The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Easter Celebrations During the Coronavirus Pandemic | Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

Episode Date: April 14, 2020

Trevor covers pandemic-era Easter celebrations, Desi Lydic talks about mental health self-care with Dr. Steven Taylor, and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot discusses Feeding America. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. What's going on, everybody? I'm Trevor Noah, and welcome to another episode of the daily social distancing show. It is now day, what, 100? Maybe it's 50? I've lost count. But anyway, here's your quarantine tip of the day. You may not be able to leave your home right now.

But don't forget, you can go any way you want with your imagination. Wow, I'm in the shower. Anyway, on tonight's episode. We look at how people celebrated Easter while avoiding Corona. Apple and Google are teaming up to fight the virus, and Desilightic helps you panic better. So let's get into it.

Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. First up, some big news from the presidential race. After dropping out of the race last week, Bernie Sanders has endorsed Joe Biden. Or as Bernie put it, I'm passing the baton on to the younger generation. And Bernie made the endorsement over a live stream chat around three in the afternoon, which was nice because they could do the endorsement over dinner.

Now of course, Bernie and Biden have a lot that they disagree on. Health care, foreign policy, what year it is. But for Bernie, even though Biden might not be his first choice, he's obviously much better than Trump. You know, it's like at the end of the Titanic, Rose wasn't like, um, I wanted to get on a lifeboat, not some big wooden door. So that's a hard pass for me. I'm just going to like, sink. Let's move on. Because if you've been watching the news, you know that coronavirus is still rampaging throughout the world. And it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon, which is why it's important for us, more important than ever, to have a little fun and remind ourselves that the world

is not ending. And that's what we do in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Sunshine, Sunshine. First up, as people try to kill time in isolation, viral challenges are becoming more popular than ever. And over the weekend, Simone Biles took things to the next level. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

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I'm the to. to Okay. Simone Biles, I don't think you understand what a viral challenge is. It's called a viral challenge, not a viral impossibility. He can do things with a handstand. I mean, us normal people, we struggle to take our pants off normally. This is the pants off normally. This is the pants off challenge.

Next up, India is taking some unique strategies to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus. The government has forced 10 tourists from Israel, Mexico, Australia and Austria, who violates its social distancing rules. The government has forced 10 tourists from Israel, Mexico, Australia, and Austria, who violated social distancing rules to write, I did not follow the rules of lockdown, so I am so sorry, 500 times. They have to write it out, like Bart Simpson. And in a less dramatic move, one Indian man built a vehicle that looks like the virus to warn people to stay indoors. So I guess if you ever wondered what the opposite of an ice cream truck thrack, thrc, thrc, thrc, th, th, th, th, the the thrc, the th, the thrc-a, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi vehicle that looks like the virus to warn people to stay indoors.

So I guess if you ever wondered what the opposite of an ice cream truck would be, this is it. And I know this seems ridiculous, but I think a Corona car driving around is a great idea. Yeah, because it makes it seem physical. Right now people are like, Corona is in town. It'll make people take it seriously in fact after the car is done in India that car needs to drive around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue yeah then Trump will start to take it seriously and we're looking out the window like oh my god the

coronavirus it found me it knows I was talking shit about I'm sorry corona you're not like the flu at all and finally one of the best things we've th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their the. their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the. the. tm. tre. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. And finally, one of the best things we've seen during coronavirus is how people are still working to keep their spirits up, which is something we've all got to do. And we've seen people throwing social distancing block parties, DJs are battling online, and now the latest trend is people have started dressing up to take out their trash. In this strange new world of social distancing, self-isolation and working from home, people are finding new ways to entertain themselves or just stay a little bit sane. The previously mundane can suddenly be the highlight of your day.

Like taking out the trash by dressing to impress, whether it's as a unicolome, this is my favorite, or if you really, really miss going to the beach, or if it it i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to if you really, really miss going to the beach, or if it is a wedding anniversary. This is so much fun! People are dressing up when they go out, dressing up like animals to take out the trash. And just to come full circle, the animals are going to start dressing up like people when they eat the trash. Hakona Matara is that when I take out the trash I dress up like a mobster and then I tie my trash bag up in three places so it looks like a dead body. Yeah, and I know that seems dark, but think of it this way.

