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This is the podcast for August 5th, 2025.

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Recorded live from the cornfield resistance, where the countdown to our 14th wedding anniversary continues.

Ooh, feel the tension.

It's the professional left with drift glass and blue gal.

Music It's the professional left with drip glass at Blue Gow.

Tension.

Well, I meant sexual tension in Blue Gag. Oh, well, I don't even know about that.

I just know that I'm very happy to be married to you.

My goodness. My goodness.

You know, when I met you, you had a life that was very compartmentalized.

I did. And I think if I was to compartmentalize my life today or to imagine it that way. Our marriage is definitely a haven from everything

else that's going on. Right. And yet here we are podcasting about everything else that's going on.

That's true. That's true. And I want to start today with the understanding that all of us are waiting for the kidney stone of Donald Trump to pass in one way or the other.

Yes. It's painful. It's aggravating. And there's no end in the short term. But look, this two shall pass. And we're seeing signs that Democratic lawmakers and candidates are finally fighting back on the bullshit.

And by the way, Trump is all over the Epstein files.

I don't know if you guys know that.

Really?

You're kidding me.

Epstein was a member of Mar-a-Lago long past his indictment for sex crimes.

And this Texas chainsaw massacre of political norms and even realistic strategies on the part of

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