Hello, everybody and welcome to another episode of getting hammered.

Today I am not over-c caffeinated. It's probably a mistake. I am underprepared, as usual, on brand.

These notes are probably going to make the show worse, you know?

Like, you don't, I don't, we've, we've tested it.

And unprepared makes for better pod.

Isn't that right, Vic?

I have, I have note thoughts, but I'll let you finish the intro before I go off the rails.

I am here, as always. I'm here as always.

I'm Mary Catherine Ham with my friend Vic Mattis of the free beacon and the podcast,

the sub beacon, which you can check out on Patreon for a slightly more racy version of Vic.

How are you doing today?

Only slow, slightly.

Yeah, originally it was very much like black and white, right?

I mean, it was very much of a divide between sort of morning show, me, and then sub beacon

late night, because we do record.

We record the sub beacon at 9.30 p.m. Eastern standard time, and we don't finish until

about 11 p.m.

And so, you know, anything can happen. But now it's just beginning to melt.

And then I can't tell it. Like the lines have been blurred. You're talking about notes, by the way.

A long time ago, I did a radio show. Fred Barnes invited me to. He did a show on Radio America.

Remember Radio America? I do. Yes. And I went on with him and Mark Falcoff from AEI because I had written something.

And I just brought like my magazine article.

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