Hello, folks, and hey, bear, welcome to the Nateland podcast. I'm Brian Bates, joined today with Dusty Slay. He's back. Aaron Weber, as always. Nate will be here. He is on his way. So don't turn it off yet. And our good friend, Mike Veckeong. Hey, thanks for having me back, guys. It's been a while. It's been a while. Yeah, since I've been invited back. But thank you for having me finally.

First time on the podcast since the release of low-income whites. Yes. And there's a lot down here.

And there's also a lot in the north. Also, I'm not saying that it's just down here.

Higher percentage up there, right? Yeah, I think it is.

Did you look that up?

No, I just think we just know.

I think I just, I kept calling your, I was here at the night of your taping and I kept calling it sarcastic.

I thought you were saying amazing for a while.

Were you not?

We were pressing flesh.

We're networking.

And you said amazing a little bit without

making eye contact with me and looking for someone more famous in the room. Over the top of your head.

Yeah. It was amazing. It was a great. Thank you.

But Aaron used a better term, I think, than sarcastic. I don't know sarcastic's right. He said tongue and

cheek. Right. And did I, do we have this conversation? I was texting with you one day.

Oh, okay. Okay. And about how funny it was. We were both saying that. And we were talking about

the punching down on the south. Yes. Yes. The reason I think it doesn't bother me is because

it's very transparently tongue and cheek right right

just having some fun just an outsider poking a little fun just a man who walks into a waffle

house who's never been to a waffle house before he's a little shock by it's a little fun ribbing going

back and forth it's being playful when was the first time you went to a waffle house when i was in

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