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Hey friends, my name's Olivia Perez and I'm an entrepreneur, journalist, and the host of

The Friend of a Friend podcast. Every Monday, I meet with some of today's youngest and brightest

entrepreneurs to make spaces to other stories and shine a light on who I believe to be the next

generation of luminaries. I'll interview up-and-comers and game changers from brand builders,

personalities, activists, artists, and thought leaders from around the world.

Each episode lets you be a fly on the wall during one of the greatest pep talks,

like a conversation between you and a friend or a friend of a friend. See you there.

Welcome to You're Gonna Love Me, the podcast where we open the eyes, the ears,

and the hearts of anyone who has judged or been judged.

Well, hopefully, I'm your host, Katie Maloney.

What is up everyone? Welcome back to You're Gonna Love Me. It's me, Katie. It's Friday. Happy

Friday everyone. I have had a really long week. I didn't know if I was even going to be able to

record a podcast this week because I had a little bit of a cold, I think, or just allergies. I

have been super congested and my throat has been drier than the Mojave Desert. It has been rough

and I've been like a combination of being super leaky and super dry. This is probably TMI.

I haven't lost my touch, but yeah, I was getting a little nervous there for a moment, but here I

am. I did not want to have to miss a week that was making me super, super nervous, but here I am.

For you, but yeah, it's been super hot this week. The weather's been super weird. So yeah,

I think there's just some new stuff blooming and also like I'm just not used to being as go, go,

go and being around so many people and I'm public. I mean, LA just opened all the way up or California,

I should say. Just opened all the way up. So that's pretty, pretty exciting. So this is going to be

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