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Hi. You might recognize this episode's guest, Savannah Guthrie, as co-host of the Today Show.

But she's also had this amazing career as a White House correspondent and NBC legal analyst.

And now she has a book out in the world about faith. As someone who has personally struggled with that topic, I was really curious to sit down with her.

Anyway, I hope you find something in our chat to connect to, and thanks for joining us on reclaiming.

I was thinking about how you've been a really important part.

Oh, it's going to make me emotional.

You've been an important part of my reclaiming journey because in the last decade, there were just a number of things that in order to move forward,

I had to kind of put on my big girl pants and go on live TV, which is as scary as it seems.

And you just, you helped me.

And so not that other, you know, journalists with whom I've sat before aren't great,

but there's just been something really special about you. And I've just really appreciated,

you know, that you created a safe space. I knew they weren't going to be gotcha questions.

And also want to make clear you have absolute journalistic integrity. But you've just,

you've created this safe space. And so it's, it's been really meaningful to me. So thank you for

coming on here. Well, it is one of the joys of life that we get to be friends. And we have made a friendship over these past years.

I think I tried to date you first.

I just remember seeing years and years ago when you, at long last, sat for a documentary

and we got to hear you.

And I remember being so blown away by your intelligence, your grace, your thoughtfulness,

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