We're in the midst of trying times.

The coronavirus is continuing to spread and more areas are being affected.

But this isn't a time to run and hide.

Aggressive people are forged by fire and make no mistake about it.

We're in the fight and in the fire right now. This is special

bonus episode meant to encourage and steal you toward healthy aggression when the world needs it

most. My name is Brian Tom and this is the aggressive life. Well, for the first time since 9-11, America is united against a common enemy.

This time, it's a virus. Our war on COVID-19, the coronavirus has multiple fronts. And over the past few episodes

and next couple episodes, we're just trying to talk with people who are thick in it. People who

have been in medicine, people who have been, well, today in government, businesses all over the place.

And my hope for these episodes is just trying to pull the veil of the curtain back in a little

bit and see what people are like in an industry that might not be your industry.

To hear people's stories that might not actually be your story.

And actually to interact on some topics, we might not normally be able to interact with today

I'm I'm chomping the bit today I am I'm trying to bit today because I'm going to get to ask

all the things I've wanted to ask of a politician because I'll tell you what I'm not a happy

camp right now I am not I'm not to understand some of the decisions around the virus that are

being made by politicians.

And today, we've got a guest who's actually a good friend of mine. At the age of 27, he became

the youngest person ever elected to the Cincinnati City Council. He's been in that position

since 2011. He's the odds-on favor to become the next mayor of Cincinnati.

I know I've just declared it that way, but just about everybody talked to around Cincinnati,

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