I Am all in Again. Let's you. I Am all in again with Scott Patterson in iHeartRadio Podcast. Hey Everybody, Scott Patterson, I Am all in Podcast one eleven productions. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia, iHeart Podcast. Very special guest today on Luke Steiner Joanna Garcia Swisher. Let me tell you a little bit about Joanna. She's an American actress and a businesswoman, widely recognized for her roles as Sam on Are You Afraid of the Dark, Vicky Appleby on Freaks and Geeks, and Seyanne Hart Montgomery on Riba. She currently stars in the Netflix show Sweet Magnolia's. She is also the founder of the blog The Happy Place, where she shares her favorite insights on food, home design, and self care. She is married to former baseball star Nick Swisher and is a mother of two. Hello, Joanne, nice to meet you.

I Am all in Again. Let's you. I Am all in again with Scott Patterson in iHeartRadio Podcast. Hey Everybody, Scott Patterson, I Am all in Podcast one eleven productions. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia, iHeart Podcast. Very special guest today on Luke Steiner Joanna Garcia Swisher. Let me tell you a little bit about Joanna. She's an American actress and a businesswoman, widely recognized for her roles as Sam on Are You Afraid of the Dark, Vicky Appleby on Freaks and Geeks, and Seyanne Hart Montgomery on Riba. She currently stars in the Netflix show Sweet Magnolia's. She is also the founder of the blog The Happy Place, where she shares her favorite insights on food, home design, and self care. She is married to former baseball star Nick Swisher and is a mother of two. Hello, Joanne, nice to meet you.

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Got it? Who wrote that? Because I feel like I need to I need that I need.

That wasn't me, wasn't man.

That wasn't me, wasn't man.

Like you covered all the bases.

Like you covered all the bases.

There's there's a very very competent team of specialists here.

There's there's a very very competent team of specialists here.

I mean, send that over.

I mean, send that over.

Okay, you got it? So thanks for coming on. And I didn't know that you were such a foodie and you all, oh yeah, besides all of your other, you know, busy career highlights and accomplishments, you are a foodie and you blog about food.

Okay, you got it? So thanks for coming on. And I didn't know that you were such a foodie and you all, oh yeah, besides all of your other, you know, busy career highlights and accomplishments, you are a foodie and you blog about food.

I do.

I do.

How did that start?

How did that start?

It actually started about in twenty seventeen. It was more of an interior design based because I went to school for that and that was something that I felt really passionate about.

It actually started about in twenty seventeen. It was more of an interior design based because I went to school for that and that was something that I felt really passionate about.

And so someone asked me if I should you know, like, Wh're not sure? That what the word old? And I thought why not?

And so someone asked me if I should you know, like, Wh're not sure? That what the word old? And I thought why not?

But as time went on, I realized that what I enjoyed about the Happy Place was just sort of sharing a little slice of my life, and a lot of that is eating and in the kitchen, and as I became a mother and all of those things, and you know, I'm certainly no chef. In fact, one of my friends who is a chef, she says that she watches me with knives on the Happy Place. That is like, oh God, is she gonna she gonna take her tip, the tip of her knife, the tip of her figure up. But it's so much a part of you know, I'm my I'm Cuban and my mom was a great cook and so so many of my memories with her were in the kitchen, and I just it's a passion and we just I just share what I like.

But as time went on, I realized that what I enjoyed about the Happy Place was just sort of sharing a little slice of my life, and a lot of that is eating and in the kitchen, and as I became a mother and all of those things, and you know, I'm certainly no chef. In fact, one of my friends who is a chef, she says that she watches me with knives on the Happy Place. That is like, oh God, is she gonna she gonna take her tip, the tip of her knife, the tip of her figure up. But it's so much a part of you know, I'm my I'm Cuban and my mom was a great cook and so so many of my memories with her were in the kitchen, and I just it's a passion and we just I just share what I like.

So what's what's one nostalgic food from your childhood that you that you still prepare and still crave.

So what's what's one nostalgic food from your childhood that you that you still prepare and still crave.

And I still prepare pigadillo, which is like a ground beef Cuban. It's a Cuban dish, very much a beloved meal in our home and something that really just brings us back, and I love as my mom is amazing at it. It was I think that my most favorite thing that she made. But I can't make it. My brother makes it just like my mom did with like the rice that was just crispy enough.

And I still prepare pigadillo, which is like a ground beef Cuban. It's a Cuban dish, very much a beloved meal in our home and something that really just brings us back, and I love as my mom is amazing at it. It was I think that my most favorite thing that she made. But I can't make it. My brother makes it just like my mom did with like the rice that was just crispy enough.

