Welcome to the Eric Matexis show with your host Eric Matexis.

Hey there folks, Alvin Chris, James the engineer hiding.

Today is Wednesday, the 1st of December.

Did you think we would finally get to December?

I know theoretically every year we get to December, but this year I was having my doubts.

I was really praying for the rapture.

Yeah, so was I.

I don't know why you didn't even mention I've got a different hat on today.

That's because I'm a man of many hats, you see?

Well, I didn't mention it because it's a radio program and nobody believes you Alvin.

Unless they're watching it, why would they even think that, that, you know, we're wearing clothes?

It's radio.

Okay, you got to tune in the rumble or Frank speech at three o'clock.

You got to do it.

Okay, let's hit the highlights and then we'll move backwards.

Okay, number one today.

In our next segment, we're going to be talking to Alex Baronson.

Some of you know that name.

He's a big deal.

He was a New York Times reporter for 10 years.

And then, and this is kind of the larger narrative of our, of the time in which we live in America.

Something happened and straight on reporting was no longer acceptable.

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