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All right, welcome back to another episode of the Bold American podcast presented by Barstool Sports.

I'm battling a cold.

I woke up, my chest hurt.

I don't usually get colds.

And you know what?

I was just thinking about today.

Like I used to say and would love to say, I just never get sick.

And then I don't know, in the last few years, these kids going to daycare, maybe these daycare

germs have infiltrated my body.

And I just don't have the antibodies or what have you to combat those damn daycare germs.

So whatever, I got like a cold, a cough.

Anyway, we're going to power through it.

We're going to talk obviously about the double gold in the Olympics for the men's and women's hockey,

among all the other sports in the Olympics and wrap that up.

President Trump allegedly said he's going to release all the alien files. Last week, we had quite the big

hullabaloo with the VA releasing and then retracting a rule that would have had significant impact

on veterans benefits. And then our pal, Preston Stewart is back.

Preston Stewart, as you know, is an army officer.

Pals with Rob, and he is a global and political savant, I would say.

He has his ear to the ground on all geopolitical issues and current events.

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