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See You On The Other Side (Ep. 2442) - 03/14/2025

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	Thank you.
	I owe you.
	Who owes who?
	You owe me.
	I owe you.
	There's no money!
	The Dan Bongino Show.
	Anything run by liberals will be run into the ground, burned, stepped on, gasoline poured on it, and burned again.
	Get ready to hear the truth about America.
	They're arguing about things and debating how quickly they can deconstruct the greatest country in the history of mankind and all of the ideas and norms that have gotten us here.
	On a show that's not immune to the facts with your host, Dan Bongino.
	Alright, welcome to the Dan Bongino Show.
	Today launches the national radio show, the Dan Bongino Show, right after this podcast with your host, me, shockingly named Dan Bongino.
	And it's really an incredible feeling.
	Ban for life!
	Public enemy number one.
	Me.
	Little old me.
	Kid from Queens.
	Public enemy numero uno by the YouTube commies.
	You know what it is about live programming?
	I love live programming because I need to operate under pressure all the time.
	I can't function any other way.
	Gee, wouldn't you agree?
	A much better life.
	By the way, big thank you.
	100,000 just crossed 100,000 people.
	We love you guys.
	You're the best.
	Hit the fucking thing, please.
	Holy shit.
	200,000.
	What the fuck is happening?
	We got rid of it.
	We got digi-gits.
	We got broken glasses.
	I got...
	I don't even know what the fuck this is.
	Paperwork from forever.
	Come on!
	Do it!
	What is going on here?
	What the hell just happened?
	What just happened?
	Holy shit.
	Three million.
	How the hell do we...
	Look at this shit.
	I got stuff flying everywhere.
	We got flags flying.
	What the hell just happened?
	I just noticed the flag didn't come down.
	Where the hell did...
	No way.
	No, we didn't.
	There it goes.
	Yay!
	500,000 to the listening audience.
	Let's read a ring.
	How you been?
	Feeling all right?
	I really hope so.
	You've been busy.
	I've been busy.
	I really have.
	We've been doing a lot.
	Your show's going great, huh?
	How many people we got watching right now?
	290,000 people and the show just started.
	So we'll be the biggest live stream in the world.
	Oh, man.
	You guys, look at this crew.
	So just so you know, folks, my last show, my team, who I love to death, and my wife and my crew have put together a cold open for me.
	I have not seen any of this.
	I promise you.
	Virgin eyeballs on it.
	We've got an entire crew here of patriots, people who have been P1s.
	Diehards.
	We've got a bunch of people outside.
	I'm going to recognize everybody.
	Today is my last show.
	And listen, don't let the square jaw, the medium-sized t-shirt, which Nicole Wallace recognized, which was kind of weird.
	And I'm really a big softie.
	And you'll see today, I'm going to do my best to hold it all together.
	But after taking this 10-year journey with you, I can't.
	I've already, my wife brought out some, I'm like, I already, I'm sorry.
	But I just love you guys so much that to spend this last couple hours with you before we go on to, you know, other things, other things, I'm going to do my best to hold it together.
	I appreciate you guys so much and my crew.
	I don't even remember half that stuff.
	Some of it just happened, too.
	That election night, guys, was just a few months ago.
	It seems like it was like 10 years ago that we did that.
	And then the interview with President Trump, and the sign, that's the sign right out there, which he signed for us.
	It all seems like so long ago.
	And when we hit 500,000 on the thing, I think producer Jim was more excited.
	Did you see him in the thing?
	Jim got it with the white shirt.
	Jim almost fell off the chair.
	He got so excited.
	So I got a good show for you lined up.
	Well, actually, I have no idea what I've got lined up.
	So what am I talking about?
	I have no idea.
	It could be a terrible show.
	These guys put it together.
	But either way, we're going to go through it together.
	Listen, we've had great business partners throughout the years.
	And producer Jim, what are these things called?
	Ads.
	And I have this thing, at least for today, called a...
	Ad.
	Job.
	Yes, thank you.
	Anita Andrea for putting it together.
	Some of you know.
	Yes, it's called The Job.
	There are still media people stunned by that.
	Today's podcast sponsored by Beam.
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	They've been with us for years.
	Listen, we don't take spots from everyone.
	We haven't, but we've had great partners.
	They've been with us for a long time.
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	Evil still exists.
	You've got to be ready for anything that comes your way.
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	Than need them and then not have them.
	So another crisis could hit.
	It happens all the time.
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	It's happened just in our lifetime.
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	Incredible partnership through the years.
	You guys have been great.
	Jim, that's call day.
	Pay it.
	Thank you.
	Producer Jim, of course, not paying attention, as always, because he's not used to this in the podcast.
	Producer Jim's brain does not activate until when?
	11 Texas time, 12 noon hour time.
	So we're at our, we love looking, but he's already smiling.
	He's rocking a Bungino Army shirt.
	Wait, keep that up.
