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beats. My name is Scott Bertram. Find me on Twitter at Scott Bertram. My tag team partner

standing by as always, Jeff Blair. Jeff, how are you?

No, I don't know, Scott.

It's easy to get embittered these days.

No matter how many hours we spent working on these episodes, crafting them, sanding them down to perfection, to a purity, a diamond hard purity.

Inevitably, all that happens when we release them

is that some other podcast accuses us of plagiarizing them.

That's a tricky situation, one we hope to wiggle our way out of,

perhaps have good explanations.

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