I used to be able to name every nut that there was, and that used to drive my mother crazy,

because she used to say, Harlan Pepper, if you don't stop naming nuts,

and the joke was, of course, that we lived in Pine Nut, and I think that's what put it in my head at that point.

So I'd go to see, she'd hear me in the other room and she would just start

yelling. I'd say peanut, hazel nut, cashew nut, macadamian nut. That was the one that was sent her

to her going crazy.

TVTL.

You know, I would like to take this straw

and stick it in your ear and extract everything

you've ever thought or felt or seen

or even dreamed about your profession.

I got to be honest, would you, sir? The kind of work I do, I don't think it's as interesting as

you think it is. My podcast is on life support. Hey, I need new listeners. That was a joke.

Humor is the tool of the interesting.

I was skeptical.

It seemed too good to be true.

I'm so glad I tried.

All right, hello, good morning, and welcome everyone to a Wednesday edition of TBTL, the show that

just might be too beautiful to live.

Don't go there.

My name is Luke Burbank.

I am your host.

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