	I know, I know, I know I'm going out, but I didn't know what shirt to wear this morning for my last show, and I thought, Come on, this is obvious.
	You've got to wear the Bongino Army shirt as a salute to you guys, so thank you.
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	Fellas, for the last bell, I'm going to hear until I see you on the other side.
	All right, we just started.
	sniff Deep breaths.
	I missed that bell.
	And the Kenny bell, too, when the bell didn't work.
	The Kenny bell is in storage now.
	Guys, first, before we get started, and I don't know what you have planned, they want me to live react to some of these clips, so this is a genuine reaction.
	I haven't seen any of this stuff.
	Just a couple of things I wanted to get to here.
	This show started in February of 2015. I had lost a race for Congress, and it was pretty devastating.
	We had won on election night.
	If you go back and look on the election day, if you go to Maryland State Board of Elections here, shut down their website today.
	And you look at that 2014 November election, you'll notice on election day, we had won.
	And then votes came in afterwards.
	I'm just trying to tell you how it went down, because you'll understand where this podcast started from.
	We wound up losing when they finally called it, I don't know, four or five days later.
	And Paul and I were pretty devastated.
	And I got to tell you, I really, I didn't know what to do.
	It took a while.
	But, you know, I'm all about getting up and dusting off and fighting the next fight.
	And I had read this article about this thing called the podcast and how Adam Carolla was kicking ass in a podcast.
	And there was some political content, but not much.
	And I said to Paula, Do we have any money left?
	And Paula was like, no, but we got this plastic thing called a credit card.
	I'm like, well, let's use it.
	I said, I think we should get a microphone and we should start this podcast thing.
	And I went down in my basement with Producer Joe and we put some moving blankets on the wall and we recorded our first show.
	And because we knew so little at the time about podcasts, we used a piece of trademark music and it got pulled down immediately.
	So my first show, it's a true story, does not even exist.
	Someone allegedly has it, but I don't.
	We've looked for it forever.
	Maybe audience archivist Judy has it somewhere.
	So if you go back, the second show you'll see is actually the first show.
	I think it's on SoundCloud and Apple.
	You'd have to go way back.
	But we never expected it to really explode as fast as it did.
	And then the Russia collusion fiasco happened and the show just went stratospheric.
	And we've moved, I had to write this down, from my basement in Severna Park to Palm City with me and Paula.
	Paula was the producer.
	She was the only producer.
	Then we moved to Stewart.
	And then we moved to this place now, which is the new studio, which is a converted Burger King.
	We have Speak the Truth McGregor, and he brought me an actual Burger King ashtray, which is in the back, and that's how we wound up here.
	So some thank yous to my wife for sticking with me, because, you know, I tell her all the time, you could have married a doctor and not have to deal with any of this stuff, but she didn't.
	She married someone who...
	I don't know, folks.
	I don't know how to say it.
	Good enough was never good enough for me.
	That sounds great in theory, but I've got to tell you, it drives people around you sometimes crazy.
	I don't know.
	I always live by the whole adage big people do big things so it's only 10.59 10.59 Please laugh, because it breaks up my sadness.
	Really, it does.
	It helps me get back and grounded.
	But Paula, we're the only two people crazy enough to have married each other and make this thing work.
	There's no other way I could have done any of this.
	There just isn't.
	If you don't have a real rock behind you, then forget it.
	You're building a house on a pile of sand.
	I thank my crew.
	These guys have just put in incredible hours.
	I mean, they've been with me through thick and thin.
	Guy's been here the longest.
	Michael's been an incredible addition.
	Justin's been with us forever since he was, like, 13. We may have broken child labor laws or something like that.
	I'm kidding.
	Like, this is law enforcement.
	He was an intern, and then we brought him on.
	He's been an amazing employee.
	He's got an incredible family.
	You know, Michael, we just met by chance.
	Michael's married to Evita.
	We had an opening for a spot.
	That's a whole other story.
	When the statute of limitations runs out on that.
	And they're like, well, Michael's really smart.
	And he turned out to be just a gift to us.
	We got Jason here.
	Jason Howard has done my social media for how long?
	How long has it been?
	Eight years?
	I don't even know.
	Forever.
	It seems like I've known him forever.
	So everything you see on our social media.
	That's all, Jason.
	Jason's right there.
	Look at these guys with the camera, all fancy now.
	I bet you never thought you'd be on camera.
	So there's Jason, the best social media matter in your business.
	Matter of fact, he was so good on social media that there was an organized effort to stop, Jason.
	Why is everybody tipping me?
	Don't tip me.
	I love you guys.
	You guys are the best.
	You do not have to tip me.
	Please.
	I really deeply appreciate it.
	But I really mean it.
	Keep your money.
	I'm just looking on the screen at the chat.
	They're putting a chat down there.
	So, Jason, thank you so much.
	To Westwood One, CEO of Westwood One, Colin is here, and Teresa's been with us forever.
	She's kind of the Bongino Whisperer.
	She deals with me and Mark Levin.
