Hello and welcome to the podcast of Lotus Eater's episode 1,249. I'm your host Harry, joined today by Luca

and returning now regular guest, Josh. Hello. Who we can't. Don't sound so full of content.

Not really. Who we can't really get rid of.

It's like you're a permanent fixture in the office again.

And today we're going to be talking about some further developments with the Arena Zarutska incident that happened in North Carolina in America, how we should never relax,

and how the Japanese are fighting back on immigration.

Before we get into that, I've been told to inform you all that in celebration of the rise of

Gammonzilla, we have some new merchandise for you, which is the Gammonzilla two-tone mug,

which is only in the UK store, And that is available for 1499.

So pick that up while you can,

because I think you'll be very proud to be drinking your morning cup

with the presence of Gammonzilla there to help aid you.

He's a reassuring presence, if any.

He's a cheery chappy.

Certainly so. Anyway, moving. He's a cheery chappy, certainly so.

Anyway, moving on to the first cheery news story of today.

So I, oh, bloody hell, there we go.

I, like many of you, have been assaulted over and over and over again

with the horrifying images of the murder of

Irene Zarutska, who was murdered by De Carlos Brown, who is the suspect in the case,

whilst on a public train in North Carolina, I think that was at the end of August.

We have been drip-fed over the past few days,

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