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T-Empsey Max, Dusty for More. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 400 of the battery power podcast. I am your host,

Brad Rowland. It is a Sunday afternoon here in late May.

I will go ahead to apologize for my audio quality. If there any issues, I am traveling and my

normal co-host is traveling even more so. Scott, as I talked about last week, is going to be out

for two or three weeks on account of international travel. But on this special round number

occasion of the podcast, I am bringing in the big guns, former co-host of international travel, but on this special round number occasion of the podcast,

I am bringing in the big guns, former co-host of this program, the person who's been on the show

the most by far, other than myself and Scott. Eric Cole is back. Eric, hello. How are you, my friend?

Bradford, I have missed you. I have missed podcasting in general. I actually haven't podcasted

since I left battery power, which has been a nice break in some ways, but also I have missed podcasting in general. I actually haven't podcasted since I left

Battery Power, which has been a nice break in some ways, but also I've missed talking to you

and Scott and everyone else. So it's nice to be able to do the show. If by chance you are a new

listener in the last, I don't know, six months or so, you may not know Eric. Eric was the minor league

editor and all things person over at Battery Power,

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