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Hey, this is Brian. I just want to say, today's episode is with Mike Lubica, who's a hero of mine and great,

and we'll start in a second. I'm blown away by the letters you've been

sending me at the moment BK at gmail.com. Keep them coming. It's really

inspired me. I'm so glad to know that no matter what's going on in the world so many of you want me to talk about what's going on in the world, but also I've loved

hearing the stories of how the conversations that I've had over these past few years with inspiring creative people

have actually helped you to do the thing

that you do or you want to do.

And so I'm not going to ignore the world. I can't ignore it. It's going to come up. It comes up in this conversation with LuPica right at the beginning. But I'm determined to do some version of the show that's familiar to you while staying honest and true to how

I'm feeling.

I'm also determined to get people on like Adam Carolla who don't see the world the way that I do or the way that many of you do because I think

we can all learn from that and understand understanding the way everybody thinks is is never a bad thing.

And so I'm going to keep doing this and I urge you, keep listening, keep spreading the

word and definitely keep letting me know how it's hitting you. It means a ton to me to hear it.

So thanks and Mike Lupeka coming up. Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Koppelman. Thanks for listening. I'm thrilled that my good friend and also someone who even from when I was in diapers was a hero to me,

the great Mike Luppica, a long-time columnist for the Daily News.

You know him from E-SPN sports reporters. Maybe you read his books

when you were growing up, his books that are targeted to teens, all of which were my son's

favorite books when he was those ages.

And Mike also writes about politics and is one of the people I check in with in my regular life

when the world is going crazy to just take my own temperature on it and when the

nicks are bad which means I check in from time to time. So Mike thanks and Mike is now the host of his own

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