Ken Paxton gets UNWELCOME SURPRISE at Texas "debate"

We have been waiting endlessly for James. Telerico to take the debate stage. against Ken Paxton and finally that. moment arrived kind of because while. Telerico showed up, Paxton didn't. Telerico instead did a CNN town hall. Paxton refused to show which is a move. that will undoubtedly come back to haunt. him because it gave Telerico the. opportunity to do this. >> Uh but you're right. I mean that. decision to stay home for a week sent my. opponent and his conspiracy theorists. spiraling. Uh, I opened up social media. and learned that I apparently had.

dropped out of the race, had flown to a. mental hospital in Ohio, that I had. died. Uh, this is crazy. I mean, these. false claims got millions of views. online. And this is an example of what I. call the rage economy. Conspiracy. theorists can post anything they want on. the internet. They get clicks. The. billionaires who own these platforms get. rich. We all get angry. and nobody's. life gets any better. Conspiracy. theories don't put food on the table.

They don't put gas in the tank. They. don't actually improve our communities. or improve our country. And so, I'm. going to stay focused on the very real. problems that are facing Texans. And. that's exactly why I'm here tonight. Isn't it interesting how Paxton and his. buddies are totally available while. they're spreading disinformation about. how Telerico purportedly flew to Ohio to. check himself into a mental health. clinic despite the fact that video. surveillance showed him in Texas and. despite the fact that he was literally. on stage with Casey Musgraves during the. time period in question. But there's.

apparently no time whatsoever for Paxton. himself to take the debate stage. And I. think this is all a pretty good. microcosm for the broader fight that. we're having here between the left and. right in this election cycle. Because. the reality is that the GOP's only move. is to divide, to attack, and to. fearmonger. That's why, you know, every. September or October before an election, there are migrant caravans or some gay. bathroom panic or some trans person. trying to win a medal. They will find.

one marginalized group, one person if. they need to, and make them a boogeyman. So long as they can keep their voters. good and scared, good and mad. Scared. and angry to interact with people who. don't look like them, who don't pray. like them, who don't love like them. That is the foundation of the modern. Republican party. But Terico revealed. the con of that entire movement because. while that might be a potent tool, it. doesn't actually accomplish anything for. people. That fear porn doesn't put food. on the table, doesn't raise your wages, doesn't lower your bills. And the proof.

is all around us. Republicans right now. have full control of government. Zero. Democrats in control anywhere. Not the. House, the Senate, the White House. And. what do we have to show for it? Gas is. at record highs. Inflation's up almost. 33%. We're spending a billion dollars a. day on a new war in the in Iran. Prices. on everything are higher thanks to a. trade war. And even still, right now, while all that is happening, the. Republicans are out here attacking what? Trans athletes. You know how many trans.

athletes, by the way, are in the NCAA? Fewer than 10. How much time has Fox. News dedicated to them? How much time. has Republican politicians dedicated to. them? And yet, how much of their time. was dedicated to actually lowering your. costs, to bringing wages up, to. protecting communities from data. centers, to releasing the Epstein file. so the victims have some degree of. justice? When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Republicans have one setting, divide and. conquer. They will find some.

marginalized community and vilify them. adnauseium so that you're good and. distracted by some culture war and. aren't paying attention to the fact that. your life is worse off than it was. before with the Republicans in charge. What Telerico revealed here though is. that staying mired in these perpetual. fights, which is, you know, the the. Republicans playing field, it's where. they live, doesn't actually help. anybody. So Americans have to decide. what's more important. Is it sniping at. people who are different from you on an. endless loop while all of your material.

conditions continue to deteriorate? Or. is it actually helping people, focusing. on the middle class, lowering costs, and. working for regular Americans? The Republicans have shown which. strategy they're willing to take. They've shown how they're willing to. govern. Americans are sicker, poorer, and hungrier than they were 2 years ago. So, if you're looking for more of that, by all means, vote Republican. But if. you're looking for solutions, help usher. in this new brand of Democrats who are. focused on delivering for regular. people. A brand of Democrats who are.

younger, more in tune with their. constituents, more progressive, and yes, even capable of using modern technology. Imagine that. But it starts with getting. your ballot in right away and working on. your circles of people. I don't want to. just win. I want to repudiate Trumpism. and everything about it in every state. across the country. And we have the. power to do that if we're willing to. vote for it. You're watching the No Lie. podcast. Next up are my interviews with. the Senate candidate in South Carolina, Dr. Annie Andrews, and the gubernatorial.

