Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Muckraig podcast. I'm Jared J. Sacksdown. I'm here with Nick Houselman. Houseman. It's Thanksgiving. Here we are.

Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanksgiving. Thank you. Thank you. I am thankful for you. I am thankful for our audience. I'm also thankful for our audience who are so understanding that they will understand that we're not going to have a weekend or edition on Friday because we're going to be too busy eating our feast in thanks in thanks

of them yes absolutely I will make sure to meditate on how thankful we are it's been

actually a fantastic journey so far that we've been on I I when I I don't know if your

family does this.

When I sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner, I actually say what I'm thankful for. Do you do that? We have done that. And it's been a little bit uncomfortable because I don't necessarily like to be put on a spot per se. And we've done that where they go around and you're like, okay, what are you thankful? And it's like, you know what it's like in the Superman, the first one, when they're guilty, guilty, you know, I don't know. So it makes me a little self-conscious, like, in a way that sometimes I don't want to be put in a spot to have to, like, generate some sort of, you know. I like it. I get earnest. Yeah. The people at the table, I want them to know what they mean to me.

So I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to get very personal in that moment. But, and I mean this. I sincerely do, Nick. I say that I'm thankful for you. I say that I'm thankful for our listeners. And I am. And I hope people at home feel that and they know that. But this is, this is a year to count our blessings. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. And same feelings right back at you.

Oh, I appreciate it. All right. Let's talk about some substantial stuff. We got a lot on the docket

today, Nick. We need to begin in Israel, in Gaza. There is a possibility of some good news and thank God we need some.

The reports that are coming out from the administration is that there is a written agreement

that so far has been agreed to in principle. The names have not been put on the line yet,

but it is for a temporary ceasefire that would see Hamas release up to 50 hostages at first, maybe more later, in exchange for a temporary halt in exchanges and in violence and for some aid.

It is way overdue.

Way, way, way overdue.

There's a lot to say about this, a lot to pick out with this.

But I am hopeful maybe, again, let's give thanks if we can get there.

We can get to the point where people can stop dying and we can get to the point where

some hostages are being released and we can start getting past this situation.

Yeah, I agree. I do think that, you know, the ceasefires are always generally temporary.

So that's a concern because, again, what is what is going to happen?

What are they, what is the end goal? How are they supposed to figure out how to solve this issue,

you know, in the long term? And that's concerning. But certainly, you know, it's good.

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