Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice - Diddy Up in Smoke, Interest Rates Drop, AI = Artificial Influencers

Episode Date: September 27, 2024

In today’s episode of the Weekly Business News, host Ryan Alford, and co-hosts Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall, dives into a range of timely topics, blending current events with business insights. The trio discusses the devastating impact of a recent hurricane, Sean "Diddy" Combs' legal challenges involving sex trafficking allegations, and the growing phenomenon of AI-generated influencers. They also explore Amazon's latest AI-powered video ad generator and its potential effects on the advertising industry. The conversation shifts to media accountability, with a particular focus on Alex Jones and his legal fallout from false claims about the Sandy Hook tragedy. Throughout the episode, the hosts stress the critical need for staying well-informed and maintaining consistent standards of responsibility in the media landscape.TAKEAWAYS Impact of recent hurricanes on communities and personal experiences of the hosts. Legal troubles of Sean "Diddy" Combs related to sex trafficking allegations. Discussion on the psychological factors driving individuals in positions of power to engage in unethical behavior. The emergence and implications of AI-generated influencers in social media marketing. Concerns about authenticity and the potential disruption of traditional influencer marketing by AI. Amazon's launch of an AI-powered video ad generator and its effects on advertising practices. Accountability of media figures, particularly in relation to controversial statements and their consequences. The need for consistent standards of accountability across all media platforms. The balance between freedom of speech and the responsibility to avoid spreading misinformation. Reflection on the human cost of tragedies and the ethical considerations for media personalities.  TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro to Right About Now with Ryan Alford 0:12 - Overview: Business Show Introduction 0:24 - Weekly Business News Update 0:36 - September’s Fast Pace 1:06 - Hurricane and Power Outages 2:25 - Greenville Weather Impact 3:12 - Hurricane Forecast Discussion 5:07 - Miami Hurricane Preparations 6:38 - Concert Shoutout: Thousand Horses 7:02 - Diddy’s Legal Troubles 9:04 - Crossing Boundaries in Hollywood 12:26 - AI and Virtual Influencers 15:15 - Amazon's AI-Powered Video Ad Generator 19:02 - Social Media Verification and Bots 20:39 - Alex Jones's Infowars Liquidation 27:08 - FTC’s Non-Compete Ban and Overtime Rules 31:14 - Final Thoughts on the Election 33:01 - Closing Remarks and Show Outro   If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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I'm joined, as always. I'm a good friend in Miami. Chris Hansen, what's up, brother? What's up, Brian? How are you, bro? I'm good. I'm good. And of course, the lovely Brianna Hall. Hey. Hey, hey. I used to do that. Let me put a name. I go, hey. Hey. Hey. You know, like when a hot girl would walk by? Hey. Hey. Hey. You know you did that, Chris. Yeah, that was early 2000s for sure.

Yeah, I think so. 2004. I was in like 10th grade. Hey. Yeah. I'm doing too many hayes anymore. My wife walked by sometime. Like, hey now.

Hey girl. Hey girl. Hey girl. Hey. There you go. Oh, I hope everyone's doing well wherever you are whenever you're listening, however you're watching. We appreciate you.

Been a busy week. We've got, I guess, Hurricane Mageddon or whatever you want to call it going on. Helene. Yeah, Helene. Storms. All I know is this. On day of record, I had no power for almost 24 hours. In a modern world, with four minutes warning that a storm was even coming in,

this isn't even before the storm from Florida comes up the coast or whatever. This is just a random thunderstorm in Greenville, South Carolina. I've been out without power for almost 24 hours. I'm calling bullshit on that. It was rough getting to the office this morning. Yeah. I was driving over sticks and trees and big old rocks. You had rocks blown all off the railroad tracks up there too.

