Good morning, Brudeli Show, I'm Neil Fryman, and I'm Toby Howell.

On today's pod, we will talk invasive species because a new study shows that those lantern

flies you keep seeing everywhere are part of a much bigger problem, and it's well past

five o'clock in Tokyo, so Toby and I are going to pour a cold land shark and discuss the

late Jimmy Buffett's business empire.

Then we'll break down the mud and madness of the Burning Man Festival this year, before

turning to the diamond market where rough cut gems are facing an existential threat from

a less pricey competitor.

It's Tuesday, September 5th.

Let's ride.

Okay, Neil, it's Tuesday, we're coming off a long weekend.

Give me one rose and one thorn from it.

Okay, so we haven't discussed this before, so these are completely organic reactions.

I don't have any thorns, it was utterly delightful, I'll have two roses real quick.

I saw John Legend at Tanglewood.

Yeah, see, you did not know that.

I did not know that.

And Tanglewood's this beautiful music venue in the Berkshires, and he's got a great voice.

I wish he had a little bigger band behind him, but he shared his story.

He's got a super fascinating story, and the guy's got incredible pipes, so just a very delightful

evening, lots of cheese, lots of wine, another rose, I guess I would say lots of pool time.

Oh, like literally lounging.

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