Hey, hey Sam. We're opening this last show with you because I believe actually you know what now that I say it out loud and think about it out loud

You were the first voice that was ever heard on its venom in it because you did the first intro

But generally on the intros don't you say something first and then you put me on?

We started doing that later, but I think for the first one it was just you

Hey y'all this is Sam's I'm Hattie today's guest from the New York Times

I'm going to be sharing reporter Katie Rogers and one of the hosts of NPR all things considered are each a hero

Alright, let's start the show

Oh my god when I announced the news everyone was like where's Betty going?

And I was like I don't know wherever she wants to go

But they like you a lot and they're gonna miss you. Well, I'm gonna miss doing this

I really have been impressed with how loyal your listeners are yeah

Well, and it's been fun listening to you walk into your stage voice over the last few years on this show

I remember when you started doing this you would tell me how you would get ready to do the read for the intro and correct me on this

You would go to your bathroom mirror

Look in the mirror make yourself smile stand up raise your shoulders and you would deliver it like with a smile to yourself in the bathroom mirror

Absolutely, I did that because I wanted to

project I didn't want to sound like I was

Worn out and tired and I wanted to just kind of temper it over the years to kind of fit what you're gonna be talking about

Well, it's worked and I mean you've gotten so good at taking stage notes

We'll tell you do this one a bit down do this one a bit up and you roll with it

You are a good union actress

Well, I will tell you if you could see the number of times that I

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