Yeah. Anybody come through that? I was like, damn, I didn't mean in my alley with this. I'm like being my, I don't know, my bike or something. It's kind of, it felt like a hurricane or a tornado. would come through. It looked like it. In downtown Greenville, there were trees down everywhere. Yeah. Chris,

are you buttoned down the hatches? Is that what they call? Is that what we say? Yeah, as much as I can. Not much I can do on the 30th floor of a condo, but just bring my furniture inside. Just take care of the vacay lounge for us, you know? Yeah. Make sure nothing happens. Yeah, I'm as ready as I'll be. I mean, I've been through some hurricanes, but it's looking like it's going to be on the Gulf Coast, which I'm. was literally just at. So I kind of hustled back to Miami, hoping to avoid getting stuck over there. What's the latest forecast they're calling for with this hurricane? USA Today has a Helene's

explosive forecast, one of the most aggressive hurricanes in hurricane history, 70-knott increase in 72 hours. That was coming from Monday. It's an aggressive forecast for a good reason, trying to get ahead of possible intensification before it hits Florida. So they're trying to kind of sound the alarm bells, get that out. I would like the alarm bill myself yesterday. Yeah. Like at 3 o'clock. Hey, you might get your power turned off.

I'd have gotten the gas. We had supplies brought in right before the episode. Our Instacart driver was bringing in the gas can and the batteries. I wish I had him yesterday. My generator was pumped for about three hours and then had no look after that. But we're prepared now, in case we get stuck again. Yeah, so this is saying it's going to be a category three hurricane at landfall with 115 mile per hour winds. So wherever you are, just be ready.

You're probably already ready if it's Friday for you, which it is. We record sometimes a day or two earlier, but no matter what, stay safe out there. We've got our emergency preparedness kit. It just showed up here in the office. So we'll be here ready in South Carolina for storm number two of the week. Hopefully my power's back on. We'll stay on and be safe. rather than sorry.

So we'll see where things go. You never know with the hurricanes. They get scary. I mean, if you don't prepare, it's like you're screwed. And then it's, I can imagine frustrating down there in Miami, though, Chris, or in those areas because you don't exactly know what's going to happen. And so you can prepare for the worst and nothing happens. It's like to kind of drive you crazy.

Yeah. I mean, I've seen these storms zigzag and cut 90 degree right angle. I remember specifically we thought one year was going to hit us. you were prepared. And then at last minute, cut across the state. And you're kind of like, all right, well, that was a big excitement for nothing. But you don't know, right? Because then the places it does hit, it gets wrecked.

So I'm nervous. I prepared. I got my water, filled up the gasoline, you know. Like I said, I was in Sarasota County that closed, you know, pretty much the county early so people could prepare. It's. I think Florida's got it pretty dialed in as far as, like, getting the power truck's ready. Like I feel like Desanis has done a good job with making sure all the resources

are where they need to be, God forbid. It's my first storm season as an East Coast resident. You traded earthquakes. I don't think we ever had an actual note worthy earthquake in my entire life. Like you'd be walking and you'd be like, oh, that was weird. What was that? A little jolt. Shaking. Yeah. My sister just had her first one in L.A. like two, weeks ago. I don't want anything to do with that. I think she felt more scared. I think she was scared for her than a hurricane.

Because at least a hurricane, you kind of like mentally prepare for you. You're not just like waking up to your house shaking. Exactly. That shake just because of nowhere. I felt it in South Carolina before, actually. Actually on my boat, which was weird. Wow. And sure enough, there was like I was not sure.

It was really quick. And then I read the next day that there had been one. that area. So interesting. Yeah. It's like really minimal, but strange nonetheless. So you never know with these national disasters. I will say, I'm going to give a shout to my boys.

Thousand Horses went to their concert on Sunday. I got the concert gear on. It's got to support the guys. Best for Southern Rock Country Band. You want to see. Go support them. They're actually on a little mini tour here. So go give them some love.

They come in your county. Look them up. A thousand horses. Great rock band, country rock. whatever you want to call it. It's just good music. I'll tell you what's not good music. I was going to say speaking of music. Oh, diddy. Oh, did he.

Bad boy. Bad boy entertainment. Some of the shit that he's accused of is not funny. But it is. No, it's foul. I'm sorry, you know, maybe it's the 14-year-old boy in me. But the, I don't know, thousands of bottles of baby oil or whatever. I mean, that alone is not a cruelly.

prime, I hope. I wonder if he bought stock in baby oil companies. Who knows, man. How much baby oil you need? A little bit goes a long way. So I've been told. Chris told me that. Chris told me that.

He's down there in Miami. He got all that baby oil. Yeah, never, never been to a dirty party. No. But on all the parties in Miami, baby oiled up. I'm kidding. Oh, yeah.

You got to put the oil on. I assume so. Sean Diddy Combs, jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment. So this comes to us from AP News. Sean Diddy Combs. So did he drop the P off of his name? Yeah. Just Diddy now?

