Hello everyone. Welcome to the next level. I'm JBL here with my best friend Tim Miller and a very good acquaintance, Sunny Bunch, sitting in for Sarah Longwell, both of the bulwark. Before we get started, go hit the subscribe button, hit the thumbs up button,

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Boys how are we Tim you look very uh sun-kist.

I'm tan a little red but Iist. I'm tan. A little red, but I'm Lebanese. I don't know if you know that.

Partially Lebanese. Oh yeah, so my red will pivot to tan. I also think this lighting in my

child's bedroom might be giving me a little more

rosasia than when I look at myself in the mirror a lot of tan a little red we'll

get to that at the end.

Contrast between you and Sunny who who is like Nosferatu is pretty stark. I live in a cave. I do not I do not

set foot outside unless I absolutely have to. I park as close to buildings as I can so I can sprint from my car to the cover of shade.

Smart. Yeah. I like how you upgraded Sunny. I call my friend of me when you're out of the next level and he's in and you give him

friendly acquaintance which I think is nice. Well I'm so the joke here of course that I've

been IRL friends with Sonny since he was in high school. I introduced you and Sarah, I think.

I think I have literally introduced you and Sarah.

And yet I have been supplanted.

That must hurt.

I've known Sunny since he was in his teens.

JVL, I'm so up until last evening.

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