July 10, 2025

Rome - Empire of the Ages

Rome - Empire of the Ages
Journey back to ancient Rome with five questions about the mighty empire that ruled much of the known world. From legendary emperors to architectural marvels like the Colosseum, discover the fascinating history, culture, and legacy of one of civilization's greatest powers. Listen commercial-free by visiting caloroga.com/plus.
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Calarugus Shark Media.

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Greetings trivia fans.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today we're traveling back in time

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to explore the mighty Roman Empire.

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Question one?

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Which Roman emperor was known for his extensive building projects,

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including a famous wall across northern Britain.

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Question two?

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What was the name of the large amphitheater in Rome

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where gladiatorial contests and public spectacles were held?

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Question three?

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In what year is the traditional founding of Rome said

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to have occurred according to Roman mythology?

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Question four?

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What were Roman soldiers organized into military units called typically

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consisting of about five thousand men?

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Question five?

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Which volcano famously destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and

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Herculaneum in seventy nine CE. We'll be right back with

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these imperial answers after this break.

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Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers.

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Question one, which emperor built a wall across northern Britain?

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Answer Hadrian. Hadrian's Wall, built around one hundred and twenty

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two CE, stretched seventy three miles across northern England to

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defend Roman Britain.

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From Scottish tribes.

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The wall included forts, gates and towers, and much of

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it still stands today as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Question two what amphitheater hosted gladiatorial contests? Answer the Colisseum,

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also known as the Flavian Amphitheater. This iconic structure could

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hold up to eighty thousand spectators.

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Completed in EIGHTYCEE.

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It featured elaborate underground chambers and could even be flooded

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for naval battle re enactments. Question three when was Rome

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traditionally founded? Answer seven hundred and fifty three BCEE. According

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to Roman legend, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus,

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twin brothers raised by a wolf. Romulus killed Remus and

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became the first king of Rome, though historians believe the

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city actually developed gradually over time. Question four what were

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Roman military units called?

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Answer? Legions?

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Each legion was a highly disciplined force of about five

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thousand soldiers, organized into smaller units called cohorts and centuries.

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Roman legions were renowned for their training, equipment, and tactical

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formations that conquered much of the known world. Question five

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which volcano destroyed Pompeii? Answer Mount Vesuvius, the eruption in

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seventy nine CE buried these cities in volcanic ash, preserving

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them for archaeologists. The disaster was documented by Pliny the Younger,

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one of the earliest detailed accounts of a volcanic eruption.

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That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison,

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and today's questions were crafted with the help.

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Of AI technology.

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dot com slash plus see you tomorrow. Stick around now

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for this interview our sister.

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I'm going to bring forward and yours and give it

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to you now. And he said, oh wow, that's great,

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thank you. That's so generous of you. Car that's great.

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But his wife, my sister in law, went ballistic. She said,

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this is too much money, this is wrong. I don't

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want anything to do with and stormed out of the room.

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And I thought, well, that's not what I expected. Oh

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my god. So I realized from that that this was

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not an easy thing to do. So I learned a

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lesson from that, and I knew that I had to

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do this authentically. I had to do it right. Otherwise

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it was not going to work. So that happened. And

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then the third thing that happened was that I was

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looking at my financial statements and I had more money

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there than I was really using. It was sitting there.

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I mean, it was growing, making profits and so forth,

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but it wasn't being used. I wasn't using it for me.

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I wasn't using it for things that I really cared about,

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not for my people. So I thought, well, if I

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have all this money, now, why should I wait until

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I die? Why don't I bring it forward? And then

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it was a long process for me to come around

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to that, but that's what finally started this, and I said,

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well I'll do it. Now.

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Let's back up just a bit. Tell us a little

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bit about your new book. What is the Happiness Experiment.

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Well, this is a recording of the real events with

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real people who I decided that I would bring forward

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the inheritance the money I had for them in my

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will and made it a prequest. So it was a

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chunk of money that they were going to get. Well,

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they were still young enough to enjoy it, and I

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was still alive to see it happen. So I saw

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what they were doing so when I sat down with them,

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I talked about money and happiness and how one can connect.