It's just Diddy. Okay. That was P. Diddy. Headed to jail to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over sordid empire of sexual crimes. He's accused of a lot of different things, including female victims, male sex workers, people drugged up in the studio. A conviction of every charge against him would equate to at least 15 years in prison with the possibility of a life sentence.

And it says this indictment describes Combs as the head of a criminal enterprise that engaged or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. Look, there's no tolerance for like 85% of what you just said. But doesn't it feel like when you hear that though out loud of what you would think crazy, crazy Hollywood parties would be, would include like 80% of that? Like, let's throw out the trafficking and all that stuff. But let's just say, okay, prostitutes and drugs, alcohol and going way overboard. Okay. like a Hollywood crazy party that happens every weekend probably. But then it's just like,

where do you cross that line? At what point, if you're ditty, okay, you got, he's a mogul, man, you got everything of the world, all the money, all the girls, you got family, you got kids now, you've made a lot of hits, you've made hits for other people. When does your appetite for this stuff just cross over to where I can't be satisfied with just a normal Hollywood party with drugs and alcohol and maybe some people get naked because they want to, but not because they're forced. When do you go, I can only get off or be satisfied by the extreme of the extreme? Is it like insatiable appetite or is it just insatiable ego?

Like that you can do it. I don't know where does that flip. I think power is the most powerful drug there is. and people like Kim, I feel like it's just about controlling people more than even the money. I just could see, I mean, he calls Big Perm. Hey, get the baby all ready.

We got, I need 400 bottles tonight. We're having a freak off, baby. He did he's worth $600 million. To your point, yeah. Yeah, he's got it. He's set. Yeah. So you want to cross that line

into creating, potentially, allegedly, these crimes that are unacceptable, but damn, just you can have fun. I mean, these people, it's like, you can do about anything you want, but you got to, it's got to get to this criminal level. I don't, I don't know. Someone's with psychology,

you need to have to explain that a little more to me. I think that there will be some interesting theories that come out about this and, you know, the list of people that's probably, how many people are shaking in their boots right now, going on, oh shit. like 10 years ago when they were coming up

and they were sort of famous or they're like damn I was at that party and felt fun at the time but and there's been stories for years of these parties you've had artists

talking about this stuff but it was almost like laughed off because he was such a mogul he had so much influence and laughed off because it's like he throws the best parties okay

it's a big Hollywood party now it's like everyone's looking back at anyone that's ever been to those parties He's kind of suspect. I mean, I think it's one of those things where, like, Hollywood's kind of always been known for, like, if you look at Hugh Hefner, you look at all these people who bring in young, beautiful people and promise them, you know, all the riches in the world.

If they do certain things or if they look a certain way or if they act a certain way. And now it's like, well, at what point does that person become a victim of you if you are a powerful person? Yeah. Yeah. I win that line of influence and promises of opportunity cross, like, just a couple of balls of baby oil and I'll make you famous. Straight up. I can't get off the baby oil thing.

It was just, it was something godly, like, like 500 cases or something. It was something ridiculous. Let me see if I can find it. He bought out Costco. Yeah. Johnson and Johnson, he owned. stock. That's Johnson Johnson baby oil. One thousand bottles of baby oil and freak-offs. What's a freak-off?

That's the name of the parties. That was their big orgies or sex parties. This doesn't have anything to do with business, but it was just too much. It's freaking p. Diddy. It's like, it has something to do with business, actually. It's hard to avoid it. Maybe the perils of business of like excess. Oh, we just like to pour it on people. Yeah Oh Like a funny party prank

I just create your baby oil I don't know I don't know Come on Chris I mean you and I don't have enough hair To probably worry about But like Is it pain to get out of your hair?

Sure that you've got baby oil Or something of the equivalent In your hair Brianna I plead the fifth on this It's about like laying out in the sun I have to sit here like when she'd lay out at the pool, like 20 years ago. Listen, it's hard to get anything out of your hair.

Like any kind of oil, any kind of substance. Just kind of scrub it out. I wasn't trying to make you go there. I was more just like when you're laying out like using some type of lotion or something. I can see my wife complaining about it. I mean, yeah, it's annoying getting anything stuck in your hair for sure. Yes. Well, thankfully, the world is turning a corner and we are really utilizing it.

