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Hello, hello, it's me, it's me, it's us. Together, together.

Hey guys. Hey guys, what's up? Welcome to Benchtopia.

Welcome back, and welcome back to Eliza. Thank you. I was in North Carolina, North

Calc. You should look up the song called North Calc. If you want to know more about North Carolina,

it's a, it's our ski. By who? Actually, let me just, let me just play a little snip.

Okay, love. How about you sing it for us? No, I really can't do it justice. I need to play.

Julie, this is our national anthem. You're not taking this seriously enough.

Can you read it? Yeah.

Never, never.

So I am back from North Carolina. And Eliza was really dancing to that.

And I was vibing on that extremely hard. Yeah, I listened to last week's episode with

Michaela, which I love. I love Michaela. And you listened to, well, you were already there for

our drunk history episode. Well, was I there? Was I there emotionally, spiritually,

virtually? I was on another plane. Yes. But yes, you guys, Eliza's back, and we're so happy.

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