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Jeff Blair. Jeff, how are you? Not good, Scott. I got to say, feeling pretty joyless recently. The magic just seems to have gone out of political beats. We're not putting out the same quality product that we used to. So listen, you know what? I think I'm done. I think I'm going to quit. And you can just get Christian Schneider to take my place. Christian Schneider and his friend, maybe. We'll bring two people in to replace you.

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Joining us once again is Brad Berzer.

And he's the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, the lyricist for the progressive rock band, The Bartik Deaths,

also the author of a biography of Rush drummer Neil Peart.

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