Happy Monday everybody. This is Meet the Nation Monday, which means we interview one of

our own, one of the people that listen to the show. These are short 15 minute interviews.

If you want to do one, email me at TenJackMoz at gmail.com. If you've already emailed me

here on the list, and today we're doing our friend Joan Redding. And here we go.

Hello, please tell me this is Joan. Yes. Joan, how are you? Scottie Cooper calling. Yeah, I have

a number of my phone. It says bonk line. I've never called it though. Well, at least you know,

you got it in there, right? I was thinking you should make that one of the conditions for the

super fan status if you've ever called the bonk line. And that had ever, well, then you would

lose, right? Then I would lose. You're right. Sorry, Joan. Well, that's all we have time for.

And I'll call you back some other day. No, I'm just joking. And it's that your email

just has the word Cubs in it. It does. Yeah. And it's fitting because this is opening week.

I know. I'm going to opening day. You are? Oh, my God. I'm excited. Well, I'm curious and excited

because it's limited seating. So we'll be in small pods of people rather than in the normal

seats that we sit in. But I convinced my wife to let me try the upper deck because she doesn't

have the upper deck. So we're going to be in the upper deck. Okay. Are you originally from here? No, I actually

am from South Central Indiana. That's where I grew up. But I went to college in Chicago

area at Northwestern, just north of downtown. And that's how you became a Cubs fan? It is. Yes. I stayed

every summer. Love Chicago summers and stayed and went to lots of games out in the bleach

or seat. And it's stuck. It did. It's stuck. And I'm in St. Louis now. I don't know if I

knew that, but I'm in St. Louis now. And I love to go cheer for the Cubs when they're in

town. That's got to make you a big hit with your St. Louis friends. Yeah. Well, it's a big hit.

And as they like to give me hard time. Yeah. Me and my wife's first date was at the

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