The

The Hello and welcome to the Cynic Weekly.

I'm your host for this week.

I'm Christopher Galaher.

I'm back in the hot seat after quite a while out.

Don't often host the weekly,

but Louie McAfrey has given me the honour of sitting in this week.

I have a panel of stellar contributors, you know, the lifeblood of the

cynic. Let's start with Louis McAfrey. Hello, Louie. How are you? I'm good, Christopher. Thank you

very much for taking over hosting duties. It's, I just kind of fancied, you know, having an old-fashioned

cynic podcast on a Tuesday where I just kind of fancied, you know, having an old-fashioned cynic podcast on a Tuesday

where I just came on and said that everybody's shite. You don't really get a chance to do that

as host, so I fancy that a bit break. Terrific stuff, but the point is you've got me to rein you

back in. That's the beauty of that. I'm the safety net. I'm your safety net. Don't you worry

about that.

Louis's looking terrific. He's munching down on some crisps as he always does. It's a McCoy's bland. It's a moutchos. It's nacho cheese. Natural cheese. It's nacho cheese. Oh,

not your cheese. I'm playing words pun pun we're off to a bad start

so we're back

we're back in the game

Keith McGinty looking like a

1942

RAF pilot

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