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Hello again. We're back. We've had lots of lovely feedback.

You've actually taken us around the world.

On your dog walks, on your run.

Train rides?

Trains, planes.

Automobiles.

Chris, actually, was on a real plane.

He was listening to us on the way to Korea.

And all sorts of other people have got in touch to say where they were when they listened to the first podcast.

Of course, we did America.

America is going to be our French fries.

But Britain will be our bread and butter.

That was my gag.

And it's not a great gag, but it's good enough. And somehow you managed your power to make him deliver your bad gags. It's quite extraordinary.

I swear it sounded better in my head. I'm sure it did. Yeah. Anyway, today, we've raised the bar a bit. We're going to talk

to God, and that is Gus O'Donnell, G-O-D. And he's the former Cabinet Secretary, the top civil

servant, if you like, for the whole government. He was that man. Why is that interesting right now?

Because in a week's time, we're going to have that brand new government, a brand new prime minister. And that top civil servant is going to have to tell them just what they

need to do to make the country work. Yeah, because Gus O'Donnell's successor, as cabinet secretary,

that top civil servant in the country, Simon Case, will literally be the first person that the new Prime Minister,

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