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today is thursday it is December 18th welcome to the dog walk presented by barcel sports today have an in studio

guest his name is james zan he is the editor-in-chief at the toy book so So, James, I'm very excited to have you. And essentially,

you're a toy expert is what I understand. That's the rumor. And it's very cool to be here. Yes,

the Toy Book is the trade publication covering the North American Toy Industry. It's been around since

1984. We're starting volume 42 in February.

The editor-in-chief of that publication. And then we have a consumer arm called Toy Insider that's

been around for 20 years. And that is a guide to everything for parents, grandparents, cool aunts

and uncles, any gift givers. And then we have a spinoff publication called Pop Insider that's really about collectibles and stuff for the 18 and over crowd. Awesome. Well, I'm fired up because I like just talking about nostalgic things. And you brought quite a few. If you're watching on YouTube, you see the desk. We got a little Green Day dukey action figure, which I don't even know they made. There's a Sega Genesis that is now a toy, apparently. Yes. All right, hey, before we get rolling here, I want to talk about Stella Blue Coffee's new can lattes. They are here. They're crafted with 100% Colombian coffee. Each can delivers 190 milligrams of natural caffeine, and it is a good source for protein. And it comes in two smooth flavors, espresso, cafe, mocha, and espresso sweet cream, whether you're braving your morning commute

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So I always say my career path was very nonlinear. As a kid, I wanted to do TV. So I did,

I was doing cable access in the early 90s. And by the time, well, from 15 to 18, I had

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