Hey, what's happening?

A Mike Schmidt, 40-year-old boy podcast.

A little different, I know, with no opening music.

I'm coming at you cold, coming at you dry, as we call in the business.

No cold open or no theme song or however you want to determine it.

I guess the theme song is a cold opener.

I guess technically it's not.

A cold open is before the theme song.

That would be like, well, actually, I guess this is a cold open.

Hold on a second.

Let me double back and go ahead and talk about show business some more.

Because I don't know if you're aware of this.

I have a fingernail in show business.

I used to think I had a pinky in show business.

Now, I barely have a cold open without a theme song.

It is also a show I've avoided doing.

I didn't want to do this show this week.

You know, I just, I didn't.

So that's why we're doing this Wednesday night.

You know, I tried Monday. Well, fuck, no, that's even a lie. I didn't. So that's why we're doing this Wednesday night. You know, I tried Monday. Well, fuck, no. That's even a lie. I didn't try. I mean, in my brain,

I kept telling myself to do it. You know, last week's show was late, and I apologize for that.

But I, you know, this week, Monday, I was like, all right, you know, you got to do a show. But I had a weekend that made me

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