I haven't.

I haven't.

I don't have it. I don't have the secret sauce to be able to do that. But I'm my brother is. I think he's an orthpeedic surgeon, but I think he could be a chef and loves it, so I always make him cook that or paea.

I don't have it. I don't have the secret sauce to be able to do that. But I'm my brother is. I think he's an orthpeedic surgeon, but I think he could be a chef and loves it, so I always make him cook that or paea.

You know, I love like rice and meat.

You know, I love like rice and meat.

All all right? So do you go to a lot of concerts? We just we just had Vicki Pedis and from the Bangles on and they were in this episode the concert interrupted. Do you go to concerts? Do you and Nick go to concerts?

All all right? So do you go to a lot of concerts? We just we just had Vicki Pedis and from the Bangles on and they were in this episode the concert interrupted. Do you go to concerts? Do you and Nick go to concerts?

We do, I mean we anything that really comes into town. We try.

We do, I mean we anything that really comes into town. We try.

I feel like I find myself most these days going to country music. We're going to Kelsea Ballerini that's coming to Tampa a couple of weeks. My girlfriend or my children are so excited, and so we're taking all of their friends and their mom friends beating only dude. But someone needs to be there to kind of rein it in and make sure we don't like lose our minds. Reva's coming back to town. She's coming to a strawberry festival in Tampa, So I'm super excited about that. But yeah, I love I love music. I love live music, and I just anything that comes to town. I usually try to get in there.

I feel like I find myself most these days going to country music. We're going to Kelsea Ballerini that's coming to Tampa a couple of weeks. My girlfriend or my children are so excited, and so we're taking all of their friends and their mom friends beating only dude. But someone needs to be there to kind of rein it in and make sure we don't like lose our minds. Reva's coming back to town. She's coming to a strawberry festival in Tampa, So I'm super excited about that. But yeah, I love I love music. I love live music, and I just anything that comes to town. I usually try to get in there.

Do you guys take your own food? You have concert food or just get and what's they're selling it there?

Do you guys take your own food? You have concert food or just get and what's they're selling it there?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Well, I love a tailgate more than anything in life. Is well, I won't.

Well, I love a tailgate more than anything in life. Is well, I won't.

Say more than anything in life, but I do really love a tailgate, and I do find the shows that come to the stadium you get a lot of tailgating, which is this is where I really thrive up, like bringing a dish that's gonna stand up to the hours on end that you can nibble on that after a few cocktails you can come back to and eat cold even though it started warm.

Say more than anything in life, but I do really love a tailgate, and I do find the shows that come to the stadium you get a lot of tailgating, which is this is where I really thrive up, like bringing a dish that's gonna stand up to the hours on end that you can nibble on that after a few cocktails you can come back to and eat cold even though it started warm.

Things that really have that you know that age.

Things that really have that you know that age.

Well, that's where I that's where I feel like I drive right.

Well, that's where I that's where I feel like I drive right.

By the way. Shout out to your husband. I was a Yankee myself. Oh my god, a long time ago. I was on the forty man roster in nineteen eighty three.

By the way. Shout out to your husband. I was a Yankee myself. Oh my god, a long time ago. I was on the forty man roster in nineteen eighty three.

Fun real, what position?

Fun real, what position?

I was a starting pitcher.

I was a starting pitcher.

That's so cool.

That's so cool.

And guys like your husband were always you know, they're rare because you want a guy like that in the clubhouse who's positive and energetic, and you know that's that's the kind of a guy that gets you through like the rough parts of the season, because it doesn't matter how good your team is, you're going to have downturns. But anyway, shout out to him. He had a great he had a great career. Positive guy, full of energy and good vibes and uh and with him and a very very dangerous hitter.

And guys like your husband were always you know, they're rare because you want a guy like that in the clubhouse who's positive and energetic, and you know that's that's the kind of a guy that gets you through like the rough parts of the season, because it doesn't matter how good your team is, you're going to have downturns. But anyway, shout out to him. He had a great he had a great career. Positive guy, full of energy and good vibes and uh and with him and a very very dangerous hitter.

But yeah, part I had no idea what I was getting into when I met him, But I now quite a baseball efficient, it's not.

But yeah, part I had no idea what I was getting into when I met him, But I now quite a baseball efficient, it's not.

And you guys met while he was still playing.

And you guys met while he was still playing.

Yeah, we met in two thousand and nine here in New York.