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broken out, which is that Darlene Graham. uh has pledged, like her late brother, to crack down on China, but it turns out. her own husband is is working at a. management role in a company that relies. on Chinese manufacturing. Can I have. your response to to the to the fact that. she can say one thing on the campaign. trail, but then in her own household uh. relies on exactly that? >> Yeah, that's exactly right. This. Washington Post story showed that. Darlene and her campaign were hiding her.

family's business interests in China and. she's a sitting US senator. So, she has. a lot of questions she needs to answer. for the people of South Carolina. We. didn't get to it in the debate last. night because we only had one 60inute. debate and she has refused to debate me. any additional times. But I don't think. it's appropriate for a sitting US. senator to be lining their pockets with. money from China. And it is also. hypocritical because she does tell us. she talks tough on China. She says South. Carolina needs to be less dependent on.

China, but I guess that rule doesn't. apply when her own family is getting. rich. >> What was one moment in the debate. yesterday that stuck out at you as a. pretty apt microcosm for the race as a. whole? I mean, a series of moments, but you. know, as a pediatrician, as a physician, the fact that she supports. wholeheartedly, fullthroatedly supports. these Medicaid budget cuts that will be. devastating to so many people here in. South Carolina is just appalling to me.

You know, I've been hustling out there, out hustling Darlene for sure on the. campaign trail. Just in the past couple. of weeks, I've been to Allenale County, South Carolina, where they have one. hospital that's going to be totally on. the chopping block if these budget cuts. come through. In this county, they have. no maternity health care. They have no. OB/GYNs. There's no mental health care. providers. There's one pharmacy that. will also close if these Medicaid budget. cuts go through. And then a couple days. later, I was in Bennettville, South. Carolina, standing in front of their.

only hospital that closed 11 years ago. So, you know, we have a very fractured, underfunded health care system in South. Carolina. And I just can't believe she's. so out of touch with the people of South. Carolina that she thinks these Medicaid. budget cuts are okay. >> On the flip side, though, we will have a. triumphal arch. So, doesn't that make it. all worth it? [laughter]. >> Absolutely. You know, those sick kids. with asthma who can't see a doctor when. they have trouble breathing, I will be. very happy to know there's an arch in. DC. what what have people in South.

Carolina said to you about the state of. the health care system? I'm Look, you're. coming from South Carolina. This is not. exactly uh a liberal stronghold. And so, I'm assuming that when you're talking to. folks, you're not talking to any, you. know, triedand-true Democrats. These are. probably, you know, in large part. long-standing Republicans. And so what. have those people told you about uh the. state of the health care system. especially under Republican control and. especially um you know in the hands of. somebody like Darlene Graham.

representing your state. >> So you know just two stories, one story. from this morning. We just had a small. campaign event at a local small. business, a coffee shop and a wine shop. And I was talking to the owner who said. that he and his wife were so grateful. for the ACA because that was the first. time in his adult life he ever had. insurance. But just this past year, his. his premium for he and his wife went. from $500 to $1,500. >> I was recently at a pharmacy in Rock. Hill, one of the only.

independentarmacies, talking to the pharmacist there about. abandoned prescriptions. And that's when. a patient goes in to pick up their. prescription that their doctor has. prescribed. They see the price tag and. they say, "Oh, never mind. I can't. afford it." And when I ask these. pharmacists what prescriptions get. abandoned most often, it's not, you. know, multivitamins, which are important. to take, but it's high blood pressure. medicine and cholesterol medicine and. blood thinners, you know, and I know as. a doctor that if you don't take your. high blood pressure medicine, you're at.

high risk for a stroke or a heart. attack. And that ultimately, honestly, it's it's the wrong thing to do, but. ultimately that's going to cost our. health care system more money. So it. doesn't matter if you're traditionally a. Democrat or a Republican or an. independent. This assault on our health. care system touches everyone. And of. course this is in the context of. everything else also costing more. Folks. are struggling to fill up their tank to. buy groceries and now they see their. health insurance premiums triple because. of decisions that are being made in. Washington DC. which is why we need an.

