Hello, my friends.

Welcome to the Tuesday episode of standup, which features a great conversation, I hope you think, between me and my friend Eric Siegel, who is a constitutional law professor, a very close friend of mine, and one of your all-time favorites here on the show.

That's coming up.

First, I just want to say, thank you very much for being

patient and supportive as I tried to experiment with all kinds of different features, segments,

ideas for the show, how to broadcast the show going live on different platforms and using video

and so much more. Since the election, I, like many of you, have reevaluated all kinds of personal and professional things.

And here on the podcast, I want to give you something that is helpful to you each and every day,

something you can look forward to, something that isn't always necessarily depressing,

often uplifting and enlightening, and more than

anything else, I think probably one thing we can be consistent about here on stand-up is

informative and educational. I try to find the smartest people I can, and I have conversations

with them. I ask them questions. Sometimes I talk myself. Anyway, that's what I've got for you today on the podcast

because I need of a bit of a mental health day. Everything is fine with me, but I'm way behind

and trying to get caught up. So today it's just a conversation between Eric Siegel and I,

even with all of the news that is happening constantly around us, taking a break

from all of that, just to catch up and figure a whole bunch of things out. We had an awesome time

at the hangout last night. I am hosting Monday and Thursday hangouts each and every week for

paid subscribers. And last night was great. We talked about our personal experiences and reflections on the election outcome,

including how we're changing our own personal lives and choices in terms of our media intake,

our own self-care, and so much more.

We also talked about a bunch of other topics implicating the, you know, the pardon,

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