, you're, you're going to run into that, that kind of opposition from time to time for sure.
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Lauren LaRosa
It's just insane though, to imagine that because it is such a code classic to us.
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- [26:01]
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- [27:33]
Kal Penn
Hey everyone, it's Cal Penn. I'm the host of Irsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Ray Porter, the narrator of Andy Weir's audiobook project, Hail Mary Massive sci fi adventure about survival and science and what happens when you wake up alone, very far from Earth.
- [27:56]
Ray Porter
I really had to make a decision because I caught myself getting that frog in my throat and starting to get teary as I'm narrating some of these sections. And it's like, okay, yo yo yo, is this indulgent? And I really thought about it. I was like, no. At this point it would kind of be betraying the trust the author and the listener have in telling this story if I don't go through it. But there's places in this book that that Deeply, emotionally affected me. And I left it on the mic. That's great because it served the story. People will say like, oh my God, I cried at the end. It's like, yeah, dude, me too.
- [28:28]
Kal Penn
Listen to Irsay, the Audible and I Heart Audiobook Book Club on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lauren LaRosa
We put this out there. We hope that it sparks the conversation as supposed to. And you know, that's what that's. I, I, I in. One of the things that I like about this job is that we can start conversations that actually, like, can turn into real things that matter here at the latest. And I'm hoping that this does. It's not even just for ATL because I want to see it, but also for like the shy and seeing more things that, you know, Lena Waith is able to do. The other cast of the shot, which y' all are about to go and do, because I know that there's only going to be more after that. Y' all stay working. Okay. Especially you.
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Jason Weaver
No, I mean, you know what? I, I try to keep it moving. Let me also say this too. I'm glad that, that you mentioned that and I want to compliment you on that as well. With this show. The latest. Thank you for the, the questions that you're asking because all they're going to do is just spark up more conversation and more ideas amongst one another. And that's what we really have to do. We have to be able to have these kind of open forum discussions to where we can start talking about the future and where we see ourselves in it and looking at how we can empower one another versus looking outside and asking how can you empower us? So I commend you for having this kind of platform to where we can have those kinds of conversations because it's, it's so, so important. And, and you know, that's something as you, as you're saying, continuing to work. That's something that I'm looking to do as well. I'm actually, this summer I'm launching a late night talk show with my guys at 85 south called leave it to Weaver.
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Lauren LaRosa
85 South. You know, they're Black Effect as well. We're on the same network.
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Jason Weaver
Oh, okay. Yep, yep.
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Lauren LaRosa
They're on the same network. Yeah. Shout out to 85 South Show.
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Jason Weaver
Yep. So no, I reached out to those guys because I've, I've been fans of 85 for the longest and been on the show a couple times. But I pitched this late night talk show, Leave It To Weaver to them back in October. And now we're about to shoot it this summer. And it's basically we're bringing, you know, late night talk show back to. Or to. To this new generation, introducing it to the new generation. So, you know, back in the day in the 90s, we had the Arsenio hall show. Right, right.
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Lauren LaRosa
And.
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Jason Weaver
And we don't really have shows like that anymore now. And when you're seeing voices being now suppressed like, you know, the Colbert and the Camels and. And, you know, as far as black people are concerned in the black voice and the black perspective, you just don't see it out there like that. So I want to bring that back. So Leave it to Weaver is essentially going to be a hybrid between the old Arsenio hall show format and 106 and park, where we'll have a live band, live studio audience, live performances. But we'll also have thought provoking, you know, conversations, extended conversations.
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Lauren LaRosa
One of the guys from 85 South. Like who?
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Jason Weaver
No, I'm going to host it.
- [31:23]
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, you're going to host it too? Okay.
- [31:25]
Jason Weaver
It's, it's, it's. Leave it.
- [31:26]
Lauren LaRosa
You left that part out.
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Jason Weaver
Yeah, I'm hosting it. So I'm stepping more into, you know, kind of the arena of being a personality and helping to raise awareness around things and people in everyday topics that matter to me that I want to share with the audience and not only entertain them, but inform them and enlighten them. So you're not just going to get your standard like actor and singer. You know, I may bring on, you know, a politician who's running for office and who needs our vote and who, I genuinely feel, you know, has our best interests, especially as black people at heart, you know, and represented us in government. I may have that person on to be able to kind of discuss or share what their agenda is and what their policies are so that younger voters are informed. So, you know, I think there's a. There's a space for it. Yeah. I think in the way that we want to do it and helping to create a launch pad, if you will, for, you know, black talent, whether they're emerging or whether they're legacy talents, for them to have a stage and a home to come to and perform and have something to say and, and to be able to do it right here in the black or the African American mecca of Atlanta, I think it. I think it's going to be a beautiful thing. So not 85 south. The guys have gotten. Gotten totally behind me. Pause with this. They've gotten totally behind me with this and. And helping me to put this out. So I'm very excited moving forward about the future.
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Lauren LaRosa
Well, congratulations. Let me know when that is coming. Definitely.
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Jason Weaver
You got to be a guest.
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm down. Just let me know. Just hit me up. I'm down. I'm always down for a little trip to Atlanta. You know, get some food.
- [33:09]
Jason Weaver
That's right. Let's get some lamb chops.
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Lauren LaRosa
Okay. Exactly that. You get that at the car wash in Atlanta.
- [33:15]
Jason Weaver
You really can. You honestly really can.
- [33:18]
Lauren LaRosa
Well, thank you so much for joining me. I feel like I've taken up so much. I had so much prepared to talk to you about. We would be here for like, five hours, honestly. So we got to do this again sometime now.
- [33:27]
Jason Weaver
We'll definitely do it again. Like I said, it's been an absolute pleasure. You know, I. I really and genuinely respect you, the journalists you are, the. The accomplished black woman that you are. I wish you nothing but success moving forward. I definitely look forward to linking up with you guys when I eventually come to New York. And then even before then, if you in Atlanta, once we get the show up and running, I have Christy reach
- [33:51]
Lauren LaRosa
out to you, one of our reps
- [33:52]
Jason Weaver
from 85 or from the show, and we'll make it happen.
- [33:55]
Lauren LaRosa
Got you. Okay. I'm gonna hold you to it.
- [33:58]
Jason Weaver
All right. All right.
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Lauren LaRosa
All right, y'. All, this has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, your daily dig on all things pop culture, any entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room. I tell you guys, every single episode, y' all could be anywhere with any old body talking about all of the things, but you guys choose to be right here with me, and I truly appreciate it. My lowriders. I'll see you in my next episode.
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