independent voice in the US Senate from. South Carolina rather than Darlene. Graham who will work as a Washington. ambassador to South Carolina in this. role. >> On that point of working as a Washington. ambassador, is is there any indication. that Darlene Graham even has her own. opinions about, you know, any of these. issues as opposed to just serving as a. rubber stamp for Donald Trump? >> I mean, my honest assessment is no. You. know, I stood next to her for 60 minutes. on the debate stage last night and I.

heard a lot of repeated sort of dusty. old Republican talking points. You know, she would attack me for something that. isn't true, isn't aligned with a. position I have and I' I'd defend myself. and correct her and she'd say the same. thing again. So, she's just going off of. a script that's been written by folks in. Washington DC who handpicked her to run. for this seat because they see in her. someone that they can buy. you know, she. has supported um the gutting of the. health care system and so now we have. big pharma propping up her campaign. She. has helped give billions of dollars of.

tax cuts to data center companies and. now we have data center companies. propping up her campaign. So people in. Washington DC and special interest. groups seeing her someone that they can. buy. I'm running to be an independent. voice for South Carolina. I don't take. corporate pack money. I didn't get. recruited to run. Nobody handpicked me. or handed me anything. I got involved. because I was tired of watching broken. policies coming from Washington harm my. patients and their families. >> Yeah. And and by the way, like I when I.

when I was in my 20s, that was the first. time I had health insurance either. I. mean, even prior to my 20s, thanks to. the ACA, that's the only reason because. uh because of the provision mandating um. employers give health care to families. uh including kids under 26. Like that's. the only reason that I had healthcare. growing up. I'm sure a lot of. millennials are in the exact same. position as I am, but but uh it just. seems so antithetical to what any human. being would want in this country that. you would want to take away the one. thing guaranteeing people access to.

healthcare in the United States. It just. seems absolutely crazy. >> Yeah. And you know, the the ACA is. certainly not perfect, but I was. practicing as a pediatrician when that. went into effect. And I watched as it. helped families, families who had kids. with serious pre-existing conditions. They got better coverage. They, you. know, I watched these young young people. as they graduated from high school be. able to stay on their parents' plans. As. you just said, it, you know, it was an. improvement in the health care system, but, you know, I want to take it a step.

further. And I've been focusing a lot on. the public option because to me then. that gives anyone the option to purchase. an affordable plan, an affordable public. plan if they choose. And that would. remove the profit motivation from that. transaction. and the profit motivation. All this money that you and I pay on our. premiums and our co- insurance and our. co-pays and our deductibles and all of. those things. So much of that money. actually just goes to pad the profits. and pockets of insurance company. executives and shareholders, not.

actually to the provision of health. care. So we could build a much more. coste effective health care system if we. removed that profit motivation from it. which is why I think the public option. is the next most pragmatic step to build. the health care system that we really. need and certainly we have to stop the. Medicaid budget cuts. >> What is something that somebody's told. you on the campaign trail that's uh. that's stuck with you perhaps something. that that you haven't heard from, you. know, uh a regular Democratic voter?

>> Oh, that's a good question. And I mean, I was just when I was just in. Bennettville, um we were standing. outside this closed rural hospital and. this woman who works in healthcare. She. was there in her scrubs and she had her. four-year-old son with her. And you. know, she was just so grateful that we. had showed up to even have a. conversation to shine a light on the. fact that this county is really. suffering without access to health care. And this four-year-old little boy was so. sweet. He followed me around for the. whole event. And I hugged him goodbye. and he cried when I was leaving. And I.

just I have his the image of him in my. brain right now when I think about what. I'm fighting for and how important it is. that this little boy, you know, if he. gets sick, if he falls out of a tree, if. he has an asthma attack, he deserves to. have a hospital that he can go to. And. so it's just, you know, the fact that. I've been on at this for 18 months. talking to people everywhere. Um, you. know, I was also in Mount Pleasant in. the low country recently on a dock. talking to shrimpers, shrimpers who have. been crushed by these diesel prices. And. I heard from some of them that the.

diesel prices are so high and their. margins are so thin already that they've. started using the tide to go out to sea. so they don't have to burn diesel fuel. to get out to where they can actually do. the shrimping. And you know these people. are not traditionally necessarily you. know political or Democrat or whatever. but you know it's these decisions that. are being made in Washington DC that are. having a really negative impact on so. many people across South Carolina. and. they're just so grateful to have someone. show up and listen and offer to give. them a voice in DC.

