The Welcome to the Charles C. W. Cook podcast. This is episode 56. Unfortunately, the Russian

version of this one is much better than the American version.

The Russian version is longer, wider and taller, it's cheaper.

It's more sparkly but without getting glitter everywhere.

It's cleaner and prettier. And it's more heavily

censored so if you don't like certain parts of my podcast then you have a

reasonable chance of those parts being taken out.

Or at least you would.

But sadly for you, this is the American version,

except in Nebraska, where state law requires me to broadcast the Swedish version which inexplicably I am obliged

to record while wearing the Svenska Nationala Cladidrachtin and listening to Abba.

And people ask why I wanted Britain to leave the European Union.

This week's podcast, all of them, irrespective of your location, is brought to you by two sponsors.

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