Hi, James. Ben, how are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. It's nice to be on the same side of the Pacific Ocean as you.

Yes, as we noted last episode, we might miss last week because you would be traveling. And indeed, we missed it.

And it sounds like indeed you traveled. I never cease to blow my mind when you get on a plane and you get off 14 hours later.

You're on this big metal box and 14 hours later you get off that big metal box and everything has changed.

It's just one of those things and it's very nice to be back in Australia this time of year.

You know, I feel like your accent has actually changed.

It might be a placebo effect. I might be imagining it. No, it's, I think you're probably right.

I remember this time last year, I came back and I was swimming at a local pool and a lady and I

in my lane started speaking and she's started asking me about whether I was visiting

from America. And I think she saw the disappointed look on my face as the realization dawned that I'd

begun to lose my accent. And she's like, oh, so you're from Canada then. And that only made it worse.

You know, I think you told that story last time, but you didn't put the Canada part, so it was totally worth

refitting it.

I'm glad you.

But it sounds like you're making, you're making a plan this time to enter full-on

accent mode.

I guess, although I guess it's the opposite.

When you're there, it's normal.

In the U.S. is the accent.

But whatever. I'm in Americans, and as we know, we're the center of the universe for everything.

So I see you reintered full on accent mode in response.

I feel like we're turning into these old university professors just retelling the same old stories.

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