Shawn Ryan

I'm a podcaster, which is important to remember if you're me, because there is so much vanity.

People are always like, oh, it's so important what you're doing.

And it's like, really?

If I was doing something useful, I guess we wouldn't be here, would we?

And that is so frustrating that I opted, it was with the song Conversation Wonderful, which I wish was on tape, because it was so deep, but I know that... Don't worry, everything on Breakfast is recorded.

You should have said that!

But, um...

No, I mean, I know the feeling so well.

And you were saying, I can't even deal with this.

I don't want to deal with it.

And I said, oh, man.

In June, after we, the United States government, bombed the nuclear facilities to really no effect, let's be honest, I was so frustrated and disappointed and...

and mad that people aren't listening to me.

I kind of retreated, and I live in a place where you can retreat to our fishing camp, which I sincerely love, but really its signature quality is its remoteness.

It's not near anything at all.

And we did have Starlink put in a couple of years ago.

So you could text from there.

So, like, why wouldn't you go there on all your off hours with your dogs and just, like, live alone in the woods?

So I literally did that.

And then in September, you know, Charlie Kirk was my friend, was murdered.