Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Our Three.

Hello, America. It is Eric Erickson. Glad to have you with me across the nation today.

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So I had to do something today. I had to Google. What is a Lizzo?

I don't know.

I try to keep up with culture,

but I keep up with my kids' culture and the things they're interested in and Lizzo falls outside the things they are interested in.

A Lizzo is apparently a person, Melissa Vivian Jefferson,

a 34-year-old highly talented musician.

She is known, however, for being rather large and wearing very skimpy outfits and

twerking such that it becomes very revealing. I am, regardless of her performances,

deeply impressed with her talent.

The Library of Congress allowed her to play a crystal flute

that was owned by President James Madison.

The crystal flute was made in 1813.

It's more than 200 years old.

And they allowed her to play it on stage at the Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress is the largest flute collection on the planet.

It appears the crystal flute was gifted to President Madison

about the time of his second inauguration.

It was rescued from the White House by Dolly Madison during the War of 1812.

And she played it in the Library of Congress's Rotunda, and she also played it on stage.

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