Hello everyone.

Before we get started today, quick announcement,

our discord server is now open to the general public,

so long as you promise not to be a dick.

Anyone and everyone can join the discord server by going to mighty heaten.com

slash discord. So if you want to connect with other listeners and fellow political orphans,

suggest funny Friday release valve headlines

discuss particular episodes of the show,

gossip about which guests I'm probably sleeping with,

argue about politics in a polite constructive manner in the hashtag political arena,

or coordinate the international acquisition and distribution

of high-quality Mexican black tar heroin. You can do all of those things on the Heatons-Heathons discord server.

Last year I poured myself a fat scotch to power through the first presidential debate and I fired

off Woody comments and observations live from inside that

discord server because I thought, and I still think this was a good idea, that tweeting,

while drinking, might accidentally inflame a mob and get me cancelled and ruin my life.

Whereas the server is a closed ecosystem. It's just people who listen to the show.

They seem pretty chill.

I mention all of this because on today's program a couple of times I'm going to

mention the discord server because this week all of the headlines you're about to

hear came from listeners of the show who suggested them to me via the Friday

release valve channel on our server and so I invite all of you to join it and

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