AI. So maybe one day we won't even have celebrities that can purchase a thousand bottles of baby oil because we'll have these AI generated influencers, virtual influencers. They're gaining traction. They have like millions of followers. Have you guys seen these? I have. Yeah, I think. They're completely bought robotic influencers. Yeah. I've seen like fake, like they look like models, but it's all the AI generated. And they can do brand deals and they can, they post it if it's like really them, like a real person. I saw one this morning and she was talking about her birthday. And then her bio says a robot living in California.

Weird. If I'm one of the platforms, you're going to, I think, reach this point where people are going to want, they're going to want to know what's real and what's fake. I don't almost think it's bad for, but if I'm suck, I'm probably just saying there's no fake profiles. Even if you describe it as that, are we real people or are we not?

Is this social media for living humans? or is this social media for robots? If you're influencing a robot, a robot's being programmed to say what you want about your product, that's not true influence. Yeah, 100%. So it's like, and I get that there's a transaction for money for influence sometimes, and it's not 100% organic.

But at least there's some amount of trade between a human on the other end of the company paying the other human on the other end. One, I think it goes back to, and you guys can probably both attest to this, I'd like to hear both your perspectives. But being an influencer and deciding where you take your personal brand and what opportunities, brand partnerships you believe in and are willing to take on versus a robot that could take on anything where you guys are going to curate what makes sense for you to partner with. Felicia, the robot's taking offense to that because she's in nature only.

Felicia Robot that only does natural things. You know they're going to come out with that too. You're going to have an ad that says, I am an artificial intelligence. But I stand for X and I only work with Y. I mean, it's probably already out there, right? I mean, I think it's part of business news specifically in regards to some different things. So Yahoo Finance had this article. Amazon launches AI powered video ad generator ahead of the holidays.

So in summary, you can use Amazon's new age. tool to automate video ad creation, enabling brands to convert product images into video ads. So that would target advertisers looking to streamline campaign production, especially for smaller brands. So basically it significantly reduces the time required to produce a video ad. And it can take it just from an image and turn it into a video. Cool, I guess, if you're a business and you're on Amazon and you don't want to sell more product, not great for digital.

ad agencies. Maybe. I don't know. I think there's a in-between point and there's always going to be it. Yeah. I can build a website on my own, but an ad agency can probably be better. And then AI can do it a third version. Yeah.

So. Right. It's more about the ad agencies learning. I have yet to see. I come up with the creative ideas that sort of drive the best campaigns. Yeah. I'm not saying that we want one day, but there's usually there's a human insight. an emotional insight that I haven't seen that I feel like's usually missing from even like

chat GPT copy and everything like that and even this and I and that doesn't mean won't be there one day but I think that I think you're going to see this fine line of I don't know people are going to revolt against the unreal I sure hope so I saw a video this morning a guy he's a developer with the blockchain the Bitcoin type stuff in web web five right we're talking talking web three, he's talking web five. But he was talking about right now, and most of these social media platforms, you'd be shocked at how many of the profiles

are interacting with their bots. And that's the big, like what you said is, how do we even know we're interacting with a real person and not just a bot? I think there's too many more platforms. You don't want another one. But I think if Zucker, whoever doesn't get these under control,

that's where the, I think they could get taken out is where you have to be 100% verified as a real person, like a human being. Elon's talked about doing it with X. I thought it was already getting done, but it's not because this guy's prime example, actually, was X. I still think there's a fine line here that we're singingly starting to cross, and I think you'll start to see some pushback on that. And I don't know, I can't help but think that there will be,

there will come a reckoning for all this. and it's not going to be I don't think this is just going to continue unabated, so to speak. I almost think you're going to have like the naturalists and then the tech. I thought there's a movie somewhere about that, right? I totally agree. It's like we only want to do with real, only real. So Forbes Online has a article from earlier in the year.

says the future of trust and verification for social media platforms. So this is saying in recent years, public trust in the media has plummeted to unprecedented lows. There's a bot dilemma eroding trust and spreading misinformation. And then there's a case for introducing human verification for social media users. Human verification involves confirming that a real person and not an automated bot operates a social media account. So it's going to be like biometric verification to prove your human. I think you're going to see that. Which is good except you lose your anonymity.

