Hey folks. I am incredibly excited about this episode. This is Jerome Rand. Jerome has been on the show two other times. The second time was in person. And this time is the second one we've done in person, third time total being on the show. And it was a pleasure. As you can see,

the show went, you know, almost two hours, super easy to talk to Jerome. I mean, you couldn't see

me in this interview, but I was completely riveted with the storytelling. I was on the edge of my

seat. I'm just, if I can find a way to do more in-person interviews, I'm going to. You know,

I know half our guests are in other countries or just halfway around the world half the time.

So it's impossible.

But if there's any way I can, I'm going to figure it out because it is such a special experience to be able to sit down with the guest and just hear those stories firsthand.

You're just, you're locked in. So I hope you

enjoy this episode. This is such a great way to be able to start the year off. We've got some

amazing episodes coming out. So we're really trying to hit 2023 hard and Jerome is a Hall of Fame

ASP guest. And funny story, I think I told this already,

when I played his episode, one of his previous episodes revisited a couple weeks ago,

I got a call from Jerome like two days later. And he was telling me, he's like, hey man,

I'm going to be in the area in your area. I'd love to sit down again.

I was like, cool, man, you must have seen.

I recently replayed your episode, like two days ago.

He said, no, not at all.

So after, you know, a year and a half of not talking to him, knowing he had done other trips, other sailing trips,

and then just thinking about him putting up his episode, he calls me two days later.

You talk about, you know, meant to be coincidence.

But the reason he about, you know, meant to be coincidence.

But the reason he was, you know, last minute came around this area to talk and was here.

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