Hey buddy. Hey, we yes. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

This kind of a buddy podcast. I want to introduce you to my buddy. He hates the labels and said why because I hate the labels that you know I have.

Your progressive gay Muslim immigrant left handed hollied while I am to Hollywood producer. Yes.

And there's no reason we should be friends. No, because of your labels. You are a conservative anti gay anti minority.

So you know what's amazing about that is those labels that I gave you were actual things a part of you almost everything you said about me was not true.

I was saying that what I'm thinking about before we met. Yes. Yes. I'm thinking about before we met what I came in thinking you were.

Right. And we became good friends and we still disagree on stuff many things. But we're good friends.

When we met things that you have said change the way I see the country, the world. And I think there's real importance in having friends, having relationships with people who think completely differently from you.

Because we are in this situation now where it's us versus them. Yes. And there is no them. There shouldn't be because I think it's us versus the problem.

Whatever the problems are, it's all of us on one side. But the more we demonize each other, the more it feels like we're against each other.

And there's no nuance. There's no nuance. It's either I'm absolutely right and you're absolutely wrong. Or you know you're thinking that about me.

And this is kind of why we wanted to do this podcast. So the premise is simple. Can we look at the things that divide us in a way that from a different angle, maybe more human perspective, a more personal perspective that allows us to see the connections.

So I gave you the impossible task. See if you can have a reasonable conversation with people on all sides about guns.

Guns, this, this constant gun debate. And the reason we chose guns, because it seems like a funny topic for the first one is that inspired by all these school shootings that have been happening, we all want the same thing.

We don't want the children to be harmed. So knowing we all want the same goal, how do we work together to achieve that goal?

And so this journey of exploring how do real Americans engage with each other. This whole thing started with the simplest, simplest sounds because you're a father and I'm a father.

And so this whole thing started with these little voices.

That's Zara, who's too. Pointing out that it's raining and that I didn't umbrella, tensing, or little brother is one and a grief.

Generally speaking, I am a liberal. So this is the sound that the children of a liberal make as they eat pieces of French toast before school.

And this is the sound that the children of conservatives make as they eat their breakfast.

Soon our kids will intermingle and mix as we take them to school.

And as they all say their highs, I say my goodbye. And sometimes, not every time, but sometimes when I leave, I think that thought, please don't let anything bad happen here.

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