This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

Vayner Nation, what is good?

We are back on the podcast 2022.

I'm really not planning on doing too many interviews or episodes.

I'm focused on V friends and Vayner X.

I think the speaking, the books, even the content, I'm down to the lowest levels this week in seven or eight years.

But when I get an opportunity to do a show where I think all of you who are listening are going to really enjoy the combo or have wanted to see the combo.

I've definitely heard through my navigating of the world that people wanted Mark and I to interact or how would we jam.

I'm really excited that he's on the show. So I'm going to let him introduce himself and how he likes to speak about himself.

I'm curious myself and then we'll get into a little bit of like book life because he's a beast and then maybe just shoot the shit on a bunch of different stuff.

So Mark, how are you?

I'm great, man. It's great to be here. I can't believe we've actually never talked before.

There's probably 15 other people over the last decade that you know how it's almost like a neighbor you have.

You've never talked about your head nod.

I've always felt that I had these kind of people that ran in similar circles, shared friends.

And it was just sheer serendipity that we weren't at the same conference at the same event that you know that if we met seven years ago at a South by Southwest, we would talk 13 times a year versus not once for seven.

You know, like it's one of those kind of things.

It's actually when Kobe Bryant passed, I actually promised myself that just slightly you a better.

I've done a little bit of a better job with it, but I'm such a mad scientist in my lab, my family, which is my real life.

And then professionally my laboratory and my crew around my laboratory cheer and cheer and root for everybody on the outside.

But spend so little time on it. So I find myself in these predicaments where but I want to be a little more thoughtful because I definitely feel like I've always loved the way people talked about you and that know you that know me.

So I'm happy we're here.

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