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Returning to the podcast, it's been a while, I think a little under a year, is Hugo Kruger.

He's a writer, civil engineer, podcast host, and energy analyst. Welcome back. Hugo.

Thank you, all of us. Thanks for me back on the show. A lot is going on, but before maybe

getting into some of that stuff, I thought maybe in passing, we could just mention in passing,

the passing of Francis Boyle.

You posted a clip.

You know, he did that insane big interview with me five years ago.

And then subsequently we discussed with Francis, the Middle East, Iran, and stuff like that.

Just any thoughts on Francis Boyle?

Yeah, it's a quite sad one to me. I think

Francis Boyle is not appreciated yet as a public intellectual and maybe the ways, I think all public

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