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Hey guys, a quick note at the top of the podcast today.

We had a little bit of a weirdness on the audio recording on my end.

So if you're hearing me going a little bit in and out, my apologies.

I tried to fix it as much as I possibly could, but we recorded for more than an hour,

so I was not going to scrap the entire thing and make Eric record again.

So hopefully you'll have some patience with us on this one occasion.

And I think it's pretty listenable still, but I keep that in mind throughout the podcast.

All right, without any delay, here is the show.

Okay. What's up, everybody, and welcome to episode 262 of the Talking Chop podcast. I am your host,

Brad Rowland. It is Sunday evening in our normal time slot, and joining me as often is Eric Cole to discuss all of the goings on. And by the way, Eric, this is kind of your sweet spot because

we talk about some of the kids on this podcast. That's what you do. I do enjoy talking about

the prospects and the young men on

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