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No, we're the Einstein of podcasts. Are we? No, but it's fun to say it. I'll tell you what, it's nice to be back in the studio.

Isn't it?

We've done the last few on Zoom, haven't we?

We've been doing them online and it works because of the interweb being so clever in that.

But I have to say that the in real life, Samad de Kelly is.

It's great because I can see you in your summer shorts.

And you can see mine.

And you've got shorts and, you know, we're all just short, shorttastic.

And it's nice.

You know, the summer has come to end.

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