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We didn't start the fire, but we're happy to talk about it.

It was always burning.

It was always. The world was turning? Yes. Yes. And shout out to everybody who is going to listen to that song right after this and shout out to anyone who can do all of the lyrics without pause or a slip. So topical. It's also kind of, it's very at the end of the world as we know it, cadence-wise, you know. Yeah.

And what's that band?

Fallout Boy does a modernized version of that song with like updated lyrics that I'm not,

you know, the hugest Fallout Boy fan, but I thought it was clever.

And it plays a big role in an episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia's latest season

where they tried to do a modern version of We Didn't Start the Fire, and then they learned

that Fallout Boy already did it.

And they allude to, apparently, a decades-long beef they've had with Fallout Boy, but it's the first time

they mention it in the show.

Speaking of shows, this is our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

That is none other than the one and only Mr. Noel Brown.

I am Ben Bullen.

I don't know why I paused there for a second.

And I got to tell you guys, at the risk of sounding like an arsonist,

fire is pretty cool.

You know what, unequivocally.

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