Welcome to the giant beast cast. My name is Abby Russell. I am your host for this evening. It is Friday, August 9th, 2019, episode 220th. We've done it. We've made it. We've come so far. But you know what? I couldn't have done it all on my own. I could only do it with my friends like Dan Reichert. How's it going, Dan?

I'm doing great. How are you? I'm doing so well. Thank you so much for asking. And of course the one and only Jeff Bakkel. How are you feeling, buddy? I'm feeling really good. How are you, Abby? I'm doing so well. Thank you so much. Didn't you hear when I said that to Dan? I forgot already. But I'm glad to hear it again. Yeah. And of course we have our guests today. Mike Maharty. Mike, how are you doing? How are you feeling? How's it going? Thank you for having me. How are you doing? I'm doing so well. Still have you not been listening?

I'm doing so well. And of course we have the one and only Alex Navarro. Alex, how are you doing over there? You know, I'm doing pretty all right. But really I'm concerned. How are you doing, Abby? I'm doing well. That's good to hear. Honestly, not as good as I was doing four names ago. I'm sorry you're doing your day. It's okay. Unfortunately, Vinnie is not here. Well, not unfortunately. He's taken the vacation time. Good for Vinnie. Have fun. Well deserved. Everybody when we were deciding who was hosting, everyone just looked at me and I said, all right, here we go.

So if you're mad, yell at them, not me. I posted a podcast at a BeastCast before Jeff. You've hosted a couple. I've done a bunch. I've done like you. I've done a UPF some stuff. And I think you posted UPF. Yeah, okay.

I wasn't around there. And I was thinking bomb cast. I was like, interesting. No, no, no, I never wanted to host anything ever. I don't mind hosting. I think it's fun. I'll do it once in a while. But generally it's not my favorite thing to do. Mike Maharty, you've never hosted a BeastCast before. No, I spent most my life hosting, but not a BeastCast.

All right. Well, this rate you never will. So you got to get cracking on that. You know, like, if you haven't hosted a BeastCast by the time.

I'm taking this one over right now. Hey, everyone. I haven't hosted a BeastCast by the time you're 35. There's a chance it'll never happen.

Yeah. Well, you'll never be 35. 35. So I'm safe. Are you? Yeah. Okay. Nobody.

Wow. You're 35. Yes.

I have a question. I'm posing a question for chat. And by chat, I mean, Mike Maharty.

Have you ever hosted? Have you ever hosted a cat ride?

Chat chat chat. I think a joke. It's fine. Oh, have I ever hosted a what a cab ride? No, I have not a perfect pivot.

I just tell your taxi story. Right. So we were talking earlier.

I usually just take the subway and to work from my fine home place of Hoboken, New Jersey, right across the river.

Oh, wait a doctor. Self. But yeah, whatever. But like, it's a big tab.

So today I had just like a gaming laptop and some capture equipment. I was like, I'm just going to call a car.

I don't want to bring all this on the subway. It was the craziest lift drive of my life.

Wow. We were crossing. So to get from Hoboken to New York, we can either go to Jersey City through the Holland tunnel

or up to Weehawken through the Lincoln tunnel. My driver, I get into the car and he's got a heavy southern accent.

Like he's like, Hey, how's it going, Mike? Nice to see you. I'm like, yeah, nice to meet you. How's it going?

It was a little more Australian than Southern. But is it really? Yeah, I don't know. He's like, he's like, bless your heart. Good.

I don't know. How about how about I drive through Pennsylvania to get to Manhattan? Yeah.

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