Podcasts, they're playing nobody.

Do you ever just, you can't get away from the existential crisis?

No, I...

How much do you cringe when we go through the pre-show prep and I just say I got something I'm not going to tell you we're just going to do it to start the show? Does that freak you out?

If this were a podcast known for it's Polish, then it would be very stressful.

As far as I can tell it is not.

So I, you know, it's really more intriguing than scary, I think.

So you're not worried at all? I'm always a little

worried but I'll go with it. Okay so by the way good job last week while I was gone

didn't listen but I was told it was great.

Good job on multiple guest hosts. It takes a village to fill my shoes.

You know, it's hard to be pithy and disconnected.

A lot of work. I just sent you an essay bill you can read along with me. I don't know if we'll get sued for this because I'm just going to read it verbatim. It's very short. It's to the point. It's by Ben Healy of the Atlantic. I believe it's actually in the print issue in April. It's also on their website.

And I will tease to this and link to it, so maybe they won't sue us.

I may skip through part of this as I do when I read the press releases, but normally, Bill,

as you know, when I don't even know what to call them anymore, it's not mainstream media.

New York media establishment, I don't know.

I don't know what you call it, Manhattan Media, no, because most of them live in Brooklyn.

When publications like the Atlantic normally addressed sports,

it makes me want to chew on a curb,

thoughtful. But this one kind of stuck because it was so

disconnected, dispirited, but I kind of liked it. And also it provides an existential crisis and I love those.

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