Andrea
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Global News Podcast
Six-day state funeral for Jimmy Carter begins in Georgia
I want one day for my kids to come home, and I'm not home because I was deported. So, yeah, it's just because I'm worried and I have a family here. I pay my taxes. I'm a teacher as well.
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Six-day state funeral for Jimmy Carter begins in Georgia
I am feeling anxious about what is going to happen in the next four years. I'm worried of my safety.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
And yet she was able to break through into Mexico's entertainment business, which was not at the time very generous to either women and even less women who were not Mexican. Sie ist konventionell attraktiv und ihre Musik war sehr neu und sehr anders als damals, obwohl sie Rancheras gesungen hat. Die Themen und die Art, wie sie sich auf der Bühne behandelt hat, war sehr neu für die Zeiten.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Sie war eine Verbrecherin von verschiedenen Formen von Verbrechen. Sie war sehr, sehr jung verheiratet zu einem Mann, der bereits verheiratet war, der ein Bigamist war. Sie hatte Kinder. Sie verlor Kinder und verabschiedete sich dann. Sie lebt von Unfidelity und anderen machistischen Verbrechen, von nicht nur ihrem Mann, sondern von anderen Männern in ihrer Leben.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Das informierte die Art und Weise, wie sie über Männer und Beziehungen sang, immer in einer sehr lustigen und satirischen Art und Weise. Sie hat einen安全en Raum für jede Frau, die ihre Lieder hört. die sich nicht nur mit Herzschlag identifizieren können, sondern auch mit der Verletzung.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Und jedes Mal, wenn eine Paquita-Song in einem öffentlichen Raum spielt, passiert etwas, was die Gemeinschaft und die Katharsis zwischen Frauen ist, wo wir uns sagen, ich weiß, was du durchgegangen bist, Schwester, und lachen wir an den Männern, die uns getötet haben.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
It's a genre of sorts, we call it the música de ardidas, where all heartbroken women can sing from the bottom of their hearts these very intense feelings of pain, but also desires for retribution and mockery.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
It's a very sad loss for Mexico and the world and the world of music in general. She had a very difficult childhood. She had a very difficult life in general. She was born into poverty in an isolated community far from Mexico City.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
She was a kid, and I just thought they were anomalies. So I think she was very susceptible to suggestion about medical things like going for an eye exam because somebody that she knew got glasses and the eye doctor saying, you know, I can't prescribe anything because your answers, he basically said, your answers aren't consistent. So she was just making it up.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And then, you know, any medical thing, the only thing I can think of that was truly you know, a problem was her tonsils. And she had a tonsillectomy and I don't remember what age, she was pretty young. And she really did have infected tonsils. But I just think anything, and then she had People on swim team had asthma, so she had asthma. And somehow she managed to get prescriptions for things.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And there were just, looking back, there were many instances of that sort of thing. Any medical thing turned into a big deal. And we didn't really put that all together until her son started having trouble right off the bat, starting with being born prematurely. and then having various medical problems.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And I think what we have to remember is sometimes I look back and I think, why did we not realize there was a real problem earlier? But it was incidents, and then there would be a long period of seeming normalcy where everything was great and she was this intelligent, vibrant girl.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And I think the other part of it is when she met her husband, I thought, oh, he's a nice, normal guy and she's going to settle down now. She's going to settle down and live a good life, which was really stupid in retrospect to think that she would just suddenly turn a corner. But I guess that was, that's what I hoped.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Your dad and I used to walk up in the trails across the street, walk the dogs, and we started talking about it and putting all these pieces together. And that's when we decided that there was... And this is when her son was about a year old? No, it was earlier than that. So sometime in the summer or fall after he was born, we started to worry about this.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And then I contacted a couple of the doctors and I went to a doctor's appointment with her and her son. And What she heard and what I heard was completely different. She was really pushing for a G-tube at that time. And I think I only babysat him once when he was very young and he just screamed the entire time. And looking back on it, I realized it was because he was hungry.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
I contacted a pediatrician that she was seeing and a GI doctor that she was seeing and started to sort of say that something's wrong. And in that process, of course, we all went to see our family doctor and talked to her because there was no information out there, really. I'd heard about Munchausen's by proxy in some TV movie or something. And that's about it.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
There was no real research to look into. So then ultimately the pediatrician that I talked to said, do you think it's time for an intervention? And I said, yes. In my head, I thought, okay, we'll all sit down at a conference table and confront the issue and we'll solve it. Well, that's not what she meant. She meant that she was going to call CPS. And of course, the rest is history.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Well, she was very helpful. And we were absolutely convinced at that point that Megan was causing harm to her son.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
But when we put, yes, she put a name to it. When we put all the pieces together that, you know, from her childhood on up, all of a sudden the puzzle came together. And Dr. Druckmann was very helpful, believed us, and she gave us the name of somebody at Children's who was on, there's a committee. A scan team? Yeah, probably a scan team. And I contacted that person.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
So we were doing everything we could to raise the alarm. And So at least she gave us a framework to work with.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Well, the idealistic concept would have been that we all sit around and Megan suddenly said, oh, yeah, I do need help, which looking back at it, of course, is incredibly naive and naive to think that that would have been an intervention that they were talking about.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
