Welcome to the political orphanage, a home for misfits and problem solvers. I'm your host Andrew Heaton and I am joined today by Mr.

Brian Brushwood fellow Miss Fit and Problem Solver. Hello Brian.

Hey man, am I misremembering or did I accidentally make up the name for this

podcast? You did. You literally made up the name for this podcast. I like I want to

give you due credit for this. The forerunner to the political orphanage was

something's off with Andrew Heaton and you and I were having a conversation and you

said something effective it's nice that you've got a big cardboard box for all the

political orphans to huddle in or something to that effect.

And I was like, oh, the political orphanage, which I kind of, I'm not sure in retrospect that I should have used it because

people, people that are not listening to the program

and fur it's much more political than it is because the show tends to be

dealing with ideas and policy rather than with you know play by play that's more

Justin's stuff but all the same yes yes, you, you, you, T.M. trademarked the show, and I believe you own it as a result of that,

don't you?

I know I own you personally.

Right, yes.

Although to that extent, as Justin is fond of pointing out all politics is local and

whether it's the political misgivings of you and another sports team or you and

your knitting circle or whatever we've all had that

experience of feeling like the outsider right in that regard I strongly

encourage you to stick with that

something that you and I have spoken about ad nauseum is not just being an outsider but being

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