Hey there, before we start the show, we wanted to tell you that we are having a live show next week.

It is going to be next Wednesday, February 19th, in Thousand Oaks, California.

We are going to be breaking down the Democratic debate that is happening that very night.

You will not want to miss this. Go to nprpresence.org for tickets.

Hey, I'm Brooke.

And I'm Eric.

And currently, we're sitting on our couch in the apartment we live in together.

And that's significant because for the first year of our relationship, we were in long distance.

We were both working at newspapers across the state of Florida.

And when we would drive you see each other on the weekends, we would listen to the npr politics podcast.

And then we would talk about it when we were together.

Now, we both work at the same newspaper and can listen together.

And we're about to celebrate our second Valentine's Day together.

This podcast was recorded at 111 pm on February 14th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

Okay, here's the show.

We are kind of like the glue, right? That binds a lot of things together.

The tie that binds.

That's what I have in my head every time we do this podcast.

I just love the shout out for newspapers.

Absolutely.

For newspapers.

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