But you know, I guess at that point, you know, she's my daughter and we were hoping we could turn this around but Obviously, it wouldn't have been successful if it had been done that it wasn't even successful when CPS came and took her son You know, so and nothing was ultimately done. So it's it's would have been very unlikely for that to have had any good effect and
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Yeah, it's terrifying when you know something about foster care and how that turns out so many times. So I think to go back to when Daddy decided to pay fees to the lawyers originally, we were trying to help and looking back on it, I wish we hadn't, but that was that. Our family's always been eager to help and support our kids
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And so that's what we were trying to do, and then it ended up not going so well.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
I agree, though. I think she had some sympathy at that point. But by the time Megan had indoctrinated the whole family, they just either couldn't see it or they refused to see it. Right.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And manipulating people. And manipulating people. Yeah. I mean, I think you've probably mentioned this in the podcast, but I think it's notable that many times big things happened. when we were out of town. Always. You know, her son was born on New Year's Eve. She lost the twins, the false pregnancy, on New Year's Eve.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And we were out of town both times, which, you know, sort of involved flying back and scrambling around to get back. I just think that is not a coincidence.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
I think that was the first time I heard of it. I think he said that she had a very narcissistic personality. And that's what I recall.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Yeah. And I think it was very clear from our talking to the CASA representative that she kind of intellectually ran rings around Andy's family and had everybody under her influence.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
I don't specifically remember because I don't even think I talked to her after the CPS thing. Like after the removal? Right. And because my name was in the... So she would talk to dad and she talked to me for a little bit and then... Right. Right. Yeah. And I don't believe I ever talked to her again.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And I, of course, saw her at the meeting after the case. That was the last time I saw her. But that was it. And we haven't had any contact since then.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
And we talked to the detective and gave him all the background we could. Yeah, I was really hopeful. I just was listening to a book in the car, and one of the comments was the danger of getting your hopes up is that they could be... And I thought that very much applies to this because I was very hopeful in that case. But it didn't go anywhere.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
We could have originally, but I can understand their being reluctant. I don't know if they were ever inclined to do that, but I could understand their being reluctant because they saw first investigation, nothing happened. Second investigation... Nothing happened. Right.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
So it's like if they, if their son turns on them. So if they decided to take the kids away, then they would, I'm sure at, on some level they love the kids.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
Yeah. I feel like we had so much love to give and didn't have the opportunity. So, and I think about how much we love your kids now and how much we enjoy spending time with them. And it's such a special relationship. And it's just a shame that Megan's children have missed out on that, and we've missed out on that.
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Case Files 16: Mom and Dad
now and then what do you hope for them in the future i hope for good health mental and physical and i hope they are able to see the situation at some point for what it really is and was maybe they'll listen to your podcast and realize that people people did see people did care and um we did all we could do. So I hope that someday they realize that.
Nobody Should Believe Me
Introducing: THE DEADLY SEVEN with Ashley Willcott
Hey, it's Andrea, and today I want to introduce you to a brand new show from our friends at Waveland Road called The Deadly Seven. This show is hosted by Ashley Wilcott, a former judge and trial lawyer, and each week she will tackle a new case, bringing in experts to help unpack the why behind both infamous and lesser known crimes. Enjoy!
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Yeah. And then we asked them what stood out to them in the trial itself, like what moment stuck with them or surprised them or challenged them.
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Whether you've been with us since the very beginning or just found us thanks to Dateline or the Apple podcast feature, we're so glad you're here.
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Yeah, so while the trial unfolded in the courtroom, another story was quietly being formed in the background. And that was the story of how we'd eventually tell it.
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I also thought it was so powerful as someone who was watching the trial real time to see Jasmine's mom as the first witness on the stand, because not only did she look like Jasmine, it was sort of a representation of her. Yeah.
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But she really was able to explain the panic that a mother or a parent would have when they're trying to find their daughter, which helped explain why they broke into Jason Chen's apartment.
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Yeah. And I feel like both General Womp and DA Paul Moyle, they saw you and the other jurors as part of that process. And they were counting on you guys to hold that weight alongside of them. I totally agree.
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Yeah, there's a lot of confusion around what an appeal actually means. So we asked them to explain it in plain terms and to share what this particular appeal might involve.
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And from what we understand, this isn't uncommon at all. It's just the next step. Right. It doesn't make it easier, though.
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Yeah, and making this podcast, we ended up hearing from a lot of people, friends, family members, even folks who were quietly observing from the sidelines. And a few of them shared things that raised new questions.
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And we know by this point that Investigator Crawford has left Jason Chen a voicemail. Right. So we started wondering, was he looking for police activity, like scoping out the area around his apartment or maybe even looking, like you said, where Jasmine lived? Right. So we end up following the trail. But before we go there, here's a moment from episode six.
