Welcome to In Your Area, a podcast about news stories from around the country that aren't getting the national attention they deserve.

With your host, Adam, everybody.

Welcome to In Your Area, a podcast about local news happening around the country that's not getting the national attention it deserves. I don't know why.

Is there something happening nationally that should preclude these things from being covered?

I don't know. It seems like a pretty chill time in this country. I'm your host, Adam Todd Brown.

Joining me as co-host this week as always. Ooh, my favorite co-host of all. No co-host.

But I do have a couple of fantastic guests.

Case in point, Tom Ryman is here. Tom, how's it going? It's going pretty well. Good. Good.

Also joining us, Eric Barnes is here. Hey, howdy, hey. We got a room full of people to talk about news stories.

It's going to be a fucking hoot. I think so. It's going to be a fucking hoot. Oh, I think so. It's going to be

informative. I always enjoy a room full. That's the best size of a group to discuss such things.

It's the best size of news. I do think three is the ideal podcast configuration. Less than three, and everyone's got to carry too much weight. More

than three, someone needs to shut the fuck up. It's the classic triangle offense. Yeah, I think we are a

lot like the 96 Bulls here at the, you don't even like podcast network. Am I the Jordan or am I the

Phil Jackson, you know?

I think you're both.

Honestly, you're both.

Both, yeah.

I'm just Luke Longley here.

That's what I am.

Of course.

And that's nothing to sneeze at.

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