Hey guys, Willie Geist here with a very special episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.

Boy, do I have a treat for you today.

Not only is my guest, the hottest stand-up working in the world right now. He and I also had our conversation

in front of a live audience. His name is Nate Bargetse, and he was the guest on our very first

Sunday Sit Down Live. So what is Sunday Sit Down Live? Well, we invited you, the audience, to come sit in

the room while I did one of these interviews.

We held the interview at the amazing city winery in New York City, right on the Hudson River,

one of the most beautiful venues in all of New York.

They were incredible hosts to me and to Nate.

And you could buy a ticket and sit in the room.

And I was stunned as I met all the people who came

through the door how far they traveled. Genuinely, I thought, be some of my friends and family

from New Jersey, maybe some folks from the Upper West Side. If we're lucky, we get a little Brooklyn.

No. People said they came from San Diego. They came from Idaho and Houston and Miami and Knoxville and Pick Your City. I think it was

32 different states. People came from Canada and they bought tickets to the show. They bought a

plane ticket and a hotel room. So honored and humbled that people would do that. So hopefully we gave

them what they paid for and then some because

Nate, just one of the most naturally funny people that I've ever met. So we share something

in common, which is that we are fans of Vanderbilt University Sports. I went to Vanderbilt.

He grew up just outside of Nashville. His mom worked in the ticket office. His uncle was an announcer

and a coach at Vanderbilt,

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