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Welcome to Nerds Podcasts, number 463. At Midnight is in full swing. Every night after

Colbert, Tom Lennon returns on tonight's episode, Wednesday, January 8th. Tom is still not one,

even as an executive producer of the show, he's still not one. And I love Tom, but I think

it would be interesting to see if he, how many times are going to take him to actually win the show.

I like the idea that he eats away at him and he never does. It might, by the way, Tom Lennon is

one of the funniest people you could ever hang out with. So I'm pulling for him, but I can't,

you know, I can't fudge the game. Although I do give out, like you have a system where you can

just give out points. Yes, every night after Colbert at Midnight. It's good to see you guys back.

Happy New Year, happy New Year, Kyle, happy New Year, Katie Levine. Did you guys have some good

New Year's? It was delightful. It was fun. This is why you guys don't do a podcast.

No, this is good. Nothing exciting. Just went to a party. Normal shit. Yep. I stayed in and

me and my girlfriend watched 24-hour party people. Oh, good one. Yeah, I can't go wrong with

Steve Cougan. Love the Cougs. It was a lot of her going like, is this that band you like?

Why can't you understand me? What's happening now? Who are the buzzcocks?

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