From Relay, this is Connected, episode 50024.

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I'm one of your co-hosts, Federico Viti, and it's my pleasure to introduce to this program, Ricky Benchman, Mike Hurley.

Hello.

Oh, it's so great to be here.

It's so great to be here.

We have now passed the halfway, like we're past, like, we're on the decline towards Stephen

returning, which as I say that, I didn't mean it like that,

like that the show is going to get worse. I meant that like, if you imagine there was a

midway peak, we have now passed that. Because I think, what, we've got next week's show

and then Stephen's back. So then the show, maybe it's the decline now, and then Stephen

returns, and then the show bounces back, you know?

Right.

That is a very strange way of saying, of expressing this concept.

I didn't do a very good job with that.

A decline?

Because you're saying it's a decline toward a happy moment.

Yes.

Which is a very strange image.

Yeah. It's a decline towards happiness, which is. Yes. Which is a very strange image. Yeah.

It's a decline towards happiness, which is what we're all looking for.

Well, it's, yeah, it's always darkest before dawn.

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