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Welcome back to Inside the Hive.

I am Emily Jainbach.

I'm here with Joe Hagen, my co-host, but today I'm going to treat him as a special guest.

You're always a special guest, Joe.

But today you are an author of a fantastic story, so I'm going to elevate you.

I appreciate that.

That's sweet.

How are you doing?

You know, I'm great.

It's a glorious day on the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Talk to me about the weather.

It's been sunny, beautiful, low humidity.

I would go so far as to say it's like California.

In fact, I had a friend, okay, visiting me.

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