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I mean, it's one thing to say like this should be a podcast and another thing to make it as quickly as we did. That's the first thing that comes to mind. Right. Like what made this really so unique was that we had to move fast. Yeah.
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Right. And the interesting part is that we did see the tire tread in the back of his trunk. Right. But he never opened his trunk to notice kind of the treads of the suitcase.
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And then there's the mystery of the dropped pen. We had a conversation with someone who was with Jasmine at the hospital with her granny earlier. Remember her granny died the same day that she went missing. Right. So Jasmine was at the hospital. This person saw her on that same day, November 22nd.
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We committed early on to the writing and producing of the podcast in real time in order to capture the details and emotions of your experience while it was still fresh. Right. So we started basically as soon as you got back.
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They told us that Jasmine was wearing her Apple watch that day because they commented on her new watch band. Right. So their theory is it's possible that Jazzy used her Apple Watch to drop the location pin to her mom instead of her phone that night.
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We wanted to include this because we know our listeners are as curious as we are. So if you have any theories of your own about this case and we haven't covered them, please send them our way.
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All right, Sarah, before we wrap this up, we just want to take a moment to reflect on this wild ride and what's ahead. Yeah.
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What started as like dreaded jury duty for you turned into something that's now helping people understand the justice system and also kind of the emotional weight that comes with being a part of it. Yeah.
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That's what this podcast has always been about. Remembering the people at the center of these stories. Not just the crime, not the perpetrator, but the life that was lost. And in this case, that's Jasmine Pace. Right.
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Yeah, if there's a case you think we should look into, something local, something overlooked, something that really has stuck with you, again, please email us at sequesteredpod at gmail.com or you can hit us up on Instagram.
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Yeah, those reviews tell those algorithm gods that people care and that helps new listeners find sequestered. It's one of the best ways we can keep Jasmine's story and the stories we'll cover next reaching the people who need to hear them.
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And before we go, we just want to send so much love to Jasmine's family. You are the reason justice happened and we're holding you close in our hearts.
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Stay safe, stay curious, and we'll see you next time.
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Yes, yes. That was something we committed to from the very start. We didn't want this to feel like any sensationalized true crime thing. Right. We wanted to honor Jazzy's life first, but we also wanted to show what it feels like to carry the responsibility of a juror on a murder trial deciding someone else's fate.
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Right. Like that, that was something we came across a lot of times is how do we tell this part of the story?
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Oh, I think you did. And the response from listeners shows that people are connecting to your voice, to your honesty, and most of all to Jasmine's story. Yeah. So fast forward a few months after we launched the podcast, then came Dateline.
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Yeah, I remember talking to a couple of the producers and it really felt like they had theories of their own that they wanted to discuss with us. Right, right. So did being a part of that Dateline episode bring you any kind of closure or did it reopen things?
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Okay, so let's shift gears and talk about something we really haven't explored in depth. What it's actually like to be inside that jury room. And even just like living in the headspace that you were in for 10 days.
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That's what I've always wondered. And we had a lot of people write in about that. When you went back to your hotel room each night, you were replaying that testimony or were you just so completely wiped that you were like, I need to rest because they're knocking on my door at 6 a.m.?
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So today's episode is a bit different. Just the two of us having a candid conversation. And we'll reflect on the making of the podcast. We'll share some behind the scenes moments. And we'll talk about what it was like to be a part of Dateline. We'll even explore a few case details that didn't make it into season one. Yes.
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Yeah, I can't imagine that makes sense. And I know you've said before, but it was hard not to look at Jason during those days. Did you and Jason ever make eye contact?
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Wow. That had to feel intense. Yeah. It was weird. Just the idea of like knowing you're sitting in the same room as someone who's admitted to murdering someone. Yeah. Yeah. And then there's that moment you talk about in the podcast where the medical examiner, Dr. Coswell, was on the stand. There were really graphic photos being shown and you noticed Jason was looking down. Right.
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But then you realize something else. Can you share more about that?
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That is crazy to realize that. Right. From the live stream when I was watching the trial, you could only see that his head was down. I didn't realize there were monitors. So I thought that maybe his defense had said, you know, make it look this way. Yeah. Convenient. Right. Yeah, that's the thing most people don't realize is being on a jury. It's not just facts and timelines and things like that.
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It's about human behavior. I mean, right. Yeah. Obviously, you want to make decisions based on the evidence. But, you know, things like that, noticing the eye contact, the body language, you had to kind of keep track of all of it.
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Yeah. And I think you did. I think we did, too. You know, talking about Jason and how he interacted with those crime scene photos in the courtroom leads us into something we've been sitting with for a while. And honestly, it's haunted both of us since we learned about it.
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I mean, that's crazy if that's true.
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So grab a coffee, take a walk, settle in, whatever you do while you listen, and join us for this behind-the-mic conversation about sequestered and jazzy and everything in between.
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And we want to be clear, this is speculation, but when we found out about this art piece, it was so hard to not make that connection. Right. And it wasn't a part of the trial, and we're not saying it proves anything, but it is one of those details that just feels too strange to ignore.