When my neighbors see me, the last thing they're worried about is coronavirus. the world is trying to figure out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to the the to the the the the the the the the the the th. the. tr. true. true. true. true. true. true. trash. true. true. true. true. to to th the. thi. 70 coronavirus vaccines now in development, the world is trying to figure out how to fill the gap until they're ready. And on Friday, Apple and Google announced an unprecedented team up to build tracking software that could tell you when you come into contact with someone who has coronavirus. And this is really inspiring. Two tech giants putting aside their differences to spy on Americans together. And I know some people aren't happy about this that their

iPhones and their Android phones are going to go to Takashi 6-9 on them, but I think that this is a great idea. Your phone needs to track you and tell everybody what you got. In fact they need to to keep to keep to keep to keep to. You can just switch the disease. Hey, girl, what's going on? You mind if I holl at you for a second? He's got herpes! Shut up phone! That's just my phone. You know, it's just playing. I ain't China, and this story is crazy, people in China have started blaming the African expat community for the spread of the coronavirus in their country. Yeah. So now, they've even started borrowing people who look African from restaurants or evicting them from their homes. This is insane that the coronavirus is doing this, right? Because clearly, the coronavirus doesn't th th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't th doesn't just th doesn't th doesn't just th doesn't just th doesn't just th doesn't just thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thi thi thi-c-c-c-c-c-in. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People th, people th, people th, people th, people th, people thi, people thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. thi. People thi. thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People thi. People in thi. People in thi. People in thi. People in thi. People in thi. People in thi. People thi. People thi their homes. This is insane that the coronavirus is doing this, right?

Because clearly the coronavirus doesn't just expose your underlying health conditions. It also exposes your underlying racism. Because let me tell you something. You can blame us for blazing African for many things, right? You can blame us for inventing the Vuzella. You can blame us for hoarding all the diamonds. Yeah, we keep all the the the the tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho the tho tho thothose. You can even blame us for blocking South America's view of India. But the one thing you cannot blame Africans for is the coronavirus. We out here in these streets trying to fight racism against Chinese people. And now there's

people in China trying to flip things and use the racism against us. Do you not understand Chinese people, black people and Chinese people need to work together. Haven't you guys watched Rush Hour? Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? Oh, and speaking of bullshit, I know there's some cities out there in the US who are trying to make sure that everyone stays as safe as possible while this pandemic is raging, but some cities are taking it a little too far. It's a disturbing video from Philadelphia. It shows a their their their their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is.... I. I. I, is, is, is, is, is, is. I. I. I. I. I is. I is. I is. I is. I is. It's, is. It's, is. It's, is. It's is. It's is. It's is. It's is. It's is. It's. It's is a thi. It's is a thi. It's a thi. It's a thi. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It's a disturbing. It removing a man from a bus because he wasn't wearing a mask. Let's go, you're going to see all this man. Look what the fucking haul these dumb-shit!

The f-finding, the man was not arrested or cited. Wow, okay. What the hell was that, Philadelphia? If you want someone to wear a mask that badly. Wow, okay. What the hell was that, Philadelphia? If you want someone to wear a mask that badly, why not just give him a mask? Because this is a weird way to treat someone you think might be infected. Quick, put your hands all over him.

Cover his mouth. Now, now toucest your mouth. tooomaheoub- Yeah, we got the coronavirus under control. And finally, as the coronavirus has steadily shut down the US, it is having some dramatic effects on the food supply chain. Some farms are being forced to dump out millions of gallons of milk and throwing away tons of produce. Because you see, there are no schools, no restaurants, and no big sporting events to buy these supplies. And because there there there there there there was there was there was there was there was there was there was their their their their their their their their their their their their their their theiruiiauiauiauiauiauiauiauia. tooomeoom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toeaaaaa. toea. tooerern. tooomeaaaaa. tooern. tooeroern. tooomeaaaa. toea events to buy these supplies. And because there was no March madness this year, America is now facing a huge surplus of chicken wings.

Yeah. And you know who must be the most angry about this? All the chickens who lost their wings, for? For no reason. They're probably just sitting there like, God, you took our wings. Man, we could have used those wings. What were you going to use them for? Tushy, but that's not the point. But this is the one time where I'm actually glad that Donald Trump is president.

Because he may not be great at handling a global pandemic. But there are a ton of chicken wings that need to be eaten. And that's something he's been training for his the the the the that's it for the headlines. Let's move on to our big story. Let's talk about Easter. It's the holiday where millions of people around the globe commemorate Jesus dying on the cross, and then they get visited by the freakish love of a rabbit and a chicken.

