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My name is Jeremy Reisman. I am the manang editor of Pride of Detroit, the interim coach of this

podcast and the mini version of it. You can find me at Detroit online on Twitter or just the

regular Pride of Detroit account at Pride of Detroit. With me, as always now, I'm just going to say as always now, because your, your attendance

has been impeccable lately, and I feel like everyone needs to know that.

Ryan Matthews is with us for FirstBite at Ryan underscore POD.

Ryan, how are we doing this fine Thursday afternoon?

I'm doing well.

Thank you for recognizing successes.

Celebrating successes is very important in life.

And that means a lot coming from the Dick Duran of the podcast.

I don't even, was that a compliment?

That doesn't feel like a compliment.

He was mildly successful. You know what? That doesn't feel like a compliment. He was mildly successful.

You know what?

That probably accurately describes me as well.

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