>> You know, when I think about Joe Mansion. in in West Virginia back when he was. serving in the Senate, um he was able. as, you know, the 50th vote or the 51st. vote. I can't remember even what it what. it was at this point. I think it was 50. or 51. Um, in any case, because he was a. a Democrat in a red state, he was able. um to really bring stuff home for his. state in a way that, you know, the. senator for Rhode Island or California.

uh wasn't able to do because he was that. swing vote and because everybody kind of. knew that he um that that anything. passing the Senate hinged upon his. support, he had a lot of leverage. What. would that mean for somebody like you in. a state like South Carolina if you. become the 51st vote in the US Senate? >> You know, it's really exciting to think. about all the good I could do for South. Carolina. You know, investments in. infrastructure and our health care. system, you know, some relief um for.

these farmers and shrimpers that are. really being crushed right now. And just. to be able to be an independent voice um. for the folks in South Carolina. You. know, you and I both know how. hyperartisan this moment is and how. hyper divisive it is and how we all just. retreat to our partisan corners. But I. think I'll have a really unique. opportunity when I'm elected to, you. know, align my votes with what is in the. best interest of South Carolinians to be. a loud voice, a loud advi advocate for. South Carolina in the US Senate rather.

than just being a rubber stamp for my. party because, you know, this Senate. seat does not belong to one family. certainly and it doesn't belong to one. political party. My opponent has already. pledged 100% loyalty to whatever her. party bosses tell her and that doesn't. do South Carolina any good. So, you. know, I do think I'll have an outsized. influence in what's happening in the US. Senate given that I will be representing. the state of South Carolina and that can. only mean good things for the people in. South Carolina.

>> For those who are watching right now and. they want to support your campaign, where can they go? >> Yeah, they can go to drannieandrews.com. You know, we are three weeks away from. this critical election. We have a real. opportunity to win this seat in South. Carolina. The difference could not be. more obvious. Darlene is going to be a. rubber stamp. She's going to do whatever. her special interest groups and party. bosses tell her to do. And I, as I've. said, I'll be an independent voice. Darlene is pro-war, pro- data center, pro Medicaid cut. And I will be a a.

voice for South Carolina. and I will. focus on lowering cost and fixing our. health care system and rooting out the. corruption on both sides of the aisle. >> Awesome. I'm going to put that link. right here on the screen and also in the. post description for those who are. listening on the podcast. I'm going to. throw it in the show notes. Dr. Andrews, thank you so much for taking the time. today. Best luck in these final two and. a half weeks until we get to election. day. >> That's right. Thanks for having me. >> There has been a lot of talks about. Republicans dodging debates these days. We now have another one to add to the. list. Uh Joel Lombardo is the current.

Republican governor of Nevada. uh he's. running against Aaron Ford who's the. current attorney general of California. I'm I'm glad to be joined now by. Attorney General Ford. Attorney General. Ford, can you give your response to the. fact that we have yet another in a long. list of Republicans who are dodging. debates? Why won't uh why won't your. opponent get on the debate stage with. you here? >> Well, good to see you, uh my friend. And. uh it's a great question, and the answer. is simple. He's scared. Uh he's scared. to get on the stage to be able to um.

have to defend his record right now that. has created this Lombardo Trump economy. that no one can afford and that. everyone's struggling in. Uh he's afraid. to have to defend against his lies that. he's articulated throughout the entirety. of the campaign. And he also doesn't. want us to be able to get our message. out about how affordable uh how our. affordable Nevada plan is going to help. to get us out of this mess in the first. place. He's running uh he's cying uh as. he has done the entire cycle. Um, and so. it's no surprise, but it is still. disappointing.

