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Hey, Sam, how you doing?

Good. How's it going?

And going well. Did you have a nice Father's Day?

I did. You?

We don't really do anything. I don't know how to celebrate.

You don't observe?

We don't observe. I feel like every day's Father's Day in my house. I got one card. I've got two daughters, one card. So that was, it was sweet. That's better than I got.

All right. But let me set the series up. All right. Hi, everybody. And welcome to another episode of

more from Sam. As a reminder, the goal of the series is to get more from Sam on current events, more often.

And also to share a more fun side of Sam. Sam, you have a fun side. Plenty of heavy shit to discuss, but in this series, we're allowed to have fun doing it.

The tone is faster-paced, which includes interruptions because they create more energy.

I'm here to surface Sam's ideas, so don't get caught up on what you think.

My actual positions might be.

It doesn't matter.

Everybody loves a spicy Sam, so I'm going to do what I can to get more of that. And lastly, this series is not

meant to be a replacement for anything. It's simply in addition to what Sam is already doing.

Also, Sam has some tour dates coming up this fall that have already been announced. New York and

Boston in October are nearly sold out. I think there are about a hundred tickets last I checked in each of those cities.

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