Hey, hey, everybody.

Welcome to the Derek Hunter podcast.

We have made it to Friday.

I am your guest host, Dean Carriannis.

That's a special opportunity, and it's also a special responsibility.

I never take it for granted that you will lend me your ears.

So thank you to each and every one of you stuck with me this whole week. We had a lot of fun together. I had fun doing this. I hope you had fun listening. Keep in touch with me at History Dean on Twitter. And you can also read my columns in the New York Sun at NYSun..com, but on Twitter and LinkedIn is where I post

each and every column. So wherever I'm writing it, you'll be sure to read them if you're into

this sort of thing. Since it is my last day with you, I come bearing gifts. The gift is in the form

of George Pryas. And if you were a listener to the Rush Limbaugh show and wasn't just about

everybody a listener to the Rush Limbaugh show, you know him as Coco the Gorilla,

Coco the Signing Gorilla, one of our favorite bits from the TV show, not just because we were

involved with it, but it just cracked Rush up. It was really a lot of fun. And we're going to talk,

though, about our

post-rush years. George and I do go back to Russia's television show, but after that we went to

Fox, who were there before the launch. George worked for the Drudge Report. And since Matt Drudge is

a shadowy figure, by design, he cultivates a mystique. I think George's insights into that television

show that was much beloved until Drud decided to step away. Those will be valuable, but George

knows a lot about politics in general. I know you'll benefit from those conversations. We've

gotten great feedback before when I've interviewed him on Derek's radio show. I only believe in bringing a guest on if the guest can bring something that I can't as a host. If there's somebody who can build on what I am bringing you, something unique. Because otherwise, why do we want to break this relationship between you and me, right? I'm not going to just bring people on to plug their books.

This is also the philosophy I have at the history author show.

And we bring on the best authors, people I think can really bring something,

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