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Which is why we're so grateful to have the chance to sit down with the two people who know this case inside and out. District Attorneys General Cody Womp and Paul Moyle. Yep.
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Yeah, we got so many messages about that. Like, wait, jurors were able to ask questions to the witnesses?
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You could tell they're lighter weight and they actually have a little button that you can undo, but they're serious enough that if someone was handcuffed and didn't know what was happening, they would still be handcuffed and maybe couldn't get out.
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I do think it would have been interesting, like you said, to hear from someone who would say, you know, Jason was an incredible student. He took care of his family and you didn't, I don't know if that wasn't allowed or, or what the case was, but I also found myself wanting to know how does a normal person do this on Tuesday before Thanksgiving? Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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Alright, in the same vein, could Jason's family have said anything different to change your sentencing recommendation?
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I agree. I found it very difficult to not feel for her when she was on the stand pleading for, you know, a different sentence. Very difficult to see. There's been a lot of speculation and question of people saying, would Jason Chen have been a serial killer? I know there's no way for us to know. And was this his first time?
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And, you know, things like the shackles and the handcuffs point towards like, what's going on here? Do you have any opinions on that? Or do you think he just snapped?
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Uh, we had a listener write in, um, specifically about the Chattanooga Police Department's actions and said, I was absolutely incensed by the lackluster response by the CPD when Jasmine's family found her car and then when they found her belongings in Jason's apartment. Do you think they could have done more to help the family and take Jasmine's disappearance seriously sooner?
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Yeah. Yeah. I think for me as someone who was watching the trial in real time from afar in Nashville, the part I was surprised at, I'm always surprised and it's easy to look back and go, why didn't they act faster? But once they understood that her daughter sent her a pin, that felt a little bit weird. shocking that that wasn't taken more seriously.
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But the big piece for me is I didn't know how the police didn't see the blood stain, the five foot by three foot blood stain.
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That was it is the bed was over. He had moved his bed over it. Right. But, you know, I think Crawford said at one point they used a flashlight and looked and there was really dim lighting. But I'm sure that was a big. I'm sure for them they were like, oh, shoot. Yeah, exactly. I mean, thank goodness that the apartment complex did call them and say we have more evidence. Yeah.
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One thing that I missed when I was watching the trial, but caught after watching it a few times, was that Jasmine's dad, Travis Pace, when they went into the apartment, he was actually the one that opened all of the cabinets. Yeah. And he did that so that anything that would be in there would be in plain sight. They wouldn't need a warrant for it. which makes sense.
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But when I initially saw the crime scene photos, I thought, why are all the cabinets open? Was he trying to make it look like there was some kind of burglary? But that wasn't the case. And then the other thing I was going to ask is, So a couple times during the trial, they specifically talked about how the light in his apartment, it was almost like blue lights where the light bulbs were replaced.
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Did they ever say if that was before or after? Because it made me wonder, did he intentionally change all the light bulbs in the apartment so it would be a lot dimmer if anyone did come in?
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Okay. A couple of questions about Jasmine and her family. Some folks wanted to know if we contacted Jasmine's family after the trial and if they were aware of the podcast and if they had any feelings about it.
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All right. Another question, uh, or comment, actually, you guys are clearly big fans of General Womp. Will you be keeping track of her career?
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It is inspiring to be around. I mean, the couple hours we got to spend with her and D.A. Moyle. Even he said he just kept pointing back to her like, yeah, she is kind of the engine behind this thing. And I mean, she's in the perfect seat for what she's doing. That's for sure. Absolutely. All right. Let's let's jump in a few more questions about jury duty and sequestration life. All right.
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Can you talk through the process of making your five minute call every night? Our listeners want to know, did the cop dial the phone for you? Did they stand over you? And what were you allowed to talk about if not the case?
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Wow, that's crazy. So at what point during the trial, when you were in the jury pool, like when you were called to see if you were going to be on the jury, at what point did you find out it was a murder trial?
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So a few people have commented that they're surprised, like they feel like it's an ethical issue that you as a juror are telling the story. And I just am so curious what your response to that is. Yeah.
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So this is probably a good point to call out some of the haters and the trolls. Just kidding. But there have been some really like the two main comments have been a comment about your voice and a comment about maybe a different narrator would do better. And clearly they don't understand the point of this podcast if they don't understand this is an autobiographical situation of you being on a jury.
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I also want to throw in, we both love Brene Brown. And to that point, she has a quote that is sort of her own version of Theodore Roosevelt's man in the arena speech. And she says, if you're not in the arena getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback.
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It took a lot of heart, a lot of your time, a lot of care. I know that you worked probably harder than I've ever seen you work on this podcast. And I think that's why we're both able to, uh, we're able to ignore a lot of those negative comments because it's like, if that's the worst thing you have to say is you didn't like my timbre of my voice. Sorry. Don't listen then.
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Okay, so that's the next question. So many people are saying, what's next for you? Will you tell another juror's story? And will there be a next season of sequestered?
