Hey, hey, son. Oh my goodness. Look who it is. I was just gonna call you. This is, uh... Back in town or are you, um, yeah, briefly. You go into the family thing that we're, uh... Giving to ourselves? No, I can't make it. Yeah, no? Should I tell them? Well, you know, listen, I, I wasn't gonna go, so don't, don't, don't not go because I'm, you know... you know. Well, no, you're the reason I would go. Oh, no? Should I tell them? Well, you know, listen, I wasn't going to go, so don't, don't not go because I'm, you know.

Well, no, you're the reason I would go.

Oh, yeah?

I just, uh, have some plans, so I can't, yeah.

You got plans, huh? Well, we make plans and God laughs. Yeah, that's right. Right? No, I always want to make plans, but you don't want to be laughed at.

TVTL.

It is always 67 degrees with a 40% chance of rain.

Always.

Oh, that naughty old elf must be one mean bastard to give us this so early.

I'm so funny.

I can't believe my dad didn't think I can make it as a stand-up comedian. Was my underwear showing when I was climbing down the tree? I wore my Thursdays because my Saturdays had a case of the Mondays, if you know what I mean. I like it. Each second is so rife with information. Go on, please. All right, hello, good morning, and welcome everyone to a Thursday edition of TBTL the show that just might be too beautiful to live.

Frasiatur, Fritz, your frisciator.

My name is Luke Burbank. I am your host.

If you want to talk, I've got two ears and they're tuned to the listening station.

Coming to you from the Madrona Hill studio,

perched high above the Mighty Columbia,

where we are at episode 4,552 in a collector series.

Let the fun begin.

And I don't think it's our last episode,

but there is news out there on the horizon about

podcasting and about AI coming for podcasts. There's a new company that is trying to create

5,000 AI podcasts, putting out 3,000 episodes per week and obliterate the human-hosted podcasting scene.

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