The corruption is rampant.

It's a word I'm going to say a lot more in the weeks to come because that's what it is.

It's outright corruption.

They're getting rich and we're getting screwed. Welcome to Independent Americans.

Welcome to Episode 520, 520.

I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.

Today is Tuesday, May 12th, and I'm coming to you from New York City, USA.

And the weather here is awesome. Just flat out awesome. But I don't want to get too excited.

Don't get too high. Don't get too low, because things will change, and we got to keep it cool.

And today's artist is right along those lines of keeping it cool,

the great Superboy band, New Edition,

who had the great song, Cool It Now.

I'm not going to try to sing it.

But remember, Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike,

if I like the girl who cares who you like.

But they were just the coolest and the funnest.

I introduced my boys to them this morning, the American R&B pop supergroup from Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Their name is taken to mean a new edition of the Jackson Five.

A huge popularity in the 80s blueprint for a modern boy band, Ricky Bell, Mike Bivens, Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, and of course, Ralph Trezvan. They had Candy Girl, cool it now, missed a telephone man. They all spun off and did cool stuff, cool solo stuff. Johnny Gill and Ralph Treadsvan, always the most underappreciated members of that

supergroup, but they were awesome and they kept it cool. Five guys. And here's the five eyes

that I bring you in every single show, independence, integrity, information, inspiration,

and impact. Kind of a boy band supergroup of podcasting. No guest today, just me, on what is also

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