But if most of the world's population isn't allowed to leave their homes, well, then, how do you get to church? Well, thanks to technology, now the church can get to you. From a sunrise service in Larchmont, New York, streamed online, to the front lines at Memorial Hospital in Broward County, Florida. Easter, the most holy day on the Christian calendar celebrated today, around the world in most cases, to empty pews. The congregations instead connected like never before.

The Pope who was usually before crowds of tens of thousands in St. Peter's Square instead delivered his message over the internet to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. Yes, churches around the world were forced to hold their Easter services online. And I know it seems weird, but I actually think this is very religious. Because you know who else never shows up in person? The big guy. He's always telecommuting. Except instead of Skype, he just uses a burning bush or a rainbow or a giant flood.

I mean, he could have just texted, but I guess emoes don't pack the same punch. And look, I know this Sunday was sad for many churchgoers, but for the Catholic church, this is a good thing. Keeping the priests separate from their congregation might not be the worst idea. Now, for many people, online church just doesn't have the same feel. So they found responsible ways to still gather in the Lord's name. A unique approach for many other churches, church chchchchchchchaches ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ch cha. th. th. th. th. th. thed th. thed thied thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thed thed just thed just thed just thed just thi. thi. thi. thi. thed just thed just thed just thed just thed. thed thi. thi. thi. this is thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thed thed thed th. th. th. th. th. th. I I I I th. I th. I th. I just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just the the t. I just tf. I just tf. tf. tf. I just just just just just tf. I just just just tf. I just just tf. I just just tf. I just thee. I just the Lord's name. A unique approach for many other churches, drive-in services, drivers honking in praise in Bedford Hills, New York.

I like that. Sitting safely inside their cars, listening to a sermon. And in Ohio, another parking lot Easter celebration. It's just a blessing that we can all get together and continue to worship, even though we are in our cars. You see, now that, that's great thinking. People still doing what they need to do whilst being responsible. And if drive in churches become a regular thing, best believe your grandmother is going to buy herself a pimped-out ride to use as her Sunday best. Pipipipipipipip praise the law.

And why stop at driving churches? You know what they should do? They should move this into everything. They should also make churches with a drive-through. Although it'll really suck when the priest gets your order. Hey, I just ordered forgiveness, but all the te your order. That's not my order. That's your order. Okay, thank you. And this kind of thing is happening all over the world.

In fact, while America was celebrating Easter with the drive-in church, other countries were doing flybys. Well, this was an Easter unlike any we've seen around the world. Many religious leaders got creative to celebrate the holioliest the holiest the holiest the Christian calendar. One priest in Brazil went above and beyond. Father Omar Raposo climbed into a helicopter to share a blessing on everyone below. Wow, yeah, in Brazil, a priest flew over the city in a helicopter and blessed everybody from the sky. That is super cool. I will say though I feel bad for all the people on the ground who aren't religious. Ah, damn it! Man, I was just going for a jog. Now I'm blessed in the love of Jesus. This is not how I planned my day. And I know right now, some of you haters out there like,

oh, why didn't he just pray from the ground? The prayers will still work. No, I'll tell you why he did that preacher knows that prayers work better when you're closer to heaven. It's the same way if you want your internet to work better, then you've got to sit closer to your neighbor's Wi-Fi router. Now, unfortunately, some churches in America didn't want to do the whole telechurch or car church or any kind of social distancing. They just wanted regular church, and they didn't care whether it was legal or not. Easter Sunday and some defied stay-at-home orders determined to hold in-person services no matter the mandate. In Jackson, Mississippi, Pastor Jesse Horton allowed church members to worship inside. In Central Louisiana and Orlando, some churches defied health officials' warnings with in-person services.

Congratulations. The demons have left your body, but only because coronavirus has moved in. I might be the sporn of Satan, but I take social distancing very seriously. So, it seems like most churches around the world are doing the right thing, and obeying social distancing while still observing their religious beliefs. And you know what, that's the smart move.

Because with modern technology, you can still get the full church experience experience virus virus virus virus virus virus thiiiiiiii. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the their virus. thi. their virus. their virus. their virus. thi, thi, thi, thi, and thi, their thi, and thi, and thi, their their their their their their their their their their their their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the thean. thean. thean thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. I thean. I th what, that's the smart move. Because with modern technology, you can still get the full church experience and keep you and your family safe. But please, remember this. If you're going to try and do your confessions over Zoom, you really want to make sure you're careful. Bless my father, five sinned. This quarantine messed me up so bad. I've been having fantasies about shaking people's hands. Total strangers. I just want to rub their hands. It's so hot. Last night I couldn't sleep, I stress hate my family's whole supply of canned tuna.

