Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Bucks Xtons Show Podcast.

Welcome back in our number three Clay Travis Bucks Xtons Show reminder.

Buck will be back on Tuesday. He's been on his honeymoon with the lovely

Kerry somewhere out in the South Pacific. I don't even know how much he's been checking his phone.

I've tried not to send any emails, any texts. Tried to just allow him to vanish into the

awesomeness that is beautiful beach weather in the South Pacific, but he will be back on Tuesday.

And we'll be together for the next several weeks and then on spring break. I can't wait for this.

I'm taking my family to Italy. I've never been there. My wife is Italian, her family background.

She's never been. So I'll be out for a little bit in March during spring break and buckle.

Man the ship. It's one of the good things about being a duo is basically one of us is always

going to be here and I haven't really talked a great deal. I don't think either buck or I have

on this show about Russia's legacy and how we came to come together on this show. So I thought

on the two year anniversary of Russia Limbaugh's death, I tell you a little bit behind the scenes of

of how I ended up on this program. So she doesn't get enough credit and she tries to hide behind

the scenes, but Julie Talbot, who is our boss at Premiere and was Russia's boss at Premiere

networks, is one of the most talented people to ever work in radio. And she's probably blushing

right now and she's like, oh my dear, what in the world don't talk about me. She put Buck and

I together, but she also was instrumental in all of the success that Russia Limbaugh had

for many years as part of Premiere and I hard. And when Rush died, Julie came to me and she said,

no one's ever going to replace Rush. That's true. When you are an iconic original, there is never

going to be a replacement. But she said, you've been doing sports talk radio morning, blowing up

all over the country from six to nine a.m. Eastern. Some of you may be listening to me now because

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