How Presidents ‘Sign’ Without Signing — Autopens Explained

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🗓️ 6 December 2025

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Readers of The Pour Over pick a topic to have explained, and Jason and Kathleen have to get Joe to understand it in less than 30 minutes… This week, they’re explaining Autopens. Looking to support us? You can choose to pay ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out The Pour Over's Gift Guide!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors! We actually use and enjoy every single one. Cru Safe House Project Life Application Study Bible CCCU Upside Mosh LMNT Theology in the Raw Not Just Sunday Podcast She Reads Truth The Pour Over’s Newsletters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Pour Over⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Decaf⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠News Health⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Praying the News

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Safe House Project.
0:05.3	Joe, you have exciting life news.
0:08.3	Yes, very exciting news.
0:11.2	Our daughter was born last week.
0:14.7	Hey, hey, Eva.
0:16.7	How's everyone doing?
0:17.9	Yes, everyone's good.
0:19.2	Everyone's good.
0:20.2	The whole process went smoothly. All glory to everyone's good. Everyone's good. The whole process went smoothly.
0:23.3	All glory to God.
0:24.3	Everything.
0:24.8	Everyone's healthy.
0:26.1	We're trying to get whatever sleeps, naps in that we can.
0:30.9	But, okay, so everything's all good, right?
0:33.0	And it's a joyous occasion.
0:34.4	I do want to bring up one of my favorite parts about having a newborn.
0:39.3	The meal train. Yes. Oh. Have kids for the food, honestly. Okay. So you know how there's that
0:47.2	saying the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach? That is me to a T. So I'm just
0:53.1	loving this time right now. I need to give
0:55.5	a shout to everyone who is signed up for our meal train. How generous, it really makes a huge
1:01.5	difference when people just show up at your door, someone, you know, friends, family, someone you
1:06.7	love, and they have a hot ready meal. So I'm just telling you guys, this is one of the best parts of having a newborn.
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