You are, I think, one of the best storytellers alive today.

You humble me with that.

What I love when we do this is you and I, we have a history, right?

We have this amazing history and it's this mutual love of history.

And I love that we've had all these conversations over the years that have gone on privately,

depending on who's empowered, depending on what's changed, depending on where the culture

is.

And this is oddly, I think the first time we've ever sat down for the in-depth conversation,

which I love.

I'm just, I can't wait because I'm like, you know, usually it's like, whatever, I do my

thing and I'm like, they're going to ask me these five questions and I'm going to answer

these five questions.

And I feel like I'm like, I'm getting right now.

I'm just like, this is going to be a good one.

You brought a toy.

I did.

I should have brought something from my collection, but you brought something pretty amazing

and it kind of goes with the book.

Yeah.

So your new book is The First Conspiracy, The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington.

I know just a little bit of it.

I just know that I just know the execution part.

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