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Welcome back to the show.

My name is Matt.

My name is Noel.

They call me, Ben.

We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Andrew Triforce Howard.

Most importantly, you are you.

You are here.

That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. We're recording on December 16th.

There are just 15 days to the new year as the Gregorian calendar,

which is kind of an up-and-coming trend, reckons the passage of time. Guys, can you believe it? This has always

been a time of reflection, but looking back on this year, I think we've had some ups and downs,

but hopefully we've had more ups than down. As a people, as a country, as individuals, all three,

perhaps. All the above. Ben ben i got to say though you're

bearing the lead a little bit you uh typically put a lovely quote at the top of these outlines and

you got a banger of one up top today i i'm i'm gonna have to insist that you read i'm gonna have

insist that you read it ben i'm not to insist oh oh that's too kind no all right well with your

permission fellow conspiracy realist,

you won't be one of those bastards who says Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud. It's not.

It can happen every day. You've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it,

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