Welcome to the Eric Mettaxas show with your host, Eric Mettaxas.

Hey, Albin.

I came back from vacation, but just briefly, it's like I dissented from a cloud just for this announcement.

No, we're back home and I've got a lot of stuff that I want to say.

The most important thing I want to say today is happy birthday to my mother who turns 88 today.

Wow.

She turned 88. She is 88. As of today, June 24th,

she's always celebrated her birthday on June 24th. I don't know why that is. It's just tradition.

My birthday and my father's birthday is this Monday, the 27th. He turns 95. Wow. And I don't. Now, here's what's

interesting is that every year, you know, the three of us celebrate our birthday over the weekend.

So I'm on my, I'm on my way to Connecticut to, uh, so we can all celebrate our birthdays.

And we're, I'm just so I feel I I want to say honestly, how deeply, deeply blessed I feel and how

very grateful I am that I have my mom and dad at this point.

We've got a lot to share here.

We've got John Zmirak coming up.

So hold onto your hats.

Oh, yeah.

If you're not already holding onto your hat and buckle your seatbelt

if you're not already buckled in because John Zmirak, have I mentioned John Zmirak?

Yes. Yes. And we've got some stuff to share by Roe v. Waite, some explosive stuff.

Now, there's a couple other things I've got to say. I want to talk a little bit about my vacation

really quickly. Well, I don't have to talk about it quickly. It's my show. I can linger. I could talk for

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