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I think something really important to us is not allowing these victims to be defined by their murder. Right. We want them to be defined for their lives. And there are so many things we can learn throughout this process about how to do things better, what we missed, and we want to be a part of that storytelling.
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And again, if you want to take deeper dives for each episode, you can go to our website, sequesteredpod.com. We've got blogs, videos, clips. You can watch the entire trial if you want to. And in order to combat the trolls, leave us a great review on either Apple, Spotify, or wherever else you listen. Yep.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
And we've tried to clean up this courtroom audio. We've had a lot of comments that it's sometimes hard to hear. And that is us doing our best to make it sound good. But I also wanted to touch while we're on Dr. Cogswell on the fetal position piece, because we also had questions about that earlier. Many people wanted to know, was she already handcuffed and shackled before she was attacked?
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
And we have some audio here. It sounds like the prosecution is trying to suggest that through Dr. Cogswell's testimony.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
So the two questions are when and why did he have these shackles? And then the next question is generally, wasn't that tied to premeditation?
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
I just have a hard time if the shackle is broken and she has one arm free that she's clearly using as a defensive... You said you thought it was a defensive wound.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
Okay. Let's go through a few other questions that people had for you, Sarah. Okay. Um, do you know, was Jason offered a plea deal or
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
Well, I don't think he was because at the point when the trial started, the prosecution did not know that in the opening statement, his defense attorney was going to say Jason killed Jasmine. In fact, the family didn't know that either. Right. Yeah, nobody did. So I think the answer to that is no.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
Okay, cool. All right. So we had a lot of questions also about Jason's motive, which... are all theories at this point, from what we understand. A couple of comments here said, if by all accounts they had a normal relationship, how and why did he suddenly commit such a heinous murder?
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
And I think that is, you know, second to the handcuffs, probably the biggest question is what was going on in his life? Was there a mental break? Did he have financial problems? There's a lot of questions like that. Right.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
You know, I will say this from a character standpoint. Um, we do have a clip here that, um, it's from local three news in Chattanooga who interviewed his former roommate. Um, and Sarah, you could talk a little bit about this. You didn't know about it until after the trial.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
Well, I was shocked because I said to you, I remember Spencer's kind of being a little edgy when I was growing up, but I've not been to a Spencer's in years. And I was nervous to do it, but I went on and looked. And you actually can buy handcuffs. But I understand after watching the video of Dr. Cogswell, when he pulls them out of the evidence bags...
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
So, again, doesn't mean you're a murderer, but there were a few signs of maybe some character issues going on there.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
Let's dive on into this. All right. So we've had a lot of listeners sending questions. We have read your reviews. We have a lot to talk about. Yes, that we do. So probably the most asked question has been about the handcuffs and the shackles.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered
All right, so back to the courtroom. Do you feel like there's anything Jason's defense attorneys could have done that would have changed your verdict in the case?
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
Working on this podcast with Sarah has been a wild and emotional journey. From the beginning, our intention was sequestered was to tell the truth of what happened. I've spent a lot of time asking myself why that felt so important to me. I think it's because we all carry stories inside of us that remain untold. Whether out of shame, fear, or simply not wanting the world to know what we've endured.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
But there's power in speaking the truth and saying, this happened. Jasmine didn't get a chance to walk away from a bad situation. She likely went to Jason's apartment on the night of November 22nd, 2022, seeking comfort after losing her grandmother. Instead, for reasons we may never fully understand, he ended her life in a terrifying way.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
I've always believed that we are all connected more than we might ever realize. Our work is to let that truth in, to be open to the most unexpected experiences and to partner with them when they arrive. Elizabeth Gilbert says this in her book, Big Magic. Do whatever brings you to life. Then follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. I felt compelled to tell Jasmine Pace's story because it could have been my own story or your story. I've lived and breathed the details of this trial for the past two months with Sarah. I've dreamt about Jasmine. I've even asked her for guidance as we've been writing and planning this podcast.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
And even though I never met her, the words and the emotions of her family have shown me that she was an exceptionally loving and vibrant human being. I will never forget Jasmine Pace. I think about her all the time as I go through my life now. I believe she's watching over her family right now. I feel that deeply.
SEQUESTERED Podcast
Episode 10: After the Verdict
In an odd way, I feel connected to her because she seemed fierce and loving and passionate about life. So what will I take away from this case and this experience? I've rediscovered a passion to advocate for those who no longer have a voice. I'm still asking myself what that means, but my heart is wide open.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Well, I worked and then also my book of business was growing as time went on.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Well, my neighbors are selling theirs next door, and it's around the $270. Wow, good for you.
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
I do. Yeah. It's a great feeling. You don't realize how much money is going away until you can start keeping all of it.
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Yeah. You were really in good shape. You only had a house payment. True. I mean, I did have debt prior, but I was always trying to get rid of it as much as possible. And then when I started it, I really felt that I purchased it back in 2019, that it wasn't going quick enough. So I came around you in 2022. So I thought, okay, how can I get this going quicker? And I came across you in that summer.
