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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Dreams Don't Have An Expiry Date With Terry Fator - America's Got Talent Winner

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Terry Fator (@terryfator) is a ventriloquist, impressionist, singer, stand-up comedian and the winner of season 2 of America's Got Talent. He has a residency at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. He joins Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at the Wynn Las Vegas to talk about how he got his start as an entertainer, the art of learning ventriloquism, why you should never give up on your dreams, how he created all of his characters, his incredible impression skills and more! Visit Terry Fator's website: http://terryfator.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.

0:08.0

Oh, yeah.

0:09.7

How are you, my friends?

0:11.4

Good to see.

0:12.2

Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:15.6

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:17.1

Hope you had a great holiday weekend if you live in the U.S.

0:20.4

And for everybody else, just hope you had a great weekend in general.

0:24.9

And thank you so much for being back here for another insightful conversation.

0:30.0

And another one from the Blue Wire Studios at the Wynn, Las Vegas.

0:33.7

So good.

0:35.2

Terry Fader is one of, if not the best ventriloquist in the world.

0:41.9

And his story of never giving up in your dreams is something that I know is going to inspire so many people.

0:48.5

When he won season two of America's Got Talent, it completely changed his life.

0:53.5

But it happened when he was 42 years old.

0:56.0

And so many people give up on their dreams at 32 or, man, even 22. So hearing his story, man,

1:06.8

really lit a fire under me, especially as we end 2021 and head into 2022.

1:13.6

You can find Terry on social media. He's at Terry Fader. You can find me at Chris Van Fleet.

1:19.5

And Terry's website is, it's easy. It's just terryfader.com. Our fan of the week is Cook

1:26.3

Kyle. That's the username, but I'm guessing your name is Kyle Cook in the UK.

1:31.2

He says, one of the big boys, if you're into wrestling and want an insightful and friendly voice, then look no further than Chris Van Fleet.

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