Yeah, we met in two thousand and nine here in New York.

I was shooting Gossip Girl and he it was his first year with the Yankees, and we got set up by a mutual friend, and ten months later we were engaged. Six months after that we were married. And he won the World Series that year. And so I really didn't I thought you'd do that every year.

I was shooting Gossip Girl and he it was his first year with the Yankees, and we got set up by a mutual friend, and ten months later we were engaged. Six months after that we were married. And he won the World Series that year. And so I really didn't I thought you'd do that every year.

Oh No, I.

Oh No, I.

Really closed this year in New York, and I have high hope hopes next year.

Really closed this year in New York, and I have high hope hopes next year.

But I realized that it's not so easy to do that.

But I realized that it's not so easy to do that.

So I feel super grateful for the experience. But I think if you're a Yankee fan, I know not everyone is, but in our house we are very much Yankee fans.

So I feel super grateful for the experience. But I think if you're a Yankee fan, I know not everyone is, but in our house we are very much Yankee fans.

I think we're ready for another one. So we'd like to see another one.

I think we're ready for another one. So we'd like to see another one.

Yes, So if you could share a meal with any Gilmore girl's character, who would it be? And why?

Yes, So if you could share a meal with any Gilmore girl's character, who would it be? And why?

Oh? I mean Rory. I think, you know, I just feel like I just related so much to her character, and.

Oh? I mean Rory. I think, you know, I just feel like I just related so much to her character, and.

It'd be nice just to kind of hash it all out, just be like, let's let's talk, let's talk.

It'd be nice just to kind of hash it all out, just be like, let's let's talk, let's talk.

About all of it.

About all of it.

Mm hmmm mm hmm. All right, let's talk about your happy place, your your your blog okay, focuses on food, home designs, some self care. What inspired you to create it? How do you and how do you hope it'll it'll help others find their own happy place?

Mm hmmm mm hmm. All right, let's talk about your happy place, your your your blog okay, focuses on food, home designs, some self care. What inspired you to create it? How do you and how do you hope it'll it'll help others find their own happy place?

Yeah, you know, it's like I said, it's a real It's like my diary almost. You know, we we certainly aren't always talking about things that make us happy. You know, I've shared my grief, I've shared my moments of anxiety, what it feels like to become a mother, the balance of being a working mom. It really just is a little peek into my heart and my life and and as it's grown, it's really just it's, like I said, I've said this so many times, but it's like saved me in so many ways and connecting. And I do really feel like the energy that you put out comes back to you. And I think that this world can be really overwhelming at times. And not to say that I always like this because I am I am a fiery latina.

Yeah, you know, it's like I said, it's a real It's like my diary almost. You know, we we certainly aren't always talking about things that make us happy. You know, I've shared my grief, I've shared my moments of anxiety, what it feels like to become a mother, the balance of being a working mom. It really just is a little peek into my heart and my life and and as it's grown, it's really just it's, like I said, I've said this so many times, but it's like saved me in so many ways and connecting. And I do really feel like the energy that you put out comes back to you. And I think that this world can be really overwhelming at times. And not to say that I always like this because I am I am a fiery latina.

I can get worked up with the best of my mom's as an actress. But I do feel like.

I can get worked up with the best of my mom's as an actress. But I do feel like.

We have created this community of just you know, positivity and being real and not nothing's too perfect, and it certainly isn't you know, too polished or you know, it just just it's a little part of my heart and I feel like it's attracted that in our community. And then our production company that we've launched was inspired by our book club.

We have created this community of just you know, positivity and being real and not nothing's too perfect, and it certainly isn't you know, too polished or you know, it just just it's a little part of my heart and I feel like it's attracted that in our community. And then our production company that we've launched was inspired by our book club.

Now we're actively like producing right now.

Now we're actively like producing right now.

We're I'm leaving tonight to go to Ireland because we have movies and products and we're shooting in Ireland over the next little bit. And it just feels like a dream come true. And so it really, like I said, it's taken on shape in so many ways, but that really was came from my love of reading and sharing books and not books that are fancy or necessarily you know, the book of the month or whatever it may be, or one that everybody's talking about like it sometimes they're smutty romance.

We're I'm leaving tonight to go to Ireland because we have movies and products and we're shooting in Ireland over the next little bit. And it just feels like a dream come true. And so it really, like I said, it's taken on shape in so many ways, but that really was came from my love of reading and sharing books and not books that are fancy or necessarily you know, the book of the month or whatever it may be, or one that everybody's talking about like it sometimes they're smutty romance.

