Welcome to the podcast.

Come be part of the conversations that happen around my kitchen table.

He's John Branion and he's been a stand-up comic for more than 30 years. She's Amanda

McKinney and she's been my daughter for her whole life. Our family believes laughter is a gift from

God. We often discover it while discussing culture, faith, and family. So go ahead and pull up a chair,

neighbor. Can I call you Carl? There's plenty of room here for you. Hey, Carl!

Our neighbor Carl's here.

It's just me.

Well, it's not just me, but the comedian next door, John Branion, is not at the table today,

and neither is the podcast Ninja, the love of my life, Luke McKinney.

But I do have some people here with me today.

And they're all frantically motioning with their bodies while keeping their mouths closed

because they don't want to interrupt this very well-planned

thought-out introduction that I'm doing right now.

So currently, the comedian next door, John Brinian, is somewhere over our heads in an airplane

heading to Madagascar, which he mentioned on the last episode.

And we tried to record a podcast right before he left, just he and I.

But afterwards, I listened to the playback.

It was pretty disjointed.

It kind of sounded like he was trying to get it out of the way before he rushed off.

And we were both thinking about other things and not our hearts weren't in it.

So I decided I didn't want to upload that one and publish it.

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