Oh, that was a good one. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekender edition of the Muckering podcast. Jared Yates Sexton here with Nick Hausman. Nick, how you doing, bud? I'm good, but you're supposed to be drinking some sort of more relaxing beverage as far as I'm concerned. No, we need a Red Bull today. We're running low on the energy. Wow. All right. Well, this is the sacrifice I make for the show. I'm going to feel terrible later.

Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, hey, listen, whatever it takes, man. I don't know how it is for you. Like this ramp up to the holiday season, this period of time, not to mention other things that are taking place outside of the, quote,

unquote, holiday season, it's beat the hell out of me.

I don't know how you're doing.

I don't know how you're feeling.

This holly jolly locomotive is careening.

I'm devastated that I won't be able to buy 37 gifts for my child.

Well, they can have one or two dolls.

I'm sure they'll be happy with that.

Maybe a pencil.

They'll have to learn how. I think he's going to learn how to play with a paper bag is what he's going to do with Christmas. You know what? I think that builds character. I think I learned how to like have more imagination because my, my toys weren't as good. Absolutely. I mean, listen, I'd be giving out a carton of cigarettes, too, if I could, you know,

and smoke them up, Johnny.

Smoke them while you got them.

That's, I mean, that is where we are in this country.

That is maybe the most accurate portrayal of where the United States of America.

How about you?

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired. I'm so tired.

I'm everybody what we're going to talk about and why we're...

We got a whole lot to get to before we get there.

A reminder, head over to patreon.com slash my great podcast.

Listen, if you're listening in the preview of this, I mean, this thing is, we're loaded to the gills.

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