Novels or really simple homecoms or.

Novels or really simple homecoms or.

You know, we're not trying to be anything that we're not, which is just like we were just living and right that. You know, if you want to come along for the ride, you are more than welcome.

You know, we're not trying to be anything that we're not, which is just like we were just living and right that. You know, if you want to come along for the ride, you are more than welcome.

So you see food as a form of well it is I mean it's just sort of giving love. Yes, you know, it's it's how you prepare the food, and you want to see the reactions on people's faces when they eat it their first bite, and you want to feedback because I cook for my family. I love cooking. I love it. I love it, and I'm always trying new recipes or new additives and sauces and things like that, and I want the reaction. Sometimes I get a thumbs down, a lot of times I get a thumbs up, but I'm invested, you know. So you're the same the same way, right, So what's what's your meal? What's the one meal the two meals that you really love to prepare for your family?

So you see food as a form of well it is I mean it's just sort of giving love. Yes, you know, it's it's how you prepare the food, and you want to see the reactions on people's faces when they eat it their first bite, and you want to feedback because I cook for my family. I love cooking. I love it. I love it, and I'm always trying new recipes or new additives and sauces and things like that, and I want the reaction. Sometimes I get a thumbs down, a lot of times I get a thumbs up, but I'm invested, you know. So you're the same the same way, right, So what's what's your meal? What's the one meal the two meals that you really love to prepare for your family?

Well, dinner is kind of a non negotiable.

Well, dinner is kind of a non negotiable.

When we're all home, we eat together, even though, but I will say, as much as I paint this picture on happy place that you know we're cooking, and like, yes, do I put this on the table for my family, my kids are still real kids and they're like, that's got some weird spice in it or what is that looks weird or something like that. So like it's very real at my house and also has a lot of feedback.

When we're all home, we eat together, even though, but I will say, as much as I paint this picture on happy place that you know we're cooking, and like, yes, do I put this on the table for my family, my kids are still real kids and they're like, that's got some weird spice in it or what is that looks weird or something like that. So like it's very real at my house and also has a lot of feedback.

But so I want to just make sure that's out there that I don't have these like magical kids that eat everything that I or love to eat. We do have something in.

But so I want to just make sure that's out there that I don't have these like magical kids that eat everything that I or love to eat. We do have something in.

Our house called food challenge. Also, Nick eats more than anything. I cannot keep up with his eating, so he now is like a food delivery service, but he will People will be like, I think, I just saw you eat three meals. I hear that the fork puncturing the plastic and microwave go on, and I could be in the kitchen cooking and nothing enrages me more around like jeez, Nick, like what the hell you know?

Our house called food challenge. Also, Nick eats more than anything. I cannot keep up with his eating, so he now is like a food delivery service, but he will People will be like, I think, I just saw you eat three meals. I hear that the fork puncturing the plastic and microwave go on, and I could be in the kitchen cooking and nothing enrages me more around like jeez, Nick, like what the hell you know?

Like what are you meaning?

Like what are you meaning?

But we have food challenge in our house and it usually is when we're out to dinner because when we're are traveling, we kind of ask our kids to, you know, do the food challenge. And that's just picking something that they normally wouldn't eat. And my kids have tried oysters. They didn't like them, but they've tried things that normally they wouldn't and that's just fun. It's fun to experience food and be a little bit adventurous. And like I said, so much, I mean, we are the family where it's like I'm cooking breakfast.

But we have food challenge in our house and it usually is when we're out to dinner because when we're are traveling, we kind of ask our kids to, you know, do the food challenge. And that's just picking something that they normally wouldn't eat. And my kids have tried oysters. They didn't like them, but they've tried things that normally they wouldn't and that's just fun. It's fun to experience food and be a little bit adventurous. And like I said, so much, I mean, we are the family where it's like I'm cooking breakfast.

That's the other thing you ask me. The two meals.

That's the other thing you ask me. The two meals.

I really love breakfast just because it's just like the start of the day and knowing there's something you know, I'm a mom, there's something in me knowing that like I've given my kids some like nourishment and their brain and their bodies before I send them off to school or on their feels like Okay, I checked that box.

I really love breakfast just because it's just like the start of the day and knowing there's something you know, I'm a mom, there's something in me knowing that like I've given my kids some like nourishment and their brain and their bodies before I send them off to school or on their feels like Okay, I checked that box.

I did that really well. But yeah, so those were the two those are the two big meals for me. But yeah, it's like just about for me.

