Welcome to The Young Turks, everybody.

I'm John, I'd roll a Jankyuger and a Caspian out for a little bit.

They'll eventually be back someday.

In the interim, I am joined by Jarrah Jackson, Ben Mankowitz at the desk.

Thank you for trying me.

What's up?

This guy shows up, you know, just for whatever reason, because you know, I remember, you know,

I used to bring us in when I was here more.

I can't wait.

I can't wait to find out what it is.

No, no, no, no, no.

You were, you were, this time, oddly enough, you were great.

No, I was just suddenly occurring to be like, here I am sort of filling in and it's been

so long, I mean, it's a show and it's a big deal and it's a desk and it was just, because

I was just talking to this, I'll tell a query quick story.

I did interview with NPR and Tucson today for a TCM event we're doing later.

And the reporter started by saying, hey, like in during the Bush administration in 2003,

2004, I was so frustrated with the media and I started reading these commentaries that

having the post was publishing by this guy, Sank Lager.

And I felt like my voice was being expressed but eloquently in the outrage and I then

found out about the show and saw you and he really changed my life and feeling that there

was a appropriate, and I thought, well, it'd be nice to tell Jack that because he's been,

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