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Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible. I'm Bruce Feldman and

look who's back from vacation our world traveler the editor-in-chief the

boss says he likes to cut refer to himself my colleague Stuart Mandel

Stu are you on the road still yeah it's funny that you're talking about me being

back from vacation because that feels like ancient history now I just spent four days in Atlanta for SEC media days I'm

back home now quite a week quite a busy week we've had the athletic when you say

yeah I feel like we have hired about 60 new new writers and reporters which is a good thing for us.

I have to say, so I was at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas for a couple of days earlier this week.

I was there last year and quite a difference a year makes because just the presence and I don't want to you know be people over the head with our brand and our our website but just it's just very different to see the impact and the reach

that you're that what you started I don't know 11 and a half months ago has had and how much it's grown now.

Yeah I mean SEC you know I basically spent I was there primarily to promote the site

I didn't even get a chance to do much reporting

and writing until the last day.

And you're right.

I mean, it's cool to be part of something

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