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
And then actually shortly after, we were affected by Hurricane Ian. So before I could go after the house payment, I had to do some repairs. And then it wasn't until that new year in 2023, I really started to get aggressive and making these little goals for me because I just wanted to be done with it. And I really wanted to own my own house and be able to do it all. Wow.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
I worked a lot, so I couldn't have to spend it. Right. And then what really helped me is the goal that I wanted, I started to do too strong of goals to see how close I could get to them, but I ended up succeeding on them. So when I was doing the first year, I wanted to get under 100. I did that with just a couple thousand under.
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
So then I wanted to really be able to do a bigger goal at 50,000, and I thought that was impossible in a year. So then I surpassed that, but I had these little mini goals throughout the way to make sure I was on track and just be able to have that accountability that I'm doing it correctly because I wasn't great at the budget.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
I just wanted to be able to do each little goal to feel that I'm doing a great job.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Originally, it was $151 I bought the house for. You're killing me. It was a good time to buy.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
It feels great. It really does. I didn't think I was going to be emotional, but yeah, it's a great feeling where I just don't have to rely on anything where it's all, I have control. In that situation where if something's going wrong, I know I can... I really love when you said, I can't control what's going on in the White House, but I can control what's in my house. And that meant a lot.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
The mini goals, yes. I didn't have an accountability partner with me, but listening to you guys every day was my accountability, where I was making sure that I was staying on track and then just having the mini goals, knowing that you're still going on that trend. Because when you're doing a whole year, a lot can happen in that year.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
So when I was doing monthly or weekly goals, that's really what helped me get that motivation of I'm doing everything correctly.
The Ramsey Show
Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Yep. So then I would just, when I wanted my mortgage to be at 50,000 at the end of the year, I broke it down monthly to every two weeks of where it should be at if I was making extra payments. So I knew by September, it had to be at this amount of money if I was going to be on track. So at the end, I knew in 2024, I was going to
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
pay off the house but then i made another goal to be more aggressive to have it paid off before my birthday so i i was at least keeping track of where i was at in the year but i had another line of where i needed to be if i wanted to supersede it earlier in that year and that was so firmly seared into your brain that you forgot how old you were a minute ago yeah
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Don’t Wait for Someone Else To Fix Your Life
Yeah, I don't need to make the sale now.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Yes, I am in a really, like, tricky situation. I am baby step number two with my husband, and I just received a call today in the morning, actually. My brother and my mom asking me to borrow my brother, or lend my brother $3,000. But my mom didn't know about the snowball. For what? Okay. For what? For his business. Because he needs to pay stuff for his business.
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Exactly. But this is the catch. I talk to my mom sometimes, you know, telling her, like, we save money for the kids, right? So the kids have money. So her idea was to take the money from the kids' savings account to give my brother the $3,000.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
I mean, my brother helped me when me and my husband were in a really tough situation at the beginning of our marriage. How did he help you? I mean, sometimes like buying more kids stuff if they need it without asking. And he was like, okay, you know, I can do it. That was not $3,000. No, not $3,000. That was $100. Kind of like that. $50 here, $50 there. What's your cultural background?
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
What's this accent? Well, I'm from Ecuador.
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
No, they live here, but yeah, they're Ecuadorian Salesforce. And they live here right now. Most of my family lives in the United States right now.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
And he is single and he does have a kid back in Ecuador. Okay. He has a business and she did not open. Like, this is how.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
I received a call today in the morning that my brother asked my mom. And then the call came from my mom. Okay. So she was listening. Okay. Because she knew about my kid's savings account. So her idea was that I needed that money.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Well, they actually live together, so they're really close. And I know my brother doesn't know about my savings. It should have been my mom's idea because it's not something that I just speak about.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Yes. And what is that? My brother's dad, he's more like resentful. He's that type of person that if. You tell him something that he doesn't like, and his wife hasn't even approached about his business in the poorly way that you guys said that he is managing it. It's because then he's not going to talk to me. So I'd rather just be on the side.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
The answer is like, yeah, but he can pay you interest.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
No, what is she going to do to you when you say no?
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Yes. She will try to talk to me like a way into it.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Hey, so actually, um, You mentioned in the taxes what precipitated this whole entire question. So I realized through doing my taxes that I had paid about $8.8K in interest this year. And then I got a little bit of a return, but not $8.8K back. And I've always heard a lot of people say like, oh, like your interest is like a tax write-off.
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
And I've been thinking about paying my mortgage off quite a bit. So the number is basically I have $165,000 on my principal. I have $185,000 currently in a high-yield savings account. That's not all my savings. I do have about $40,000 in a Roth IRA. Do you have other debt? No, I don't have any car payment.
