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Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. We talk about culture and where we buckle up to take more self-driving cars because apparently the data says that we should. I'm your host, Nagin Farsad, and fine. I'll look at the data on self-driving cars, even though the entire phenomenon gives me hives. I don't want to do it, but we're going to talk about it.

We're also going to talk about how Indiana has randomly decided to assert its own state identity,

and that identity is, shut up, Trump.

Oh, my God.

We'll talk about RFK and how he continues to not be a fan of science,

and Europe is panicking over its population

decline and what are they trying to do about it and finally boomers are passing down a bunch of

their stuff to a generation of millennials who simply don't want it. Today's panel to get into all

of this is so I mean so exciting You heard them both on the show.

They're both just excellent comedians. First up, we have comedian. He's a wait, wait, don't tell me regular. So you've also heard him on NPR with me when we've had so much fun because he's so funny. He's also a fashion designer

who has his own label. It's called BB Spoke. And my husband is going to be getting one of those

jackets, but he doesn't know it yet. And this man is going to be making my husband more fashionable.

And he's doing it all from the great city of Chicago.

It is the excellent Brian Babylon.

Hey, Brian.

Yo,

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