Hey, guys. Welcome to middle of the week group chat. We got a hot episode. We got a we got a really

interesting interview on and you want to tell us who we got. Yeah, we have Brett bearish who

is a very successful liquor entrepreneur for decades. It sounds like. And he started Asa Spades

do say has a whole suite of brands that are extremely successful. And his approach to business is

very different than what you'd probably read in books. And so it's always kind of interesting

to see how there's different pathways to extreme success. Love that. So just so everyone knows

on and indeed did the interview and then I jumped in for the news after. So we're all here.

And we got a good episode after the interview. We have a lot of news to talk about. It's you

know, we're in earnings time. So we have a lot of good business news. We have I would say a

really good sign of things to come being that we're finally starting to get some IPO news again.

Good times your back. The good times are back. I mean, we haven't said the word IPO in a couple

of years. And we used to talk about them. It felt like every other day. So the good times are back.

And we got a lot of other news. And then we end with winners losers content.

So hot episode. Let's go. Let's do it.

All right, Kathy's. We're going to kick it off today with a special interview. You know how much

we like to drink on this podcast. We might as well be a alcohol sponsored podcast more so

than all the stuff that we talk about. We got Brett bearish on. And it's interesting because

I think what would be really great. He's launched a number of brands across different categories

and spirits. But I really want to know what your take on. We want to get into your background.

But like one of the most interesting things we are hearing when we're around like Gen Z folks

is that they are drinking less. And that's specifically in like LA because that's what we are around.

Then when we look at the I just read Diagio's earnings, we saw alcohol consumption as a country

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