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It is time, episode 21 of Interrupted by Matt Jones, and I am honored to have, as our guest for this, our governor in Kentucky, Andy Bashir. I'm going to call you Andy

because I feel like the whole state calls you, Andy. Are you good with that, by the way? It is my

name. Still, still Andy, so no worries at all. Hey, thanks for having me on. Of course. You know,

it's interesting. I think part of your success as a governor has been in the fact that people

feel like they can relate to you.

And I think the fact that they just call you Andy, I think in some ways kind of exemplifies

that. Do you think that that sort of connection that allows people to call you,

Governor Andy, or whatever, is part of what's gone well I do I

think it's a couple things first it's loving the state loving our people and and

working my tail off every day to try to make life better not just for people of

of one party or one area of the state but to make life better for for everybody

and then the second piece is not letting the job change you,

because the job can come with some grandeur or a lot of pomp and circumstance, but at the end of

the day, you're still the same person. And for me, I had two things that have helped me do that.

Number one, parents who went through this job, knowing that they were still the same

at the end of the day. And number two, a wife and kids who don't let me get too high on myself

when I come home. So I think what I've always said is if you think this job makes you smarter,

taller, or better looking, then it's going to eat you up. Sorry, it didn't make you taller, but I do think it made you, I do think it made you to where

you, you showcase an empathy in this job that I think has been, at least on my personal

opinion, your best talent. And part of that was because you really got thrown into it. I mean, you had just taken the job

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