Welcome to the Cynical Podcast, the weekly discussion of current affairs in China produced in partnership with SubChina.

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website, and growing range of podcasts and videos. It's a feast of business, political, and cultural news about a nation that is reshaping the world. I'm Kaiser Guo coming to you today from the

safe, socially distant makeshift studio I have at home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Joining me from Nashville, Tennessee is a man who apparently believes that a sufficiently

willy beard will function just as well as an N95 surgical mask.

Mr. Jeremy, how are things out there in Goldcorn hollered?

I mean, they're really good. I feel bad because in some ways, I can't complain.

Ever since I moved to America with my family five years ago, I've worked remotely.

And my daily life hasn't actually changed very much.

So, in fact, in some ways, it's busier because suddenly everybody else is remote working too

and wanting to talk on the phone and teleconference and Zoom and everything.

So, you know, despite the fact that the world is falling apart, our country is run by a buffoon,

an incompetent buffoon, and we appear to be heading towards World War III with China.

Everything is great in Gold Corner Hollow.

Yeah, you know, I'll take all that just because I haven't had to travel at all.

It's been wonderful.

Anyway, Jeremy, take a moment to tell our listeners about our COVID-19 newsletter, would you?

Yeah, so we decided since we are in the business of doing newsletters, amongst other things

like podcasts and websites, we would like to offer a free service to our readers and anyone else

interested.

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