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All right guys, I am pleased to be joined today by Josh Zepp's. He is a host at Huffpost Live. He's also a host of

the Point of Inquiry podcast. That's the podcast of the Center for Inquiry.

Thank you so much for joining me Josh. Oh it's an absolute pleasure. So we are in

New York we are at the Gramercy Park Hotel all set up.

I was considering ordering room service because I was hungry and then I thought if I order

room service for lunch it'll cost me $87.13.

Totally.

So I came in with a Panini, a delicious turkey and ham panini,

little Swiss cheese, a little bit of tomato, why not?

Tomato, you say tomato.

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