Sometimes when we talk, we don't know what the fuck, so we have to call and ask a friend.

So we have to call and ask a friend.

I want to know the things you know

It'll make a better show

You're the one on whom we all defend

I'm Welcome to the inaugural edition of our new periodic unfucking series, PhoneA Friend, where we interview authoritative voices in the larger pod ecosystem.

The goal is to supplement our learning track by exposing

our audience to influential figures in different disciplines that help fill out our understanding

of the world that we live in. I've said from the beginning of our journey together that I would

do my best to stay within our socioeconomic swim lane, and to a large extent I think we've accomplished

that. But over the course of the last

nearly two years together, we've strayed from time to time into uncharted waters and done our best

to either interpret world events that shape our lives or examine the intersectionality between

our economic system and the impact it has on the world around us. Now, unfuckers know that we're

committed to quality and that we pour everything into each when fuckers know that we're committed to quality

and that we pour everything into each episode, so even though we originally planned to have

this segment dropped sometime midsummer, so we were totally prepared, when the opportunity

to interview our guests today dropped into my lap, I seized it immediately. Although I'm sure

there's a good portion of you who are familiar with them, I can think of no better people to introduce our audience to than Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner from the American Prestige podcast.

Derek and Daniel, welcome to unfucking the Republic.

Thanks for having us.

Yeah, thanks for having us.

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