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We're here this episode to play a game. It's called Into it, Not Into it,

and our guest this episode is so strong, so amazing. He doesn't need another competitor to play

against him. Jay Jordan, you know him as the internet's most popular bisexual,

stand-up comedian who was a force of nature, and also a writer on the problem with John Stewart.

Hello, Jay. Hey, what's up? How are you doing? I'm good. I'm better now. You know,

we last had you on the show. Did you do our year-ender at the end of 2022? I did the year-ender

with my good friend, Zach Zimmerman, who has a book that's out right now, but yeah, I did it with

that. Yeah. Every time you come on the show, I laugh to the point where I think I'm going to drop

my microphone. It's true. You need to get a tight grip. We're going to act up again today.

So you know how this goes. I asked you a few questions about a few stories from the news,

and you tell me if you're into these stories or not, and explain why. And because I know what you

do for a living, the first question this week, the first game question is, are you into or not

into the writer's strike? I am so into it. This is how into the writer's strike I am. Yesterday,

my mom called me and she said, Jay, well, you just don't TV. That's it. Maybe for what? We're

picketing at peacock headquarters yesterday. I'm so into it. We have to discuss the fact that

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