Oh, good. I mean, shouldn't that be happening anyway on some level? Yeah, some people need to be exposed. You read a lot of trolls if they actually had to say who they were. Yeah, for sure. Speaking of, I would love to get your guys' perspective on our next article. let's talk a little bit about Alex Jones and Info Wars. Oh, yeah, that's interesting.

So a judge ordered that they're going to liquidate Alex Jones's Info Wars business, anything that has to do with Info Wars. All the assets are being auctioned off to help settle the $1 billion settlement that is owed to the Sandy Hook families. So accountability and media influence. How do you guys feel about that? Well, one, this got lost to. fucking mine. You know, like,

everybody wants to get behind these conspiracy theories, but like, why did he fall on the sword for this? Yeah. I mean, Chris, do you have an opinion about that? I think it's interesting for someone that didn't fire a bullet to have to do this. Yeah, but he said it was all a hoax, right? Over and over and over again. Right.

But, and to be fair, though, then why is CNN, Fox, MSNBC? Why are they all not getting liquidated to, pay out in damages. And they have had to pay out in certain situations. I happen to, like Alex Jones, I think he's been ahead of the game on a lot of stuff. He obviously missed it with this one. Big, big miss.

But I don't think it detracts from like he's educated a lot of people, especially with the COVID stuff, way ahead what was going on. So it's not my problem isn't really with him. It's more of, all right, if we're going to have this precedence, and he's applied all media outlets,

not just targeted towards. That I agree with. So we can all agree that if this is going to be the law, if this is the accountability that we're going to have for media journalism, that it needs to be universal. And I just personally wouldn't put my millions of dollars in assets on the line for an opinion that even if he still believes it to this, day wrongly is so polarizing and so like you're talking about kids you're talking about people

get killed why do you have to why you want to put your whole reputation on the line for that when you don't 100% know like Chris said you weren't you weren't the shooter so it's interesting to have to be this responsible for it but I don't know I feel like you can't go 100% all And you can say, I have this thought. Here's a side of the coin. Here's one perspective to look at. There's all sorts of ways to voice that and to have your right to freedom of speech. According to this, a jury and a judge found out that he broke the law and are holding him accountable.

But I do agree with Chris. Like if this is the standard, then let's apply it. Because we all know we talked about the hypocrisy of media and some of the things that they get away with saying and doing with really no accountability whatsoever. It's like the million things they've said about Trump and maybe they got right 30% of it. I don't know what the but what about the other 70%. It's like, ah, just okay. It's part of it.

And I get that this is a very sensitive topic versus one man that half the country doesn't like, but it still doesn't make it okay. because there needs to be a standard for media accountability or not. And you can, everybody can have opinions. We have opinions. We're sharing opinions on this show. But I don't know. I'm just not going to personally feel compelled to want to use my best guess on things of that nature.

Me personally. Yeah. In just honoring Sandy Hook and the 21st graders and six educators who were killed in the Newtown Connecticut shooting. Back when that happened, thoughts and prayers always with those families. And the problem is, last thing I'll say is, Alex has done, I do think he's enlightened and done a lot of things, but you lose all that fucking credibility. Like on, again, taking the stand on something like this.

So like, you've built this reprimetion. You've done these things. And so if I don't want to think Alex is doing it for the stick himself, then don't fall on your sword for something that would be so outlandish that it almost seems like you were. We got to paint with that same brush too. Because I see the same thing. It's like, yeah, I've shared my political views, but I get on Fox and I'm like, God damn.

Like they are, it's just wearing out these conspiracies. And it's like over and over. And it's like the stuff that's so obvious that I see with my own eyes that I support, I'm like, okay, I get it. But then they go down these rabbit holes too. I'm just like, this is just so partisan. I think it's a good, like, I love hearing your stance because you're such an independent thinker. You really are the kind of person that, like, has both sides. And I'm a little bit more conspiracy-minded.

Like, I will go down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole gladly any day of the week. And I think it's just interesting to hear that from you, Ryan, from a business standpoint, being independent and thinking kind of through that lens is really healthy. It is. That's why I'm proud to sponsor, Independent Center. I am independent. Like, I do not claim to be one of the other. I vote with common sense in my business mind, my moral values. And I've shared where that is, but independent center. org, go check them out. All the information.

