Hey everybody, welcome to the McCraig Podcast. This is Jared D.8 Sexton here with Nick

Houseman. Listen, we got, we got something special for you today. We got, we got, we got,

fan favorite Wajad Ali, the author of, and I got to tell you this, listen, this isn't

blown smoke, this isn't, this isn't blowing smoke, this isn't, this isn't

trying to, to chill. Watch this new book, go back to where you came from another helpful

recommendations on how to become an American out January 25th. Just, just right there on the

horizon is a beautiful triumph. It's funny. It's smart. It's important. We are so happy to have

watch here today. The Steph Curry of political commentary. Dang. The man cannot miss. Walsh,

thank you for coming on. No, thank you so much. And I really appreciate those kind words for those

who are just tuning in.

Like Jared, I gave Jared the book and he said I finished it right before I came on and I was like,

oh man, I hope he likes it.

So to hear that, especially from you, means a lot to me.

Thank you.

Oh, I got to tell you, and again, I'm doing the hard sell because it's true.

This book is an emotional roller coaster. It's funny. It's sad. It's, it's, it's emotional. Like, what a wonderful thing you've done here. I hope so, man. It's one of those things where you put yourself out there and then after you put yourself out there and you read it, you go, oh, I wrote a book. What? It's like, it was those weird, strange situations where like, no one's going to read this where I pour my heart out and, like, reveal my family's pain and tragedy and stories. And then it's in a book form. And they're like, oh, yeah, people are going to read this. What was I thinking for the past year? And then your editor is like, yeah, dude,

you wrote a book. And I'm like, oh, yeah.

And then, and then your editor is like,

yeah, dude, you wrote a book. And I'm like, oh, yeah. And then, and then you're like, oh, shit,

everyone's going to read this. And so there's these small moments where you go, huh, once you put yourself out there and make yourself so vulnerable and share your pain and your tragedy, your warts,

your joys and your

family's narrative and story how will that affect not just me but also my parents and my kids and then

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