I did that really well. But yeah, so those were the two those are the two big meals for me. But yeah, it's like just about for me.

It's I completely associate eating with like togetherness and memories and you know, they're activating our senses, our sense of smell or sense of taste, and our sense of sight. So it's just like all of these things that are really important and stick with you, is what it is.

It's I completely associate eating with like togetherness and memories and you know, they're activating our senses, our sense of smell or sense of taste, and our sense of sight. So it's just like all of these things that are really important and stick with you, is what it is.

And well, yeah, our our our family dinners are everything to me. Yeah right, it's I mean when we're home, Yeah, it's it's got to be a family dinner. We go out once in a while and love it. But you know, those round the dinner table conversations are priceless, they are, and it's it's where we really have the best time together as a family unless we're on a vacation some fabulous place. Yeah.

And well, yeah, our our our family dinners are everything to me. Yeah right, it's I mean when we're home, Yeah, it's it's got to be a family dinner. We go out once in a while and love it. But you know, those round the dinner table conversations are priceless, they are, and it's it's where we really have the best time together as a family unless we're on a vacation some fabulous place. Yeah.

And by the way, usually around a table there too.

And by the way, usually around a table there too.

Exactly right, right, Yeah, I just looked so forward to dinner. OK, let's talk a little bit about Sweet Magnolias. Tell us a little bit about it. It's it's it's on Netflix. Are are you? This is season more four? Oh yeah? Wow? So that's that's a good long run for Netflix show.

Exactly right, right, Yeah, I just looked so forward to dinner. OK, let's talk a little bit about Sweet Magnolias. Tell us a little bit about it. It's it's it's on Netflix. Are are you? This is season more four? Oh yeah? Wow? So that's that's a good long run for Netflix show.

Well, I know, it feels like a dream come true.

Well, I know, it feels like a dream come true.

I was just talking to Heather Hedley, who's one of my co stars, she's one of the Magnolias this morning and we were just reflecting on it, like we talk all the time, but these moments of like the day of when things drop and it's like we are both so nervous and you know, we work hard on these things and we care so much. But then she said, you know, Joe, like this, like I was like breastfeeding my daughter when this offer came in. You got a call and said you have to move to your family to Atlanta in like three days, Like it just material materialized out of nowhere and then and it's been this beautiful story and it's been such a gift, you know, the last four years in my life, I've lost my mom, my dad, and my grandmother.

I was just talking to Heather Hedley, who's one of my co stars, she's one of the Magnolias this morning and we were just reflecting on it, like we talk all the time, but these moments of like the day of when things drop and it's like we are both so nervous and you know, we work hard on these things and we care so much. But then she said, you know, Joe, like this, like I was like breastfeeding my daughter when this offer came in. You got a call and said you have to move to your family to Atlanta in like three days, Like it just material materialized out of nowhere and then and it's been this beautiful story and it's been such a gift, you know, the last four years in my life, I've lost my mom, my dad, and my grandmother.

We've had a pandemic, we've had writer strike, actor strike, like, it's a lot.

We've had a pandemic, we've had writer strike, actor strike, like, it's a lot.

It's a lot now and.

It's a lot now and.

This show has been such a mainstay and there's such a beautiful love that we've all created and it feels really special because, as you know, those things don't come around very often, and those opportunities to really dig in and become a family, you know, things don't last that long, and so it just really has been such a blessing and the show I think, really has that heart and you know, it's not trying to be anything that it's not. It's you know, it's a sexy, sweet drama that's said in the South, but it's also about friendship and it's a I think that it really celebrates friendshi in its most beautiful form, which is you know, your chosen family and supporting each other and really being in it with each other through thick and thin.

This show has been such a mainstay and there's such a beautiful love that we've all created and it feels really special because, as you know, those things don't come around very often, and those opportunities to really dig in and become a family, you know, things don't last that long, and so it just really has been such a blessing and the show I think, really has that heart and you know, it's not trying to be anything that it's not. It's you know, it's a sexy, sweet drama that's said in the South, but it's also about friendship and it's a I think that it really celebrates friendshi in its most beautiful form, which is you know, your chosen family and supporting each other and really being in it with each other through thick and thin.

And we certainly have been through a lot.

And we certainly have been through a lot.

And you're doing what you're doing ten episodes, nine episodes, Yeah, and you're what are you down there for like four months or something?

And you're doing what you're doing ten episodes, nine episodes, Yeah, and you're what are you down there for like four months or something?

Yeah, Like it doesn't take as long.

Yeah, Like it doesn't take as long.

