Hi and welcome to, well, Hodinke Radio, but different. My name is James Stacy, and as many of you are already aware,

my good friend and long time colleague Stephen Polverin, host of Hodinck Radio, since its inception, recently moved on to new opportunities

and that is left something of a void for the Hodincky Radio Feed, not to mention for many of our hearts.

I'm a senior writer at Hodinke along with being a photographer and a podcaster and I have been tasked with filling that void but in sort of a new and evolving format. I am not Stephen and I won't be trying to fill his talented shoes. Instead we're

going to try a few new things some of which we hope will work and from the onset

this new show will function as a weekly look at the biggest stories and

I'm going to be joined by a panel of Hodinki's best personalities.

From editors to C-suite leadership and of course crucial behind-the-scenes operators

the next several episodes will bring you inside

hodinky with in-depth chats about our biggest stories, conversations from all

over the world of watches and all the arguments, hot takes, tangents, and enthusiasm that you can expect from a revolving group of the hoodingie team.

And so, without further ado and in an attempt to make you all feel at home, hit me with that tune. Today we've got Character Watch Week and the arguments it has created a fresh

perspective on the AP Black Panther and just way way too much space jam.

To go over all of this with me please welcome my

panel of esteemed coworkers starting with Hodinkey's deputy editor Nora Taylor

Nora how you doing feeling fresh James how are you yeah also, also fresh, I hope, plenty of coffee.

I've got another one in front of me.

Let's try and keep the pace of my heartbeat, you know,

matched with the audio scope of this show.

We'll see how that goes. Next up we have our very own

EIC. If I were a good employee he'd be my illustrious boss the ever wonderful

Jack Forster. How are you Jack? I am pretty outstanding, thank you, James.

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