>> Is there any hope in your opinion uh for. him to actually show up on the debate. stage? >> Absolutely not. I mean, at the end of. the day, um I've already accepted three. three debates, including one just. recently as last week. Uh we had an open. mic debate uh last week as well where. the League of Women Voters um um put. this on, the nonpartisan League of Women. Voters put this on with KUNR um and I. think a few other sponsors. Uh not only. did he decline to uh participate, he. actually had his allies try to scuttle.

the entire thing by intimidating League. of Women Voters, having them remove. their names as a host because it was. only going to be an even empty podium. debate. He tried to get us kicked out of. the location that we were going to have. the debate. Uh nonetheless, we were able. to persevere. We had a a great uh. discussion with KUNR and uh the people. should refer to that because again it. demonstrates what our platform is uh and. it shows the distinction that makes a. great difference between Joe Lombardo. who folds and runs and hides and an Aan. Ford who stands before you willing to.

stand up and fight. >> Now one of the aspects that I presume uh. Joe Lombardo doesn't want to answer for. is the high prices that are plaguing. Americans right now. Specifically high. gas prices. Nevada has some of the. highest gas prices in the country. Those. high prices are owed in large part to. the fact that we are engaged in a war in. Iran that Trump and Republicans swore up. and down would never happen and yet here. we are. But to add insult to injury, um. can you talk a little bit about what.

Lombardo's stance on that very war that. again is responsible for these high. prices and high gas prices, what that. stance is? But you know I have used um a. description of Joel Lombardo this entire. campaign that is entirely apppropo for. this part of the conversation as well. He cowers powtiles capitulates and. kisses up to Donald Trump at every turn. And the Iran war is no different. Um in. fact recently Joe Lombardo signed onto a. letter asking for 70 billion additional.

dollars to help fight this fight even. though everyone knows that their gas. prices ran up soon after Donald Trump. waged this unlawful war. uh we are over. $5 a gallon in our state. Diesel is. almost at $7 a gallon. Uh and so at the. end of the day, what we see again is a a. pre a a a president who has an acolyte. on the ground here in Jolon Bardo. Um. and a uh and and the governor of our. state not standing up for Neadans. contributing to the demise of our. economy, the difficulties that our. people are having. Uh they they unable.

to to afford gas and groceries. Some. folks are making decisions between. groceries and prescriptions. uh and. housing is is is out of reach. Um this. is a miserable place for us to be in. right now, but we have an opportunity. election cycle to turn the corner. >> Okay. So, you have all of these high. prices that Americans are contending. with. That was a theme in the 2024. election. And Republicans swore up and. down from Joe Lombardo all the way up to. Donald Trump that if you just elect. Republicans, they'll get it all sorted. out. And they did. And Republicans are.

in control on every branch of government. uh in on the federal level. They've got. the House, the Senate, the White House. Uh on the state level, you've got as as. we've been talking about a Republican in. charge of that state. And so, where's. the disconnect here? If Republicans. swore that if they were elected, they'd. be able to bring prices down. They. talked about housing and rent and. groceries and eggs. Uh where is the. disconnect between now full control of. government and yet all of the problems. that they swore to fix have been. exacerbated?

>> Well, look, they were lying from the. beginning at the end of the day, right? I mean, uh, and people are disenchanted. They they understand that they've been. lied to. That's the reason why, uh, this. this race has been neck andneck, notwithstanding the fact that Joel. Lombardo has spent $20 million since. February lying about me and lying about. his own record, uh, at the end. And and. so um, that that's where the disconnect. is. They never were um going to lower. the cost of eggs. Uh, they never were. going to really look out for the. everyday working-class member. And we. know this, right? Because Jolen Bardau.

on his own valition when Trump was here. about a month ago said without even. being asked a question that he agreed. that we should be taking care of and I. quote Trump's billionaire friends, right? He says because they're the ones. creating the jobs. Last I checked is. these small businesses creating jobs and. they're getting decimated by the tariffs. that Joel Lombardo supported by saying. we need to feel a little pain from. We. don't need pain. We need the leadership. I demonstrated it by suing trying to get. us refunds. And now your governor, our. governor even says we don't deserve the. refunds. >> Yeah. That's disdain for uh our. community. Um and he needs to be sent.

sent packing. >> Okay. To that end then, what is going to. be your focus as governor of Nevada? >> Easy to lower costs. Um and I've already. rolled out a plan called the affordable. Nevada plan. I commend to your readers. my to your uh viewers my website forward. for nevada.com under the issues prong. are different planks. We're going to. we're going to limit how many homes. corporations can buy up in the housing. context because they're pricing us out. of our neighborhoods. We're going to. limit the cost of certain prescription. drugs to the Medicare negotiated price. for everybody to help people be able to.

afford medicines. We're going to feed. our children, [clears throat] which is. something that, by the way, all three of. these things that I've just mentioned, our governor vetoed. Um, he could we. could be experiencing relief from them. right now, but he has vetoed those, including feeding our kids. Uh, and when. we feed our kids, we put $1,000 back in. the pockets of parents per student per. year so they can spend that money, unfortunately, on this expensive gas. that we're now having to have to pay. for. So, these are ways we're going to. touch on the affordability crisis. Uh, and we're going to begin that on day. one. >> What is the biggest lie that Joe.

