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But when we did meet for really kind of the first proper time, I was up at their house in Connecticut.

And I mean, he was just icing me so hard, like at the dinner table, not talking me, not asking any questions when we were playing ping pong.

I like literally went up to play ping pong and he

put his paddle down and walked away. And I was like, you've got to be kidding me. And I just remember

having this moment where when I was leaving their house in the time, I went, I grabbed her father.

I said, Raj, you know, I'd love to actually definitely Mr. Agarol was not calling him Raj.

The namesake that there's that moment where.

Oh yeah, totally.

Definitely not communicating on a first name basis.

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Andrew, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thank you for having me. Yeah, absolutely. It is my pleasure to have you here. So I actually found out about you and your work by way of one of our former guest, Mickey Agarwal, who happens to also be your wife. And when she was suggesting people, the first person that came to the top of the list was you. And the funny thing is, while she was telling me about what you did, I had actually made a mental note to say, oh, yeah, we should definitely have him. And you were the first person she suggested. But before we get into your work, I want to start with what I think is a very relevant question, given the nature of what I know about you. And that is what social group were you a part of in high school? And what impact did that end up having on the choices that you've made throughout your life and throughout your career? Oh, what an interesting way to start the interview.

Um, impacted that end up having on the choices that you've made throughout your life and throughout your career. Oh, what an interesting way to start the interview. You know, I will start slightly before high school because it has a lot to do with really kind of my life's mission, my life's mission.

So I grew up in Hawaii, going to public school, and what a lot of people don't know about Hawaii is that

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