Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the Weekender edition on the Muckrake podcast.

I'm Jared Yates texting.

So I took Tuesday off, and my friend and partner, Nick Hauselman, took over the mothership for the occasion, did an incredible job.

And now I'm taking care of the Weekender, as Nick has his own stuff to tend to.

Like ships passing in the night.

I got to tell you, I am so excited to get back together.

We're going to have a show on Tuesday.

It'll be the two of us.

Personally, I'm looking forward to that,

but also bringing the year 2022 to a close.

I have to assume, like me, a lot of you out there are both maybe invigorated

by the holidays. It's always a good time for me. It's always something that I always enjoy. But also,

what a year, man. I feel like the midterm elections and everything that has happened around

growing authoritarianism worsening anti-Semitism constant trauma being inflicted on us by the white

wealthy and the powerful.

It's been a lot.

And that's saying something, as the past six years have been a lot.

But again, before we get into the news of the day and the type of stuff that the McCrack podcast obviously focuses focuses on which is right wing extremism and dealing

with the actual issues of the time as opposed to ignoring them just a reminder be sure to take

some time out for yourself take care of yourself focus on yourself do some good self-care, enjoy your foods, your rituals, the company and love

of others, but also savor the victories. We have made a lot of strides in the past year,

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