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Makalino Makalino podcast Hey, hey, welcome to the Jeff Makalino

podcast. So glad you chose to join us today. I've got a great one that is both

entertaining, heartbreaking and hopefully informative as well. I'm just gonna

dive right on in to this one. My guest today is Colin Hughes. Colin, he

grew up as you'll hear with three dreams. He wanted to be a cowboy pilot and an

actor. He rode bulls professionally. We talked a good deal about that. He was a

professional rodeo athlete. He also then was a pilot. I asked him a couple

questions about that to address a flat earth, you know, a question. And now he

is a voice actor. The back half of this podcast is a lot more somber. And I guess

I'll tease it up front here that in June of 2022, he had a family member

commit suicide. We talk a lot. He tells that whole story. I'm obviously not

gonna tell it for him. He tells it to me. It is emotional to listen to. So

there's your warning for that. But I guess you should be able to figure out

that from this intro and the show notes. Neither one of us are mental health

professionals. But we both, you know, talk about the subject just from our own

eyes. And he has really focused a lot of what he is trying to do now on

prevention of suicide and especially teen suicide as well. Colin was a

tremendous guy to talk with. And I don't think I'm exaggerating here. We

talked for at least an hour on the podcast. And I think before and after

the podcast, we probably talked for at least another hour. Just a, you know, easy,

easy to talk to fella. So I hope you can enjoy parts of this and maybe take

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