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Daily Podcast. I'm here with Johnny Long. How are you Johnny? I'm good. You're not

Ian. Who's this? You're not Ian? Who are you? You're not Ian? No. I can't hear you. I know. It's a loud

restaurant. Who are you? I'm Kay Wagner. I'm a cycling journalist. You are. I'm here with you guys for the final week is that who's

been in our car all day yeah I was meaning to ask you sorry I shaved the mustache off. Welcome, Kate.

We're pleased to have you on the Tour de France.

As anybody who listened to the last episode will know, we did have sent Ian home for bad behavior.

Yeah.

What did he do?

Too much whimsy.

Oh, I'm, oh, it's over for me.

He interviewed too many people in the Stark Village.

And he reaches Quota and we had to get him gone.

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