Love. Oh, don't we all enjoy love. One of the best feelings in the world. And I had a wonderful weekend this past weekend, celebrating the love of my two good friends, James and Grace, who got married,

and they had a wonderful weekend, a great bash. Sorry, I'm feeling a little bit tender this

morning, I have to tell you, but it was a wonderful time. And it got me thinking about what kind of

intro I wanted to do on today's podcast episode. This, of course, being YouTube and News,

the podcast, as I'm sure you can

tell from the content of what I'm talking about. And you know, the opening, the cold open,

is often a place of gesturing, a place of clownery, you know, goofiness. And I thought this week,

no, let's be a little bit sensible. Let's talk about

something that really matters in this world. And that is love. And so I want to do things

a little bit differently this week. And I want to open the podcast with a poem. A beautiful poem.

I didn't take the time to write down who this is from, but it's a famous beautiful poem that I

found by Googling poems about love. So please sit back, maybe close your eyes, and just mull over

the concept of love. Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness. Delightful lily of youthful wantonness.

Richest in bounty and in beauty clear.

And in every virtue men hold most dear.

What you know about rolling down in the deep?

When your brain goes numb, you can call that mental freeze.

When these people talk too much, put that stuff in slow motion. Yeah,

I feel like an astronaut in the ocean. A. Welcome to YouTube and News the podcast. Yes,

welcome back everybody. My name is Benedict Townsend. I am your host, as always, I was with the most on YouTube

and use the podcast. It's wonderful to have you back with me right here. It's wonderful to just

look you dead in the eye through your smartphone camera, which I've of course accessed, as

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