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We got a new mug. We got a new mug. New mug in the rotation. We're feeling good. It's just great to get the new thing together. Josh just came back with a mug. But we got a great show for you today. Really historic what's going on actually by the minute. I believe Trump just landed in Air Force one in Egypt, which I mean, it's a whirlwind. He was in Israel this morning. He came overseas. is answering questions on planes. I mean, what's going on right now is completely historic. And I plan to cover it. So we're going to cover what happened with the hostage release this morning. Excellent news. Great news for peace, I think, but we'll get into it. Second, we had a bit of a stunt over the weekend in Illinois at a Broadview Ice facility that's really making the rounds. We want to give our analysis. Kelsey, our president, gave a great statement on it. We'd like to get into that. And then finally, the riffs are here. The government is still shut down. I actually, I'll pre-tease this. I got to have a conversation with a congressman from West Virginia, Riley Moore. Great conversation.

He had a bold prediction on how long this shutdown is going to last. And he has an exact date you think it will go to. And maybe I'll pre-tease that, but that one's going to be coming out this week. It was a great convo. Christmas Eve, was it? Not Christmas Eve. Is that what he said? No, no, he did not see a Christmas Eve, good guest, Josh. but before we get into that Erica why we can do the show today

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Thank you, Nazareth Organics. All right. Josh, you've returned from Spain. You've walked a lot. Olai. I would like some details about your trip.

Yeah, so, I mean, there are people that do the full, you know, commina routes. There's many different routes that people take all through Spain. People come up from Portugal. People come from all over Europe, through the French route.

People come from southern Spain, you know, through Madrid, you know. You have to do at least 100

kilometers of pure walking the trail in order to get the official certificate. So even though,

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