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Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour 2.

Hello, America.

Welcome.

It's Eric Erickson here, the second hour of the program.

Delighted to have you with me.

The phone number is 877-9737-37-37-3-7-4-25, operator standing by now, except you just can't call. call you know I hate to do this to you because I got stuff I want to talk about but this needs to be said actually out of the gate

We have people who call the program and we'll literally stay on hold for three hours and I never get to them. I know it's hard for you guys to anticipate what I'm talking about. If you subscribe to the show notes, it helps. This isn't a

push for you to subscribe to the show notes at all. It's just this. I got a list of things I want to

talk about. Some days, like today, it took me a while to figure out exactly what I was going to talk about. But I got a list of things I want to talk about. Some days like today it took me a while to figure out exactly what I was going to talk about. But I got a list. My call screener has the list of things I want to talk about. If I want to talk about X, Y, and Z and you call in and want to talk about A, B, and C, I'm probably not going to get to you today. And instead of arguing with the call screener and thinking it's your right to get on the program, go get your own radio show because this is the Eric Erickson show. It's not your show. Now, most of you understand that. I'm just, I'm flabbergasted by the number of people who think they are entitled to get on my radio program to talk about something I don't want to talk about.

And I just, again, I don't mean this to be a jerk. I should say I'm saying it lovingly, but really, if it's two hours and 30 minutes in and I haven't gone to you, the odds are I'm not getting to you because you're probably talking about something I don't want to talk about. The number of people who call and harass my call screener and think they have a right to get on the program or they chew him out, do not chew out my call screener. Because you know what happens on my end? I'll see there's a call on hold and it'll say next to it, do not take this phone call. Why? Because you've made him mad. You're supposed to treat him better than you treat me, frankly. Otherwise, you're not getting on the show. Just need to do a reset here. Got a lot of new listeners. I'm talking about topics. You want to call in about something I'm talking about or have talked about in the

previous hour, I'll probably take your call.

If you can anticipate what I'm talking about in the next hour without knowing, I might take

your call when I get to it.

But when you're calling in and you want to talk about radishes and I'm talking about rashes,

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