Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. This is a special edition. This is our national title preview show and we are joined by a big

guest. He's a tough get, but we were able to wrangle him. It is Ari Wasserman, who I'm excited

that I will be seeing this weekend before Washington plays Michigan. We have a lot to get to. Ari, thanks for joining us today. It feels so good that the band has been lifted, guys. I feel free. It's a shame that it's coming on the Ari Wasserman shame tour, but I'll take any appearance on the audible I can get. Thanks for having me on. I mean, I feel like this is the second time we've had you, like this is the second time having you on and listening to you say the band,

the band that was never a band has been lifted.

But Ari, for those.

It's not a man until you say it isn't.

Like I, you have to be the one that lifts it.

No, I, there's no, there's no man.

Some of our listeners have the feeling that looks at it no i i there's no there's no man uh some of our listeners are have the feeling that somewhere beneath we can only just are you can i only see your face

and the top of your shirt is there or is there not a little placard on your work desk that just

says boss you're talking this to this too, right?

I'll take that as a yes.

No.

I mean, for people who, I don't know how you wouldn't be familiar with Ari's work, but he is

the host of our until Saturday or co-host of our until Saturday podcast, as well as

the Stars Matter podcast.

And Stars Matter is why we wanted to have you on, Ari.

Obviously, this Michigan-Washington matchup is very unique in that it is two teams that don't

necessarily hit that magic threshold of four and five-star recruits, which has kind of been your

hauling card. So, you know, how are you feeling right now? This, if you would have asked me

four or five months ago, would be impossible. I did ask you, by the way, on this very show.

And what did I say? I'm sure I said it was impossible.

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