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Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby. Radio X. Hello and welcome to the Ed Gamble and Matthew

Crosby Radio Show podcast.

I'm here in the studio. Ed is down the line.

Yeah, and I'm on, as always, when I'm down the line, I'm on FaceTime,

so it's not great sound quality, but it will be better sound quality in the show.

Oh, the show was gorgeous. I couldn't tell the, was gorgeous. I could tell the difference, obviously,

in that you physically weren't in the room.

But in my ears, clear as a bell.

Crystal clear.

Fantastic.

And it was, I'll say this now,

really, really fraught before the show.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, man.

It's so, it adds a whole new level of stress.

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