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Welcome to The News and White Matters. It is Friday. It's been a short week for us. I'm

Sarah Gonzalez and I'm joined today by Stupor Gear, of course, host of Stu Does America,

which everyone should be subscribed to, not only on YouTube, but also wherever you get

your podcasts. You're welcome, Stu.

Why is advice, Sarah, as usual? It's good to see you.

Get to see you too. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Glad you're back. Also joined by Alex

Stein, Blastie V. Host of an upcoming show. Blastie V. Host of a show that you can't

find anywhere yet, but don't worry, you will.

I just want to make this point. It's been almost three weeks since I've seen you guys,

and it's been an emotional reunion. I'll be honest, I've been excluded from a lot of

stuff. I've always picked laughs on the team, often times demonized, made fun of, but

here at the blaze you guys have treated me like family.

This time apart, it's been tough, but now that we're back, let's get it going.

That's how you know that we get told that we are ableists all the time, but we're not,

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