Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekend Edition of Bucking Podcast. I'm Jared J.J.

Sexton. I'm here with Nick Halsaman. Nick, it has been a week. Is there anything about the

relief or the release of anxiety over the last year of sort of uncertainty that it's now, there's no more, that's not there.

We now know what's happening and maybe we can kind of get some emotional equilibrium out of this.

I am incredibly motivated and directed.

Okay.

Like I am, I'm really, but again, we talked about this a little bit on the emergency podcast.

I'm built a little bit different. Yeah. Like this kind of thing like shifts me into a different gear.

So I am just like, yeah, I'm, I'm ready to do the work. So for me, I think there is a little bit of relief to know.

Right. And I'm, I'm ready to go. Yeah. I'm just hoping we can kind of just get this, get through this very quickly, just get through the next four years and be done with it. I got bad news for you, Nick. These four years are not going to go quick. Yeah. Well, I mean, I was even texting you earlier thinking, like, what if they just

had won in 2020? We could have gotten it all over in one shot and then move on. But I suspect I know where you're heading with that line of thinking. And I think that I'm not going to like it. Yeah, I don't think so either. Everybody, we have a lot to talk about today. And I just want to say, first of all, for people who are listening

the preview, it's patreon.com slash my Craig podcast. Nick, a lot of people have been subscribing.

A lot of people have been reaching out. And I just want to say, first of all, again, thank you for

your trust. And the second thing about it, and Nick, I think this is something that you and I

should talk about here at the beginning of this. I think the reason why people are trusting us is

because we've been honest about this and because we have actually talked about what's been going on,

meeting it where it is. And we take that seriously. And the work that we have been doing will

continue. This is a really, really hard time. I am dedicated to both chronicling and explaining

what's going on. But also, I want to talk more about what we can do. And I want to talk more about where we can start to fix things and make inroads. But I just want to talk more about what we can do. And I want to talk more about where we can start to

fix things and make inroads. But I just want to say thank you for the people who have put

their trust in us. It has meant the world. Absolutely. And just the value of having a community

and have people say the things that maybe everyone is thinking and that makes it feel like we're all in this together.

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