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I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knocks.

Music Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knocks.

Hey, Jake.

Hey, Amanda.

I know this setup isn't exactly as awesome as yours when we last saw each other, you know,

on this, you know, with rooftop vistas of New York City, but I'm trying here.

No, you know, this is actually, I think people prefer this to the fans, these days, I think,

to the fancy interview studios and sets and such. It just feels that way.

I don't know that there's a way to solve the problem,

like as a broadcaster, as a CNN broadcaster,

but this is such a more authentic and intimate feeling.

If there's any way I could, like, copy this for news, I would,

but I don't know how to do it.

So you don't have to apologize.

I actually think people like this better.

Which is weird to me because there is something special about being physically in a room together speaking to each other. There's something different, but I don't know, maybe we're all

weird introverts who prefer to be on Zoom these

days. Well, you're also thousands of miles away from me, I think. So that's the other thing. Yes,

that's the other thing. Okay, so today I would love to cover a lot of issues with you, and I'm also

willing to just see how this conversation goes.

But, you know, you've got some things coming along down the line that I want to, you know,

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