I'm your host Annie F. Downs. I'm really happy to be back with you today. We've got a great show in store for you. But before we get to that, I have some

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Today on the podcast is my friend Mike good when he's a comedian from South Carolina you've probably seen him online he is bow tie comedy or on any of the places he's been on TV on lifetime on BET on TV and USA I mean he is everywhere you guys.

And you can watch a special on dry bar comedy but the real best reason that he's on the podcast today you guys is he is going to be on tour with us in June and all 12 cities you're going to get to experience and die laughing at my good when comedy so I wanted you to meet him first so here is my conversation with my touring friend and amazing comedian Mike good when.

Welcome to that sounds fun podcast.

Thank you for having me the reason we're well there's a lot of reasons we're doing this one you're hilarious but to we're about to go on the road together we're about to go on tour does the world is the world ready I can't I can't know.

The world's ready for a New York Times best seller author I know they're ready for that I know I'm ready for it I'm so ready I think we we are going to have more fun that that's my goal now listen I've heard stories about you and bus travel.

So go ahead and just warn me warn me about your bus life how do you feel about bus food how do you feel about sleep like what is your bus life.

I'm all about the bus life right because it's for a segment at time so it's like going back it's like going back to your college for homecoming like this is.

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