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Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohl here for Stand of Reason, and I'm glad you've joined me.

And I always say that because I always am.

It's nice to have an audience, and also people that call in on shows where we're taking call-ins,

and that's usually on Tuesdays from 4 until 6, Los Angeles time.

That number is 855-2439975. 855-2439975. If you're outside of the U.S.

and we take calls from that on occasion, the number is 562-424-8229. Of course, you'll need the, you know, the national code, which for us is number

one, because we're number one, I guess. 1, 5624-248-229. But I especially am thankful for those of you

who have called in using our open mic feature.

That is, you can go to our homepage and under podcast.

You'll see live podcasts there and follow the prompts, and you'll be able to leave a question for me verbally.

And then we'll play it sometime in the future, and I'll do my

best to answer it, and that's what we're doing today. So that means you can leave questions,

and you don't have to wait online and hopefully get to me, as I'm talking with others. You can just wait until I answer your question online.

But, and Amy, do we usually contact the people who leave the questions to let them know?

So there we go. So you'll get a contact from Amy Hall, and she'll let you know when we've

answered your question and what the show is to listen to in order to hear the answer.

So that's the way that works.

So let's do that today.

We're going to start with John Harris.

And I know he's a little quiet at the beginning, but let's hear what he has to say.

John?

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