This is KZSU, Stanford.

Special greetings to the entitled Opinions Brigade

from your host Robert Harrison

and our Allegiant producer, Vittoria Molo.

We've been coming to you somewhat erratically of late.

An episode here, an episode there,

with indeterminate gaps in between.

It's not that we're petering out

or that I don't love you as much as I used to.

It's just harder for some reason

to keep up with all the demands

on one's time and energy these days.

A lot harder than when we first launched this program

in our days of innocence.

Back before there were iPhones,

and the word podcast didn't even exist.

Speaking of podcasts, nowadays it seems that every third person in America is starting one.

There's a lot of talking going on in this nation of ours, and yes, I'll admit, at times I am in fact tempted to go silent once and for all, and let the cacophony go on without me.

But entitled opinions doesn't die easily, thanks mostly to you, our loyal fan base. So here we are, back in KZSU, the underworld, ready to share some thoughts with you about America.

More specifically, about the nature and idea of America.

When I say the nature and idea of America, I mean the birth of the American nation,

as well as the North American continent.

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