Welcome to the Robcast 139.

Hello my friends.

There you have it.

There you have it.

Episode 139.

Thank you, Violet Bell.

And so, yes, continuing with the trend from last week,

there will be a seven-year-old girl dangling from silks

up and behind my head for the duration of this episode.

And this episode is called the Thing in the Air Part 2.

The last episode was the Thing in the Air Part 1,

because we need to talk about the Thing in the Air.

And this episode, the Thing in the Air Part 2,

is called How Progress Works.

Because for so many people, there is this conviction,

like that we've taken a step back,

that this new president and what's happening,

whether with travel bands or executive orders,

or just lying to the American people,

or to rights, or respect, or the use and abuse of the press,

it feels like we've taken a giant step back.

And so I specifically want to talk to those of you

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