Hi everybody, I'm Dennis Prager. This is this week's Fireside Chat. You know what? We need a band.

We gotta up the ante on this thing, right? Don't you agree? Like on you know, one night time TV?

I would love that. Have a band here. Just a drummer?

Probably like Kevin Banks. Yeah, no. Yeah, but you know trumpet or something. I need to get you something.

We do have Otto though and I'll tell you this. If I took a vote with you folks, Otto or a band,

Otto would win. Otto all well. Let me say hi to him. I don't know if he's the boy good boy. You should

be good boy. All right everybody. So this is my home. This is my everything. This is me. This is my

my favorite room in the house. By the way, does it look messy? I don't I don't. It doesn't. Oh,

that's because you're facing the meat side. Behind this camera are about a thousand books. I have

about 7,000 books. By the way, let me offer you a thought that probably hasn't been offered to most

of you. There is something beautiful and meaningful in entering a home and seeing books.

So look, I read a lot on Kindle. I read most now on Audible, but it doesn't matter. It is a statement

that you take ideas seriously, having books. And it's also beautiful. Bookcases and books is,

I mean, it's just it's cosmetically nice. But I'm just offering you a thought. And you know what

happens when people visit my proof is they walk over to the books. People are so curious. What is

this person read? And it is sort of like an advertisement for your mind and your heart to people.

So you should buy books and and and have a bookcase or two. It is a very people. The first thing

people do when they come into this room is just go wow, look at how many books. And I it's more

than the norm even for my generation, but it was it was common in the past to to have books in a house

because that was the only option about how to read. But people don't read as much anyway today,

but that's another issue. I want to tell you a story. And those of you new to the fire side

chat, please know nothing is rehearsed. It's completely spontaneous. It's my way of really getting

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