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
It's just me. I'm about $131,000 a year. How old are you? I'm 36.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Well, it's that, but my other concerns are just... The six months that I have, that leaves me with about 20K. I've always had like 30 at my six-month savings.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
In my head, I think I'm just like an over.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Like I want to feel safe that that's there. Like I know at one point I definitely.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
Um, my mortgage is 14, a little bit more than 14. And then my HOA is 400. So about 1850, if you want to pay extra on it. I do. I honestly pay like, it just depends on spurts of like, I like to see my numbers even. So if it says it's at like, $16.527, I'm going to pay $527 extra just to keep numbers in.
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You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
I would say, yeah, that's pretty fair.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
So I did maybe not the smartest thing back in December. I did end up two of my 401ks, I did end up cashing those out because I had been thinking about doing this mortgage payoff. But it was only about 67 that was from there.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Move From Family Drama to Financial Peace
I kind of, in my head, I feel like I should have called you guys before I did that.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
I went to kindergarten with an Andrea, and my name is Andrea. So my kindergarten teachers taught us very early on how to – properly and kindly correct people.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
There can only be one. No, no. She's fine. But there is only one Andrea. Okay.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
The world can't handle more than one of me. So I was introduced to Financial Peace University through my church years ago, and it's really the first time I ever sat down and budgeted anything at all. And I attempted... I... I recognized things I needed to do. Um, I recently started listening to podcasts and found the Ramsey show and it's like an addiction.
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You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Um, I absolutely love listening to it as I'm listening to it. I got the every dollar, um, budget app and I had been using that, which is phenomenal for me. There's that word phenomena again. Um, yeah, but, um, it's, Instead of using the envelope system, which did not work well for me, the every dollar budget is fantastic. Great. So here's my question.
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You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
What do I do with the leftover money at the end of the month? Like, let's say my... my entertainment, my fun money, and even my transportation is left over. And I tried to build in, like I know I have a dentist appointment coming in February. And my out-of-pocket for my dental x-rays, because I have to have that once a year, is going to be roughly over $200. That's my out-of-pocket.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Now, when you say hold it aside, I'm talking physically. Do I leave it in my checking account? Do I move it? And I don't have a – I hear you all talk about a high –
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
high yield interest high yield savings account i don't have one of those i have just a checking and a little savings account yeah and i do have my thousand in that um i you know i'm working my consumer debt is student loans and car and i'm in the process of purchasing my home So I do have money. I could cash flow it. But do I just leave it sitting in my checking account and ignore it?
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You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Or do I move it into the savings account so that I don't spend it?
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Oh, get this, though. I've retired from public school teaching, and I still owe $19,000. What?
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
I know. Now, I'm only 53. And I retired because public school just was a horrible situation. And I was practicing my, hi, welcome to Walmart, can I help you skills? Because I was looking forward to that. But a friend says, hey, so-and-so's school is hiring. Why don't you apply? And I was like, are you serious? Y'all, I'm in love. Good. So I'm drawing my retirement from the state.
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You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
as well as a paycheck from my new position, and I'm making pretty much the same amount that I was as a teacher in the public school system.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Please don't hate me for this one. I don't want to hate you, but I may laugh at you. About $31,000. Please don't tell me to sell it. I keep totaling my cars, y'all.
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You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
Oh, wait. It's not new. It's a 2021, but it's that. And then the more I listen to y'all, I'm going, oh, my God. But how do you find a dependable car? Y'all keep talking about these beater cars.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
$5,560 monthly. What's your yearly income? And that's my take home.
The Ramsey Show
You Can Change Your Life TODAY!
When did you take it out? How hard is it to like... sell a car. And I even go in and looking at dealerships and trying to find a decent car.
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Hala Taha: Skyrocket Your Sales with My Proven Webinar Blueprint | Sales
Hi, all. In this video, I'll be doing a quick overview of the Teachable backend. So first things first, if you've already gone ahead and signed up for the free trial, what you'll do is create an account, you'll answer a few questions, and then you will have created your first school. So this is what the backend of your school will look like.
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And once you're in here, you can see all the navigation options on the left-hand side. For today, we're going to focus on the bottom half in terms of creating the different types of products that Teachable offers integrations with. So for this example, we're going to go to Courses. And we can see a couple dummy courses that we've already created for this example.
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A really awesome feature of Teachable is their integration with AI. So I'm going to recreate this Podcasting 101 course just to give you a sense of how cool their AI features are. So I've already created this example course title and the example course description. I'm going to click Continue. We can skip things like thumbnails and pricings for now. We can come back to that later.
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And now this is where it gets awesome. So you can generate with AI a course outline and curriculum based on the description that you feed to Teachable. So I've already put in this description, and it's going to use this description to create the course outline. You can also start from scratch or bulk upload up to your preference. But for this example, we're going to use AI. So we'll click Finish.
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Now we're going to watch the magic happen. It's going to be actively generating content for this course based off of the title and description that I've fed it with. So you can see that AI is actively working. They're putting content into each of these sections and modules.
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So we can see they've created different topics about identifying your podcast audience, creating your unique value proposition, podcast equipment and software that you need, all the things that you would maybe need in a podcasting one-on-one course. It's creating this based off of AI. Just for example, it'll say that your content is ready.