Lombardo has told about you that you'd. like to correct? >> Oh my, there's so many. And and you. know, the biggest I guess is in the eye. of the beholder. Um, in in my in my. estimation is that he's lying about. taxes. Um, you know, he has a commercial. out saying that I raised taxes 15 times. or sought to raise taxes 15 times when I. was in the legislature. it's been fact. checked by a news station up north and. at the end of the day um and at the end. of the day um they they were able to. demonstrate that it's not true but it's.

that type of lie that he puts out um. because again he can't um um defend his. own record um which has caused this this. this this decimation of our economy. >> and on the flip side that exact point. what is the biggest lie he's told about. his own record that you want to set the. record straight on. >> I think he he tries to t that we have a. good economy. Like what economy are you. living in? Are you talking to the people. I'm talking to on the ground who can't. find jobs? Uh because he has overseen if. not the highest one of the highest.

unemployment rates in the nation. And by. the way, he ran on unemployment. He. blamed the our last governor for the. high unemployment rate. Now he wants to. say he can't do anything about. unemployment or the affordability. crisis. In fact, he has a theory, sir, that if you are unemployed right now, it's because you're lazy. this he's his. own words about people that he's. supposedly uh trying to trying to. represent that they're lazy. Um so these. are the types of lies that he's he's. playing in our faces as people say these. days, right? Where you you you you you. you articulate something that is just. not true. That's not the experience that.

people are having on the ground. >> What's a little bit of your experience. uh as attorney general that you'd like. to promote that could inform a little. bit of how about how you would uh govern. as governor of the state of Nevada? Um, the attorney general's job is to. protect Neatans in the criminal context, in the social ill context, and I've. demonstrated my ability to stand up. against anybody, whether it's the Biden. administration that I had to sue, the. Trump administration that I've had to. sue, albeit several more times than I.

had to sue Biden. Whether it's big. companies and corporations where I've. gotten 1.2 2 billion dollars back in. opioid recoveries or getting settlements. with um social media entities that have. been negatively harming the mental. health of our children. I've been able. to stand up. I'm unafraid uh to do. what's necessary to protect Nebatans. And I'm going to take that same. fearlessness to the governor's office. and stand up to a federal administration. that is hellbent on depriving us of an. opportunity to thrive in our society. >> What does the polling look like in your. race right now?

>> Look, essentially it's a top ball game. Um, you know, a poll had me up two. points. I've been down a point. It's. essentially a tough ball game. All of. these polls show us in the margin of. error. So, you know, we have to continue. to work hard to run through the tape. I. coached all my kids in their sports, including in track, and I used to tell. kids, don't stop when you get closer to. the finish line. You got to run through. the tape, all the way through the tape. And that's what we're doing right now. This was always going to be a race. between the money and the mini. Joel. Lombardo has the money. As I've said, he. spent $20 million lying. Uh, but we have.

the many on our team who are are going. to see us through this finish line. >> And finally, for folks who are looking. to help your campaign, where can they. go? >> Please visit my website, forward forward. nevada.com. As much as this is about the. money versus the mini and us having the. mini, we could still use your support. financially so that we can stay on TV, so that we can be stay on the radio, so. that we can stay on social media getting. our message out, showing what the. contrast is, and letting folks know they. have a choice to make in our state. They. can choose a folder in Jolon Barardo or. a fighter and Aaron Ford. They can.

choose the doormat for Donald Trump or. the individual who will do anything to. protect you. >> Excellent. I'm going to put that link. right here on the screen and also in the. post description. For those who are. listening on the podcast, I'm going to. throw it in the show notes. Ag Ford, thank you so much for taking the time. Best luck in the campaign trail for. governor. >> Appreciate you. Thanks so much. >> To listen to the audio version of this. episode, click the link right here on. the screen and make sure to subscribe. And of course, to see more video. content, that subscribe button's on the. screen as well.