Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.

Welcome back, my friends, to another one here on Inside. I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet, and welcome to a special bonus episode. Usually I'm the one asking the questions, but the tables have turned for this one. I was a guest on a podcast called Friends with Ben, hosted by Ben Carlos.

And Ben is such an excellent interviewer and does some of the most in-depth research

that I've ever seen.

I mean, he was bringing up things that I honestly forgot.

I had even mentioned publicly.

I'm like, how did you know about that?

I asked Ben, if it'd be okay if we shared this

interview here on Insight. He happily agreed. And there's so many things in this interview I've

never talked about before, stories that I've never shared, not even on Ask CVV episodes. So I hope

that you enjoy this. Please snap a screenshot, tag us, and also follow Ben.

He's at Ben J. Carlos. I'm at Chris Van Fleet, and after this episode ends, go check out

Friends with Ben on YouTube or check it out wherever you're listening to this. Now, enjoy this

conversation with Ben Carlos.

Man, thank you for making this happen. Oh, no, thank you. It is rare that I'm on this side of the

table. People might recognize the studio, but it's rare that I'm on this side. So, man,

I'm honored. Thank you for having me. Well, first off, I just want to say congratulations because October 23, 23, 353,000, 8808 subscribers is what you were at.

And you made a goal that by your birthday, May 19th of 2025, you would hit a million.

And you already crushed to that. So congratulations.

I wrote it down on the whiteboard.

It still sits in my office today.

And I'm just like, I didn't think it was possible.

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