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Just make sure that while this is a really cool feature, this should just be used as a starting point. You want to make sure when you go in here that you go in and add your own expertise, your own value, your own perspectives to make sure that you're providing the right amount of value for your audience. Another cool AI feature that Teachable has is this quiz option.
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So under quiz, you can actually use Teachable's AI to generate questions based off of the content you've already created in there. So just another cool feature to save you time and provide a little bit more interactivity with your students. Now, if we go back to the curriculum, the last thing I want to feature in here is the Upsell feature. So it already generated a Next Steps feature.
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I want to add some content to this and click Upsell. So I want to upsell to the Podcasting 201 course so that if someone finishes my 101 course and they want to learn more, there's an immediate opportunity for them to do so. So I can add the headline, develop your podcasting skills even further. You can add a description, button text, and this will automatically add the upsell here.
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Of course, I'd recommend going in and further personalizing this with a thumbnail, a better description, but it just goes to show you how automatic and integrated Teachable can be with your other offers. So super cool to see that. Now, finally, we'll go back to our courses and we'll head to bundles.
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So a bundle is a super cool offering that Teachable offers in terms of being able to bundle multiple coaching or course products to offer to your audience. So for example, if someone just wants to learn everything that you have out there in terms of podcasting, they don't want to be piecemeal.
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They want to just see everything A to Z. They could buy this Podcast Master Bundle, which has both the Podcasting 101 and 201 course in it. So you're able to bundle different courses, different products to best fit what your audience may want and need from you.
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So another interesting product to be able to integrate with your offerings and make sure that you're serving your audience in the best way possible. Now, again, if you haven't already, make sure you go and test out Teachable for yourself. We have a 30-day free trial. If you go to the link in the chat or head to teachable.com backslash welcome backslash holla, you get the free 30-day offer.
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It's a pro. You can cancel within any time. you'll get 30 days free. If you do so, you will be able to get an extended version of today's slides and the notes just by sending over some information that Holly will go over in the next slide.
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Hala Taha: Skyrocket Your Sales with My Proven Webinar Blueprint | Sales
In this video, I'll be walking through some of the extra features that Teachable offers that really make the Teachable experience the best one possible. So first off, I just want to touch on the ability to customize your Teachable sites. So not only can you customize the logo, branding, the thumbnail that you have, you can go a step further.
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And Teachable actually offers you several different fonts that you can choose from, as well as preset color palettes. But not only just presets, they actually allow you to select the exact colors you want for the different aspects of a Teachable page. So you can see here, we've added our Yap Navy Blue and our Yap Pink.
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to our site to make it feel that it is truly a branded experience when you go to the course pages. Next thing I want to quickly touch on in terms of the course pages and the courses themselves are once your courses are up and running, you have the ability to actually build and have your affiliate program within Teachable's back end. So under the Users tab, you can go to Affiliates.
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They'll ask you a couple of questions. It takes about 15 seconds to set up. And then in here, you can see your affiliates, sales by affiliates, earnings, the affiliate resources you can add in terms of the URLs that you have and the links that you have available to them, and then the settings if you would like to change any of them as your course goes on in time.
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So again, really cool that Teachable has all of these aspects under their one umbrella to be able to build your course in truly a comprehensive way. The next thing I want to talk about in terms of integrations and having everything under one umbrella is Teachable's App Hub.
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So under Settings, you're able to go to the App Hub, and you can see how many softwares and apps Teachable actually has an integration with. So you can work with Zoom and install Zoom and work with them with Teachable.
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You can have integrations with Calendly, with Google Analytics, with MailChimp, with TikTok, with Zapier, all of these different softwares, especially with your email service providers, to make sure that everything that's happening on Teachable and all the data collection and management is seamlessly integrated with your ESPs or whatever other data platforms that you are using.
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And then the final little extra feature that we love at Yap that might be interesting to you all is under the digital download section of products, you can have low ticket or free offerings here, like eBooks, workbooks, guides, to really add value to your audience first before they may purchase a course. So you can see here we have our LinkedIn cheat sheet.
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And what you can do is on the top right, you can create a digital download and either share a downloadable file or just deliver content through a specific link. And so it'll ask you and go through a couple steps. And then you'll have these either free or low ticket downloads that you're able to share for free or put a price on that will get people into your funnel.
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And then later down the line, you can upsell them to courses, coaching, other products as you see fit. So just as a reminder, we love all these extra features. If you're interested in trying the pro plan for 30 days, head to the link in the chat. We would love to see you all using Teachable like we do.
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Hala Taha: Skyrocket Your Sales with My Proven Webinar Blueprint | Sales
Yes, you will get access to everything that we do from before the webinar to after the webinar to make sure that the signup process and registration process is all cohesively linked together with your email provider, with Google Calendar to maximize the rate of show up for your attendees.
Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Hala Taha: Skyrocket Your Sales with My Proven Webinar Blueprint | Sales
And just making sure that if you're newer to hosting webinars and putting on these sorts of events, that it is as simple and easy for you to execute as possible.