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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Chip and Joanna Gaines

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

NBC News

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4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Chip and Joanna Gaines have built something of an empire with their Magnolia lifestyle brand and sparked a renaissance in their hometown of Waco, Texas. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist travels to Waco to talk to the “Fixer Upper” stars about walking away from the show that made them famous, keeping life normal for their five children, and their latest projects – renovating a hotel and launching a television network.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

0:05.5

And I think it's always for clicking and listening along.

0:08.4

I got a big one for you this week for all you Fixer Upper Groupies and fanatics.

0:13.2

And there are tens of millions of you.

0:15.3

Chip and Joanna Gaines are my guests on the podcast.

0:19.2

Joining me in studio right now is the producer of this fine podcast, Maggie Law.

0:23.5

Hey Maggie.

0:24.5

Hi Willie.

0:25.5

So you're a Fixer Upper.

0:26.5

I would classify myself as a Fixer Upper fanatic.

0:29.4

Yes.

0:30.4

Okay, that's the right term.

0:31.4

Correct.

0:32.4

Yeah.

0:33.4

So Chip and Joanna, as you know, are based in Waco, Texas.

0:35.4

Of course.

0:36.4

They live there.

0:37.4

That's where they started flipping houses years ago.

0:39.0

That's where they got their show.

0:40.2

That's where they've built their empire.

0:42.5

So I flew down there.

0:44.0

Yeah.

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