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Welcome to the Athletic MBA Show Monday through on the Athletic Podcast Network.

This is Nerders, she wrote, with your host Dave Dufour.

With Mo DeKille.

Are you ready to be entertained?

And Seth Part Now.

Yay! needs to be entertained. And Seth Part Now.

Hello and welcome to The Athletic Mbiyah show.

It's Friday and I'm Dave Dufour.

That means it's NERder.

She wrote, joining me as they do each and every week.

Seth, part now in Moda Kill.

What's up, guys?

Are you enjoying the All-Star break?

No games.

They're going to start the games Thursday night back up, so we'll have some work to do this weekend. But you guys enjoying the downtime?

I am.

I caught up on a show, a delightful show called Shrinking on Apple TV, which is absolutely phenomenal. I concur. Dave, you didn't sound like your heart was in the intro there. It's like you're going through the motions. Not that we've seen any of that. We're not going to talk about that, right? It never happens this time of year at all. Yeah, we're, that's, that's all we're gonna, that's all we're seen any of that. It never happens this time of year at all.

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