Hello and welcome to When Diplomacy Fails. A special talk episode to basically get you guys up to speed, I think, has been warranted for a while. So, since I'm taking a small hiatus from our regular programming while I plan the Easter Rising special, I thought that I'd surprise you with this little guy here. I hope you enjoy it. It's been a long time coming and I really did

have a good time doing it with Sean since it's been absolutely ages since we've done a talk episode.

It's a little bit wackier than you may be used to, but I promise it gets more serious as it goes

on, so stick with it. And if you're not really in the mood for all that kind of

fun friend stuff then skip ahead about 15 minutes until you get into the real meat of the episode

and yeah that's it really oh uh sean would like you all to know at one stage in this episode

i mentioned that of course i bring out out the Bulgarian atrocities and the

fact that up to 30,000 people were killed. Sean O'Regan would like you to know that he is not

laughing at the fact that 30,000 people are killed. He's laughing at the fact that that phrase I say

there was actually a repeat of a phrase I had tried to say earlier and messed up

royally. And if you want to know more about that, stick around for the outtakes at the end.

But Sean would like you to know that he is not a mass murder and he does not approve of such

atrocities. He is merely laughing at something else and it sounds completely wrong because it's

out of context.

Okay, so with that disclaimer out of the way, and Sean made a little bit more comfortable with this episode going out, I hope you guys have a great time listening to it.

Let me know through the usual channels, and thanks again to you, Sean, for joining me.

Cheers, bud, and cheers to you guys.

See you soon.

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