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Visit move what matters.com to learn how you can make an impact today. Welcome everybody into the Northwest Bank Studios for the beat reporters coming to you on maybe the busiest

Thursday of the beat reporters in the history of this show.

We've had some really busy days in this show.

Matt Campbell, leaving for Penn State comes to mind.

The bulk of that happened on a Friday, though.

So I think in terms of the physical day that we're recording,

I think we just had the busiest news day yet.

I'm excited to talk about it. I'm Jake Bren, joined by Ben Hutchins at the Quad City Times,

and Rob Gray of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Cyclone Fanatic. You guys all caught up,

get all your stories done, take a deep breath, sip of water, anything like that?

Yeah, something like that?

Yeah, something like that.

I think we're both working out a little protein smoothie afternoon snack, Jake, to, you know. I worked a lift in.

I got a lift to run in.

It's a productive afternoon here in North Carolina Space Studios.

Speaking like a true wrestler.

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