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Jack Hardy

Jack Hardy

American singer-songwriter and playwright

Aug 26, 2026

3:28
Jack, take us back to 1964 and your initial connection with Dolly Parton.
3:33
Oh, yes.
3:34
You know, I didn't even know who Dolly Parton was in 1964.
3:38
It wasn't until years later I found out that's the year she actually graduated high school.
3:42
But late summer 1964, I'm not quite... 12 years old, I go with my family on a family vacation to Bozeman, Montana.
3:53
And while we were there, everybody said, oh, you got to go to the Montana State Fair, which we did.
4:00
And, you know, State Fair, they had a rodeo.

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43:09
How do you react to that, Jack? Do you agree with what Ray's saying?
12:54
for doing something stupid he didn't point the gun at the guy the guy wasn't harmed so he gets 10 years out of riverside county and these two guys kick and do everything they did to this man within an inch of his life and they're going to county jail for a year and i'm thinking next time i connect with this young man how do i explain to him justice in america
13:25
Well, obviously, that's not just.
13:28
It's unjust, and there's no way.
13:31
I mean, look, crime is crime, but our justice system needs to be a blind justice system where it's fair to everybody, and even it's fair to those that commit a crime.
13:44
So you get a young man that goes in and waves a gun around.
13:48
The gun enhancement may have brought part of it, but the fact of the matter is, These guys put their hands and their feet on this homeless man.
14:00
They urinated on him.

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48:43
Final thoughts, sir?
CeriGUEST
79:28
Do you wanna tell us a little bit about your act?
79:30
Yeah, so, um, I mean, I've recently just released music, so I'm performing my debut singles.
79:36
Um, Only a Kiss, which was my debut, and, um...
79:39
Sorry, do you want me to look at you or the camera? [laughs]
80:23
... who's your inspiration for, for the band, but, but is Prince up there?
80:26
I mean, in all fairness, I mean, it, it's, it's a mix.
80:30
Like, I, I mean, a big, a big Lady Gaga fan.
80:34
So she kind of-
12:54
for doing something stupid he didn't point the gun at the guy the guy wasn't harmed so he gets 10 years out of riverside county and these two guys kick and do everything they did to this man within an inch of his life and they're going to county jail for a year and i'm thinking next time i connect with this young man how do i explain to him justice in america
13:25
Well, obviously, that's not just.
13:28
It's unjust, and there's no way.
13:31
I mean, look, crime is crime, but our justice system needs to be a blind justice system where it's fair to everybody, and even it's fair to those that commit a crime.
13:44
So you get a young man that goes in and waves a gun around.
13:48
The gun enhancement may have brought part of it, but the fact of the matter is, These guys put their hands and their feet on this homeless man.
14:00
They urinated on him.

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48:43
Final thoughts, sir?
10:48
Reporter Jack Hardy sat through seven weeks of evidence.
10:53
Ian Stewart had spent quite a substantial amount of his evidence trying to be liked by the jury.
10:57
He tried to crack jokes, he tried to paint a picture of him and Helen as a couple who were hopelessly in love.
11:02
They had all these maudlin tales about how they fell into each other's arms when they first met and how he always missed her and how he'd always loved her.
11:09
He would realise that he had to look as though he was upset.
11:13
So he'd put his hands down, he'd appear to shake, but then his head would come up and his eyes would appear to be dry.
11:18
There was no evidence he'd actually been crying.
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15:12
Movement that inspires.
7:07
As far as they could see, her and Stuart had little in common.
7:13
Helen Bailey was known for being a fashionable, elegant woman who often attended parties.
7:18
Ian Stuart was very contrary to this.
7:20
He wasn't anything like that.
7:21
He was not known for being fashionable.
7:22
A lot of her friends commented on the fact he didn't really care about his appearance.
7:27
They were very surprised that someone like Helen ended up with someone like Ian.

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20:50
Journalist Jack Hardy again.

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