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your perusal. Patreon.com slash political beats. My name is Scott Bertram. Find me on Twitter at Scott Bertram. My tag team partner standing by, as always, Jeff Blair. Jeff, how are you? I'm doing fun. I'm just standing here on the corner of Fountain in Fairfax, and you know what, Scott, I've got a mouth for a brain,

and my brain is going to sell this podcast to you.

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Jeff is on Twitter at Esoteric CD.

And our guest for this program is a returner once again.

Previously, on the episode on The Police.

He's the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College,

national correspondent for National Review,

and host of the NR Podcasts, The Great Books, and The Bookbonger.

You can find them on Twitter at Hey Miller. He's John J. Miller. John, thanks for coming back.

Hi, Scott. Hi, Jeff. John, as we begin, we will allow you to reintroduce yourself.

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