Americans may not agree on much, but we agree on Social Security.

We all pay in. It ought to be there when we need it.

Social Security could face a funding gap in less than a decade, and I don't want to see a pay cut.

I'm with AARP in the fight to protect the Social Security we earned.

Pledge to protect social security at

AARP.org slash we earned it.

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Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show.

Did you ever see the movie The Blobs starring Steve McQueen?

The blood-curdling threat of The Blob.

Well, way back when, Eric had a small part in that film,

but they had to cut his scene because the blob was supposed to eat him, but he kept spitting him out.

Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster.

Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest.

Eric, the Texas!

Friday, July 18th, my goodness.

And this summer, we're doing Socrates in the city Friday recordings.

And today we're playing my conversation.

This was a Socrates in the studio event that I did a couple of months ago with Ross Douthit.

Now, I've got to tell you about Ross Douthit.

Well, actually, before I tell you about Ross Douthit, let me say that,

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