How's it going podcast fans? This is not Chris Chavez. We are not recording using the usual

equipment and, you know, expect the overall quality and especially the audio quality to be

quite a bit worse for this week's installment of the Sidious Mag podcast, but we do have an

exciting show for you. We're coming to you live.

That's right, live from our guest car.

We're parked in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn,

which is still very much Italian-American enclave in the south part of the borough.

The guest and myself described a big old pizza pie

from L&B, Simone Gardens.

You might have heard of this place either through Yelp or from the headlines because very

recently, as in two years ago, the co-owner Luis Barbatini was gunned down over an alleged

mob connection.

There was a long-standing dispute over the institution sauce recipe, which

our guest will shortly attest to you is, you know, worth dying for.

Anyway, you probably have guessed by now, based off the fact we're talking about an Italian

part of New York, and we're talking pizza, and this is a running podcast.

That's right. We're talking here live with Kyle Mervor.

And, you know, speaking of New York institutions, Kyle, you're putting on what might just be

the longest running mile only track meet in New York State. So, thanks for having us.

Hey, guys. Thanks for having us. That's my cold open.

And yeah, here with Kyle Murber, here to talk about the Hoka One One O'Ne-O-A Long Island Mile in its fifth edition.

Fourth. Fourth edition. I was waiting for my cue when I was allowed to get in there, but you were doing great on that intro, so I just let you run with it. Thanks. Yeah, you're supposed to interrupt me as frequently as possible. I don't, I think Chris just asked, you know, generally thoughtful questions. I don't have it much prepared. So just let's, let's actually, first of all, you recently underwent, you went under the knife. Let's hear about how you're recovering from that procedure.

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