And that's why these shows are so great to have a balance in your life, because you know, you get I get an opportunity to really be a mom and an entrepreneur and now a producer and explore all of those things. But then I also get to do the show that I'm so so proud of. So it has been such a gift and I am in a very heightened moment of gratitude in my life right now where I'm like, Okay, these are really great gifts and so I'm super thankful.

And that's why these shows are so great to have a balance in your life, because you know, you get I get an opportunity to really be a mom and an entrepreneur and now a producer and explore all of those things. But then I also get to do the show that I'm so so proud of. So it has been such a gift and I am in a very heightened moment of gratitude in my life right now where I'm like, Okay, these are really great gifts and so I'm super thankful.

Atlanta. You're in Atlanta. Huh Yeah.

Atlanta. You're in Atlanta. Huh Yeah.

We love Atlanta.

We love Atlanta.

And we bought a home right outside of Atlanta on a lake called Lake a Cony And talk about my happy place, Like that is the most magical place ever.

And we bought a home right outside of Atlanta on a lake called Lake a Cony And talk about my happy place, Like that is the most magical place ever.

And we have these incredible friends and this incredible.

And we have these incredible friends and this incredible.

Community that my kids get to go and my husband gets to be at that we like, they love, and I get to work and then we have this like small town that's wrapped its arms around me. And one of our guys in the prop department told me one night after we were working, He's like, you know, my parents live in Like a Cony and they're just so proud of you. And I was like, oh my god, absolutely, I would like thank you, and he's like, no, it's just like you're a part of the community now, and so it feels like that same feeling of like sweet my noise, like serenity, like a coney for me, where I'm just like people are magic, wonderful.

Community that my kids get to go and my husband gets to be at that we like, they love, and I get to work and then we have this like small town that's wrapped its arms around me. And one of our guys in the prop department told me one night after we were working, He's like, you know, my parents live in Like a Cony and they're just so proud of you. And I was like, oh my god, absolutely, I would like thank you, and he's like, no, it's just like you're a part of the community now, and so it feels like that same feeling of like sweet my noise, like serenity, like a coney for me, where I'm just like people are magic, wonderful.

Well, it's been great getting to talk to you a little bit. I wish we had more time. There's so many more questions I want.

Well, it's been great getting to talk to you a little bit. I wish we had more time. There's so many more questions I want.

I don't come back anytime.

I don't come back anytime.

Oh love love to have you back.

Oh love love to have you back.

Have Nick come back and talk to you.

Have Nick come back and talk to you.

Oh that would be fun. Yes, Oh I'd love to meet him. Yeah, that'd be great. Sure, yes, love it absolutely, yeah with him. What you said, Oh great, thank you? Yes, yes, good, good, good good. Yeah. Anyway, it's been a pleasure. Good luck with uh Sweet Magnolias on an epic four year run and counting, and all the best to you and your family, and good luck with your your blog, the Happy Place and all that you're doing, all the productions that you're producing. And man, you're you are a busy, busy lady. I'll tell you that much. And it's good good to be busy, isn't it.

Oh that would be fun. Yes, Oh I'd love to meet him. Yeah, that'd be great. Sure, yes, love it absolutely, yeah with him. What you said, Oh great, thank you? Yes, yes, good, good, good good. Yeah. Anyway, it's been a pleasure. Good luck with uh Sweet Magnolias on an epic four year run and counting, and all the best to you and your family, and good luck with your your blog, the Happy Place and all that you're doing, all the productions that you're producing. And man, you're you are a busy, busy lady. I'll tell you that much. And it's good good to be busy, isn't it.

Grateful?

Grateful?

Thank you and it was just such a breath of fresh air. So I really great to talk to you.

Thank you and it was just such a breath of fresh air. So I really great to talk to you.

Good talking to you too, and we'll hopefully see you real soon.

Good talking to you too, and we'll hopefully see you real soon.

Let's do it all right, all right.

Let's do it all right, all right.

Take care Joanna. That's Joanna Garcia Swisher. Everybody love talking to her. She'll be back for a future episode. I am sure, all right, We will see you next time. Best fans on the planet. Thank you all so much for your downloads. Remember where you lead, we will follow.

Take care Joanna. That's Joanna Garcia Swisher. Everybody love talking to her. She'll be back for a future episode. I am sure, all right, We will see you next time. Best fans on the planet. Thank you all so much for your downloads. Remember where you lead, we will follow.

Stay safe everyone, everybody, and don't forget.

Stay safe everyone, everybody, and don't forget.

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