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The network says its own name: the Pizza Day roll call.

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The shortest way to see what this network is. Maceo opens: “this is a happy pizza day from our community to yours,” and then everybody says who they are and where they are, one after another, for three minutes.

Nigeria several times over, including “I’m Walk With God, Abuja, Nigeria, representing We Them Media.” Kenya: “my name is Christine. I’m from Kenya, and I’m with We Them Media.” The United States, from Seattle, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Canada, from the lakeshore: “I’m Neda with We Them Media, right from here, Lake Ontario in Toronto.” The Bahamas: “I’m Nelson from the Bahamas.” And, filed from a bicycle somewhere in between, “Marissa Schmarsow here with We Them Media. I am traveling around the U.S. by bicycle.”

No question is asked and nobody explains anything. It is a roll call, and it is the piece to send to anyone who wants to know whether the countries on this site are a claim or a list of people. Names as each person says them; the transcript below is from the original audio.

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Who speaks, by their own introduction on the tape: Maceo at 0:00, Giftinjo at 0:06, Kafani at 0:17, Kenny at 0:21, Christy at 0:24, WalkwithGod at 0:29, Maritza at 0:39, Neda at 0:54, Nelson at 1:02, Lee at 1:07, Tim at 1:16, Devin at 1:23, Drew at 1:27, Hong Chi at 1:28, Larissa at 1:31, Benny at 1:48. Transcribed from the original audio and corrected for names. Search every transcript

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0:00A: What’s up everybody? Maceo here, founder of WeThemMedia, and this is a happy pizza day from our community to yours.

0:05Giftinjo: Hello, my name is Giftinjo. I’m from Nigeria and I’m here with WeThemMedia.

0:10C: Uh, y’all, Marissa Shamarzo here with WeThemMedia. I am traveling around the US by bicycle.

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0:17Kafani: Hi, I’m Kafani from Lagos, Nigeria with WeThemMedia.

0:21A: Hey everybody, it’s Kenny from WeThemMedia here in Seattle.

0:24Christy: Hello, my name is Christy. I’m from Kenya, and I’m with We Them Media.

0:29F: Yo, I’m Walk With God. I’m in Abuja, Nigeria, representing We Them Media. Hi, my name is Maritza.

0:41G: I live in Acapulco, y estoy haciendo videos para We Them Media. Hi everyone, we’re all here from Nigeria. with We Them Media.

0:53Neda: Hello everybody, I’m Neda with We Them Media, right from here, Lake Ontario in Toronto.

1:02A: Hey, I’m Nelson from the Bahamas and I’m with We Them Media. Hi, I’m Lee. I live in New Jersey. On behalf of We Them Media. My name Yashakey. I’m with We Them Media.

1:15F: Hi, I’m Tim. with We Them Media.

1:18I: I’m here in beautiful Denver, Colorado.

1:20A: Yo, what’s up guys? This is Devin here with We Them Media, currently in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’m Drew. I’m Hong Chi. We’re with We Them Media and we’re in New York.

1:30Larissa: I’m Larissa, artist and jewelry maker and sheep owner. I live in Brattleboro, Vermont, and together with We Them Media --

1:40I: This is Damon Roberts, and when I’m not in Philadelphia, I’m in New Jersey, and I am here with We Them Media.

1:48A: I’m Benny, I’m with We Them Media, and I want to wish you a happy pizza day.

1:52Giftinjo: Happy pizza day!

1:55C: And I am here to wish y’all a happy pizza day.

1:58A: I just wanted to wish you a happy pizza day from here, the Pacific Northwest.

2:03Christy: Wishing you a happy pizza day.

2:07F: Happy pizza day, y’all. Pizza out.

2:10G: Happy pizza day, para todos. Happy pizza day, everybody.

2:17Neda: Oh, and I wanna wish you a happy Pizza Day.

2:19A: Wishing you a happy Pizza Day. I wanna wish you a happy Pizza Day. We’re here to wish you a happy Pizza Day. Happy Pizza Day. Brad, wishing you a happy Pizza Day.

2:33C: Yeah, wanted to hop on here and wish everybody a very happy Pizza Day.

2:37A: And we wanna wish you a happy Pizza Day.

2:39Larissa: I am wishing you a happy Pizza Day!

2:44I: And I’m here to say to you, happy Pizza Day, baby. Happy Pizza Day!

2:49K: Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day from all of us at WeDemNiger.

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