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Hey everybody, welcome to the Michael Steel Podcast. We're not starting with any fanfare

or any happy new year noises because this is not starting off to be a real happy new year.

We are a country in crisis at the moment. And the events of January 6th ring very loud

in the ears. And certainly the hearts of a lot of Americans right now as we are reeling

from an attempted coup of our government by the sitting president of the United States

to help us sort of talk through some of this and understand and give some perspective

to it is my buddy Rick Unger. I really wanted this because Rick and I always have a way of

just kind of having that kind of conversation. And I thought he would be the most important

voice for from my standpoint to share in this conversation with me on this podcast.

And Rick you guys know him. He's the host of his show, the Rick Unger shows and nationally

syndicated to our political and news commentary show. He and I go back to our days with

Steel and Unger over at Series XM and you've seen him on TV on Newsmax for Forbes.com.

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