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And I said, look, I'm going to bring this forward

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and give it to you, but what I want from

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you is a plan so that you use this money,

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so it's really a big benefit for you. I don't

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want this to overwhelm you. And they said what kind

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of plan? I said, I want a happiness plan, and

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they said, a happiness plan? What's that? So so you know,

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nobody has seems to have a happiness plan, but it's

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one of the most important plans you can get, and

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it doesn't have to be very complex. What is it

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that makes you happy? What values do you want to pursue?

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You know, what goals and dreams do you have, and

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you can pursue them. And so I got them to

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write a happiness plan. And then when I saw the plan,

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I gave them all the money all at one time.

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And so then they took it and I watched them

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with their plan. I saw all their plans, what they

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did and how they became happier, and so you know,

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that had to be written about so because I wanted

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other people to see what they did, so they too

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could do the same thing.

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Which prequest is the most unique one you've come across.

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Well, it was a very very painful and sad story

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because two dear friends of mine had a beloved daughter

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and she was hit head on by a drunk driver

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and killed. She happened to be eight months pregnant at

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the time, so that killed the granddaughter too, and also

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their daughter. They were totally totally wiped out, devastated, and

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they died emotionally. They had decided that they could never

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be happy again. They would be wrong to be happy.

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They didn't deserve to be happy because their darling daughter

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had been killed. Tremendously painful, awful, awful story. So they

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were grieving six years later and I met with them

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and I told them how much they had added to

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my life and how much I was so grateful to them,

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and that I wanted to express gratitude. And I put

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them in my will and they could accept that. And

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I said, but I want you to have it now,

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and they said, oh no, no, we can't accept it.

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They turned it down. They turned it down. Well, we

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worked and I said, look, I'm leaving it open. So

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several months later, I think his wife persuaded him to

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do it actually, you know, and you know, so they said, okay,

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we'll do it, because say we're going to wait until

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you die, why not do it now. And they did

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that and it wasn't the money, interesting life, they said,

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it was the coaching that made the big difference, that

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changed their mind their mindset from being so negative. You know,

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we'll never be happy again. We don't deserve to be happy.

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And the coach turned there thinking their mindset around and said, look,

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you know it can be you can be happy again.

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And they started to get the mindset of happy people.

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And now you cannot believe what these people. They're traveling

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all over the world. They're in Tahiti right now. They

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climbed Killimungarrett. These people are loving life. And it was

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a major change. That is one of the most heartfelt,

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wonder full results of the And in a sense, she said,

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the wife said, this prequest changed or saved my life

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because we were no longer living, we were dead, and

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this brought us back to life.

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Yeah, I mean dealing with grief and many of us

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have I have. You know, when you're in those depths,

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it's really it can be really difficult to find your

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way out of it, and you know, often it looks

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like there isn't a way out of it, and you know,

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sometimes you want to map right, and it looks like

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this concept could be a good map for you. If

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that it sounds like it was for these folks. I

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always like to end interviews by asking, is there anything

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that I didn't ask that I should have?

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How can my listeners benefit from this book? What should

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they do? What would be good for them? And so

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I'll answer that question. First off, think about happiness, Think

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about being happiness. Do you deserve to be happy? And

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you can be happy, but you have to make it

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as a choice. I'm going to increase my happiness just

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that if you make that realistically, I want to and

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I'm going to increase my happiness that choice. And then

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talk to people about it. Talk to a husband or wife,

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or a girlfriend or a friend, a therapist or coach,

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talk to somebody about it and say, look, I'm made

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the decision that I want to be happier, and I'm

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like you to help me create a happiness plan and

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then work on it. And it's not that hard, but

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it is challenging, but it's a wonderful exercise and if

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they do it, I guarantee they will increase their happiness.

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I guarantee it.

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Carl Barney is the author and the book is called

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The Happiness Experiments, A Revolutionary Way to Increase Happiness. Carl,

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where can people find the book?

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Wherever books are sold? And it's now available for pre

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order from Amazon, and they can go to the Happiness

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Experiment dot com and they can pre order it there,

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and I hope they will.

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Carl, thanks so much of the time. I really appreciate it.

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Yeah, thank you, Dan. It's been fun.