Most of the 173,000 people wedged into the 9 tenths of a square mile between 5th Avenue and the East River wouldn't know if you asked them that they lived or worked in the 21st.

Whether they know it or not, the security of their persons, their homes, and their property is my job. My job and the job of the 160st. Whether they know it or not, the security of their persons, their homes, and their

property is my job. My job and the job of the 160 patrolmen, 11 sergeants, and four

lieutenants of whom I'm the boss. My name is... I'm captain in command of it.

What makes a city? Not buildings, not subways, not business. People make a city. From dawn to midnight, from midnight to dawn, people will pour their lives together and stir up the city where even love can lead to death.

You asked it a ragged, you're right around in my chair. It's gone. What are you doing?

What are you doing?

That is not painful by them.

That is painful by the people of Detroit.

You might be qualified, ML.

I'm not qualified for this job.

Let me tell you something.

You want to go right now?

Okay?

You want to go right now?

It's taken a week, but the tensions have slowly seeped out of this room in the same way.

It took two and a half feet of water to slowly seep out of my basement.

But before we start with this week's show, I just want to remind everybody in this room

what was said so aptly in our intro.

I am the captain of this podcast.

And if you don't remember that, I'm looking at a certain someone.

Much like in Master and Commander, you will be asked to grab a cannonball and walk to

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