He might be. He might be. He probably is. Yeah, somewhere in the background.

He's not in this radio show. No, it's okay. It's fine. It's totally fun. I just feel bad for him.

He's going to be fun. That thing's going to be great tonight. The Bear Down podcast is going to be

taking place tonight. I'm going to see maybe about getting over there. But yeah, that thing is, that thing

is going to be awesome. At the candlelight Chicago, inside the I.O. Theater that's in Lincoln Park.

That's going to be an awesome event. Matt, thanks for joining us. We're really sorry about the

technical issues here, man, because

look, we know how much you want to talk about the Bears and we want to talk about your career,

but I'm glad that you're on the phone and we thank you very much for hanging in there with us.

Thank you for having me, and turns out all those layoffs that the score IT department didn't

pay off. They really didn pay off they really didn't

they really didn't no you just you just got a lot more real than you bargained for if you

if you knew how true oh my god you just made we are going in the emotional tank for the rest

of the interview.

You've absolutely buried us.

Whatever, man.

Walsh new stuff and he led, oh, he led with that.

We like that that you keeps it real, Matt.

Before we talk about your career, I'd love to know.

Like, as someone who grew up here and when's the moment when you fall in love with the bears?

You know, I have great memories of my father.

I'm one of like seven kids.

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