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This is interesting. This is a, it is a Biden administration recent law that's come into effect. And it is a change to non-compete an overtime pay for U.S. workers. So the FTC made a decision to ban non-conpetent. Non-compete agreements, which is super interesting from business and as a business owner for you guys, labor laws, economic regulation. So what do you guys think about this? Banning non-compete agreements for U.S. workers. Chris?

I'll let you startle this. We use non-compete to my medical business for our salespeople, obviously. When this came up, we talked about it. It's not fully applying. Like if someone works for me and they switch companies and literally go steal our business, so you can still go after them, which is reasonable, right? However, and I'll be fair, I've been on the other side, but when I left my first career medical job,

they hit me with some legal paperwork trying to threaten me. I remember it was 26 and I'm like, screw you guys. Like, I'm just some young college kid trying to make it. And they were threatening me with complete false information anyway, so that's when I kind of forgot my first taste of corporate bullying, right? So I'm on both sides. I think there's a middle ground here. But obviously in my main business, we do realize non-competes and will continue to do so.

Legally. I see both sides of this. And, I mean, it's a business owner. I think you can protect yourself, like Chris said, I mean, if someone is working for you and they leave and they take trade secrets and they do things, whether they sign a non-compete or not, you can take them to court. Yeah. And so you can still get done what you need from a business standpoint, which is all that ultimately matters. But I do think as I've been the employee, I was an employee for.

16 years of my career. I've been an entrepreneur for seven or eight now. So I've been longer an employee than an entrepreneur. So I don't discount both sides of it. And I've had to sign them as an employee, especially working in the ad agency business, was highly competitive. And didn't love parts of it, but now being a business owner, I do understand that you spend a lot of time, money, sweat, energy, developing practices, ways of doing business, intellectual property. And for that just to be thrown out completely, doesn't complete, I don't, it didn't sit well with me that there is just, I don't think it's an all or nothing discussion. Yeah. It's like, okay, if we want to change the length of time, if we want to change some of the language to make it maybe more fair,

Maybe it was too far one way or the other. But I just think just to pretend or make anyone think that that doesn't still exist, the right to having competitive advantages or having things that you've built and invested in and that people could just take that or walk with that in some way. The implication that you could isn't the right implication either. Yeah. And that's kind of just like how the media writes a clickbait title. Oh, yeah, there's no non-competes anymore.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already filed a lawsuit against the FTC, calling its decision a dangerous precedent for government micromanagement of business. Lawsuits could delay any implementation of the FTC's new rule potentially for years. So something to just kind of keep an eye on. Yeah. We'll see. New overtime rules, kind of it's in that same article. So both the non-compete and the overtime rules are in there. So starting July 1st.

of 2025, you would have to pay overtime to salaried employees that work over 40 hours a week. Crazy. But there's an income cap. So only for... And if you vote for Trump, there'll be no tax on that overtime. But maybe I think Kamala's already copied that. So maybe no matter who you vote for, you'll get it. Yeah.

I think one you'll actually get it. One will tell you and they won't actually do it. If I don't look at the history. Yeah. Yeah. What happened to those student loan forgiveness. Exactly. Right.

All right. I think that's about it for me. Oh, yes. Any final thoughts, Chris? I'm just ready for this election to be over with, honestly. I have election fatigue. But I do feel like it's, yeah. As soon as it's over, it starts over.

It's like, I don't know. The campaigning never stops. The theater must go on. It is, it is theater. I'm just looking forward to hoping that, my ideal candidate goes in office so I can start spending money more freely. Yeah, exactly. Preach.

Yeah. So we'll see if you get your wish. We appreciate you for listening. Hopefully you're watching on YouTube or Spotify. I mean, we've got all these nice cameras. Chris looks so nice in the vacay lounge. Don't make it all go to waste and just be listening. And you can look at how pretty Brianna is over there.

You know, she's got to, we need to beautify the set a little bit. bit here. So Chris and I do our best, even though my thousand horses t-shirt is rocking today. What is it? A groupie? I'm a groupie today. You're a groupie. Yes. In order to find us, Ryanisright.com. You'll find links to the show, all the other links to different places to watch, listen, share, highlight clips, and links to radical our ad agency. The Radcast Network has all our other great shows. And of course, links to the beautiful, the wonderful, the Mr. Chris Broby Hansen on Instagram. Go find him where that blue check is.

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