Hello, bonjour. I'm

Benoit Townsend. I'm the presenter

of YouTube News.

It's the more popular podcast

on the world. Oh, sorry. Was I just speaking

French right then? Sorry, that's so embarrassing.

Oh, God, my face is so red. This is an awkward situation I run into a lot. You know, when you are multilingual as I am, you know, as in you can speak multiple linguals, you know, as opposed to the normal, regular man on

the street who can only speak, you know, one language, you know, you're sort of dunderhead,

birdbrained-type man, you know, when you can speak as many languages as I can, you sometimes

run into these awkward situations because you speak them also fluently that you kind of forget

which one it is you're currently speaking.

I can't tell you how many awkward run-ins I've had, you know, in Paris and at the United Nations

and, you know, the kind of places that I hang out. Gosh, I'm so embarrassed right now. You know,

but that's sort of my, my wacky life, you know, when you sleep in Italian and you work in English and you, you know, you chat in French and you laugh in Cantonese and you just know these languages like the back of your hand.

And you sometimes think, hold on a second, which one am I actually in right now?

Like which country have I flown to in my

brain? And that's just kind of a guy I am, a bit of a wacky guy, and also kind of a random guy.

And sorry if that's a crime. I've not checked in with the House of Laws lately, but if they have

made being random a crime, I guess lock me up. And I guess throw away the key,

because that's just who I am, and I am Benedict Townsend. And this is YouTube News, and let's cue LaMuseek.

Oh, sorry, not LaMusique. I meant to say The Music. I've done it again. Yes, welcome to

YouTube News, everyone. My name is Benedict Townsend. I'm your erstwhile host. It's wonderful to see you back again for another week, unless, of course, this is your first installment of YouTube and News the podcast, in which case, how exciting for you. Oh, it's like untouched snow. It's a whole new, a whole new world, as they famously sang in The Little Mermaid. And it's going to be a wonderful experience. Perhaps you heard the show on Capital FM where they're running ads for the show. Perhaps a friend of yours said, I don't know about this podcast. It's just this guy yelling about a rat? I don't really understand it. And you were like, hey, I'm bored. I'll give it a go. But whatever it is that has drawn you here today, welcome to the YouTube

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