Not even a good tuna with the oil. That dry-ass tuna in the water. It's like even flaky-a. Also, I told everybody on Instagram that I baked my own banana bread, but it's not true. I stole pictures from Chris and Teagan and posted them on my account. Watching so much porn, father, so much porn. All the gangbanks, all the orgy's, not even to masturbate. I just miss seeing people in large groups,

it's been so long, God forgive me! Uh, Roy, I think you called into the office zoom by mistake. Oh shit. No, no, no, no, no, I've been hacked. It ain't me. How you get out this thing? It's the leave meeting button in the right bottom hand corner. Wait, you say, leave meeting? Where that is. I see it right there.

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Welcome back to the daily social distancing show. Let's talk a little bit about panic. It's the roommate you've had for about a month now. And with this pandemic, still raging across the world. the world. the world. the world. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We th. We to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to toe. I is to to to to toe. I've toe. I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to see. I is to see. I is to see. I is to do is to do is to do is to do is to do. I is to do. I. I is to do. I is to do. I is to see. I is the. I is the. the. the. the. the. theate. thea. thea. thea. thea. theea. theeeea. toea. toe. I just the roommate you've had for about a month now. And with this pandemic, still raging across the world, we all need to find a way to cope with panic. Well, our very own Desiletic talk to an expert on panic to figure out just how to do that. So we're about a month into self-quarantine now, and while some people will have to fight the virus itself, there's another hidden enemy.

Mama! Our emotions. People who have died from coronavirus, just part of the anxiety. The worst of the coronavirus is yet to come. A lot of folks are really anxious about this. Cable News is doing a great job at me. So I decided to talk with an expert and emotions, Dr. Steve Taylor.

He's a professor of psychiatry, and he's also the author of the book The Psychology of Pandemics. Dr. Taylor, thanks for talking to us. How are you doing? I'm doing okay, how about you? Hanging in there. So, obviously, a lot of people are very concerned about their their their their their physical health during this time and trying to stay healthy and not get sick. How important is maintaining good mental health during this time?

It's hugely important because a lot of the stresses about COVID-19 don't have to do so much about physical health. They have to do with the impact of not being able to go out to work, the impact of being self-isolated. So managing those stresses is hugely important. How afraid should we be? Like on a th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th is th is to thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thii. thi. thi. th is th is th is th is thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th managing those stresses is hugely important. How afraid should we be? Like on a scale of one to 10 jars of urine that I'm collecting just in case they cut off the water? That depends on your individual situation.

Some people have realistic concerns, particularly frail, medically frail seniors. But we don't need to freak out. So you'd say maybe scale back to four jars of urine? And how big a jar are we talking about them? You know, like mason size? Oh no, probably just one jar of that. That's good.

For the whole family? No, each. You're not drinking each other's urine, are you that's gross? All right, you don't have to get judging to thap out thagagagagagagagagued out to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to to get a talk. What are some tricks for handling stress and anxiety during this outbreak? You know, there's no one-size-fits-all. Everyone's different and it's important to use whatever coping strategies that you've used before. It's setting a structure for yourself, you've got a routine for your children, things like, whatever stress management method work for you. It could be physical exercise or yoga or some people have been using this as an opportunity to try things that never tried before like meditation.

So there are all kinds of things to try. So for meditation, how many Benadryl should I be slipping into my child's breakfast so I can accomplish this? I would wait till he goes down for a nap. That's better. You say, don't, you that that that that be fine. He's fine. How well do you think Americans are equipped psychologically to deal with this kind of pandemic? Well the good news is people tend to be really resilient to stress. Most people are, but they are going to look to their leaders for advice.

And leaders need to be really careful about the sort of messages they send out. People's anxieties about infection depends on whether they see their leaders as responsible and trustworthy and able to do the job. Sorry you said you said our leaders it comes down to our leadership in part oh. Feeh! We are F. God damn it. Thank you, Doctor. I was pretty panicked when we started this call, and now I'm even more panicked. So thank you for your expertise.

