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That's Better Help. Thanks for joining us today. My name's Ken Swanson. This is the AP Laboratory, the Wednesday edition. The first episode that we haven't had the game previews, the season preview to really address.

So this is kind of new territory for us.

Frankly, it's been a while since we've had a show like this, but that's okay.

We're gonna have some fun anyway anyway here to help me have a grand old time or my dear pals. First find him on Twitter at Chief in Carolina. Maddie Lane, how you doing today, my friend? Well Well Kent, I was doing great.

And then earlier today, you put out a poll on Twitter

that deeply offended me to my absolute core.

You asked our fans, you asked the people, who would be the one seed in an

eating competition between you, myself, the Renaissance man Craig Stout and our friend Chief Bearcat.

Somehow I am in third place of this poll.

By a long shot, I am closer to you and dead last than I am second place.

And this is an absolute injustice, and I will not stand for this.

Yeah, you guys, Maddie's the one seed with a bullet, like it's not close.

I understand that you probably look at his body type and you're thinking, oh, okay, he's a slimmer guy and all that. I'm sure he can eat a little bit. This man is trained to eat. He is constantly eating. As a matter of fact, most of the podcasts that you've listened to, he's probably

8 75% of the time that he's been recording them. So this man is your number one seed.

I will take the number two seed, which I currently am,

and I am a top two competitor in this endeavor here,

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