Hello and welcome to the Bullock podcast I'm your host Tim Miller. Today some Americans take a holiday to honor the worst episode of the sopranos, but not us.

No sleep till inauguration. I'm here with editor-at-large. Bill Crystal as always on Monday.

Hey Bill. Hey Tim, great to be with you and your voice

sounds pretty good for someone who spent, what,

three and a half, four hours at the LSU game Saturday night?

Well, many more than that if you count the tailgate,

at least four hours.

An overtime victory for the Tigers a beautiful Saturday night in Louisiana and

my voice is actually a little bit sore also from the way out of the game because

you know I'm sure a very well-intentioned young fellow from Old Miss

did call me the F-sler on the way out of the game.

And it was kind of a mistake for him, I think,

because I don't think he realized that he was attacking a professional podcaster.

I was able to turn back around and make him reflect a little bit on some of the

thinking that led to that worldview following very devastating loss in Baton Rouge.

So it was altogether just a joyous day.

I hung out with Mondo de Plantis, another LSU man,

best pole vaulter in history.

Just a beautiful evening in Louisiana. Not as beautiful for the Mets I've heard.

Okay now we've got the good news over with now we can get to the real news.

Yeah. Before we get to the real bit news and the darkness that was your morning newsletter. I feel like we need a

little bit of frivolity and there was a social media curfuffle over the

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