Welcome. Stay healthy. You too. So there you have it. As long as we practice good stress management and have responsible leadership, Americans are going to be emotionally okay. Dizzy Leutick, everybody. We'll be right back. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience.

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Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke with Claire Babinot Fontano. She's the CEO of Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks that are helping to feed tens of millions of hungry people across the United States. Check it out. Claire, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. How are you? Thank you. I'm really pleased to be here.

Under unfortunate circumstances, but so pleased if you gave us an opportunity to address your audience. Oh, I'll be honest, I feel like the opportunity is ours because I've been reading through some of the material about feeding America. And it is honestly ridiculous that a, how many people you need to feed, and also the fact that, um, is honestly ridiculous that a how many people you need to feed and also the fact that most people don't even know that this is happening. Tell us a little bit about feeding America and what you do. So we're a network of 200 food banks around the United States. We partner with 60,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, meal programs in normal times with 2 million volunteers,

and we distribute over 4 billion meals to over 40 million people, and that's before this crisis. So to your point, there's been a really serious food crisis in this country before this pandemic, and that crisis has only been made worse because of it. Is there a misconception around who needs food and who a food bank serves? There absolutely is. So for instance now, the vast majority of the increase that we're seeing would be among

people who never imagine that they'd ever need us. I mean, the Federal Reserve Bank has estimated that the typical American does not have more than $400 to address an emergency. So you miss one paycheck and you're in the middle of a crisis, in the middle of a pandemic, which a lot of people are experiencing right now. And even before this crisis, sometimes just completely unexpected things happen to people in their lives. And as a result, they find themselves in a position of really needing help, and our network tries hard to make certain to serve them with dignity and respect, because we know that so

many of us could find ourselves in the exact same position one day. We hope it wouldn't happen, but should it happen, we want to be there to serve people with dignity and respect that they deserve. You talk about feeding 40 million before coronavirus, the number jumping up by as many as 17 million in the coming month or months. How are you scaling up? We are reading about food slowly diminishing across the country and even across the world as global supply chain start to break down. Are you managing with this?

Are you coping and what are you doing to scale up in getting food to the people who need it? Well, we're working very actively with farmers and industry leaders, and we're also working with the government as well, the Department of Agriculture where we're getting close, I believe, to a meaningful partnership where we really just turn this whole distribution system on its ear and address the here-and-now challenges and connect the dots because I don't know that our biggest issue is a lack of food.

I think our biggest issue is we don't have an infrastructure for delivering food in this new environment and we're working hard to connect those dots so that we can be much better position to use the excess that exists in certain places and fill in the gaps that clearly exist in others. There may be some people watching this right now thinking, Claire, I appreciate what feeding America is doing, but I don't know if I can contribute $100 to help a family get meals. What would you say to them?

I'd say to them that we value $1, $2, $3. The key is, they give what you can. Whatever you can provide, I can assure you this, that we take every investment as a sacred trust in us and our network. And in our COVID-19 fund, which we established, and you can go to Feeding America. And there you can donate, if you have the ability to donate, then do. If you don't, then, of course, some people simply can't do that right now.. But, th now. But, th now. th now. th now. th now. th now. th now. th. th. th. th. tho. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to tothe ability to donate, then do. If you don't, then, of course, some people simply can't do that right now. But if you can, feeding America.org, if you donate to that COVID-19 fund,

100% of the proceeds, no administrative costs, nothing. 100% goes directly back into communities to make certain that we're feeding people who need us. A second thing, though, that I strongly encourage people to do as well is to go to the same website and if you type in your, we have a food bank locator, and if you put in the zip code for the community that you have the biggest interest in helping, you can go out and find a food bank that's serving that community, and sometimes what they need is volunteers. They're in a very in a very in a very the the their their their their their thi thi thiiiiiiii, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thioliolioli.e, thioli.e, thi.e, thi..e, thi... Wea, thi... We, thi... We, thi.a, thi. We, thi. We, thi. We, thi. We, thi. We, thi. We, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I's, to, toe, toe, toe, te, te. toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, toge, th community. And sometimes what they need is volunteers. They're in a very good position. I guess it's the best way for me to say it

at the community level to help you know how to help the community that you care the most about. I'm hoping that you get all of the help that you need on the federal level and from anybody who can help. Thank you so to the tode today. I hope as many people as possible come out and help Feeding America to feed everybody in America. Thank you for your time. Well, that's our show for today. Before we go, though, remember,

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