	So prayers for Teresa.
	Not for Mark's grade, but Teresa's kind of been the Bongino Whisperer.
	And for those people who think that this was an easy decision, you see why we started early.
	I have a lot of thank yous, and they're necessary, and I want this on the record.
	You know, Westwood One didn't have to do this, folks.
	They didn't.
	I'm not going to bore you with the details and be inappropriate, but I'm telling you right now, they couldn't have been easier to work with.
	They were like, you're doing this for the country?
	We're in.
	That was it.
	So anybody who tells you, like, corporate America is a bunch of, you know, unkind, unfeeling assholes, you're just wrong.
	You don't live through what I lived through.
	They couldn't have handled this any nicer.
	And Mary Berner, who was the CEO of the parent company, got a lovely email from her as well.
	You know, we haven't always agreed on everything.
	But I really appreciate you guys understanding...
	Someone laugh or something.
	Thank you.
	I really appreciate you all understanding why I had to do this.
	I want to thank Haley and Evita.
	Evita just walked in.
	I mean, two absolute...
	They're just amazing.
	Evita was our first hire.
	I knew it the second I saw her.
	I'm like, this woman is a star.
	Then she brings in Michael, too, which wasn't even part of the plan.
	But Evita's show, we just naturally have this chemistry together.
	I hope you saw the interview with her.
	That thing could have went on.
	What did you say to me?
	You said, okay, we've got to wrap it up by this time.
	And I looked up, and it was that time.
	And I'm like, let's just keep going, you know?
	A killer.
	What'd you have, like, 38,000 on the show?
	Evita's been amazing.
	I hope you follow her when I leave.
	Obviously, she just does Evita, and it's just an amazing show.
	Haley's three shows in already, a top 25 live streamer.
	We've known each other a long time.
	She used to book me on the Sean Hannity Show.
	Remember you come down and get me and I didn't even have a Fox pass.
	You have to get me in the lane.
	Hey, I'll have to take you up on the elevator.
	I didn't even have a pass to get in there.
	And we've known each other for a long time.
	She, I mean, just the gates open and boom, winning the race right away.
	I want to thank all my business partners throughout the years who have been with me and advertisers on the show who supported the show and kept it free.
	You guys are amazing.
	The program directors who carried the show, the radio show.
	Which, I get it, it's kind of nuts.
	I understand that not everybody handles a radio show like I do, and I'm sure it wasn't for everyone, but we handled it differently, and I really appreciate it.
	We got Miles here from Field of Greens, and I want to just specifically call out Miles here, because Miles was my first sponsor.
	Miles and I have been friends for 10 years.
	There he is right there.
	See, look, I told you, he looks good too.
	He must be taking field of greens as well.
	This is Miles.
	You guys like melted his website down the other day.
	He really wanted to do something special for you.
	Miles, thank you so much for your friendship throughout the years, brother.
	You were the first one to take a shot on us.
	And can you just acknowledge that field of greens was my idea?
	Thank you!
	Dang, it was.
	I have no say in the game.
	I said, Miles, I'm taking this fruit vegetable.
	It tastes like crap.
	Can you make something taste better?
	He was like, brother, I have totally got you.
	That's how it started.
	And it turned out to be one of his best-selling products.
	We got John from Blackout here.
	He's been another great partner over there.
	Blackout, you know Blackout.
	I mean, obviously I've had, there's John right there.
	See, John looks good too.
	Him and Miles are in the same gym together working out.
	He's like, I just met him today.
	The Blackout coffee, you guys have been amazing.
	Thank you to everyone.
	And I'd say outside of my wife, someone I would be remiss if I didn't mention, Chris Pavlovsky from Rumble is here today with his son.
	And Chris, you...
	Folks, he's not a big outspoken guy, Chris.
	He doesn't go out and do fancy firework shows and go, hey, look at me.
	I'm the free speech champion.
	You're never going to hear him really talk about that stuff.
	But when I got deplatformed by YouTube for simply telling you that masks don't stop the spread of COVID, which they don't, I had no other options other than this platform called Rumble.
	And Chris had put together an amazing website and had a great business plan.
	He had enterprise solutions for people.
	But we got together, and it's funny to this day, although our business relationship will end as of today in many respects, you know, Chris came to me, and people kind of laughed at the initial deal we made because it was really a handshake, and that was it.
	It was like, I'll be there for you, and you'll be there for me.
	You're going to be a free speech platform, and I'm going to advocate for free speech.
	And Chris has been a real hero to the movement.
	So, Chris, thank you, brother.
	You have been a godsend.
	And all the people out there who, during that dreadful COVID era, that were deplatformed, that were demonetized, and were given a path on Rumble, we all owe a big debt of gratitude to Chris Pavlovsky.
	So, Chris, thank you very much, man.
	I appreciate you.
	You're a good man.
	Round of applause.
	And then we got warlord Brendan Dilley here today.
	Of course, there's going to be some meme that comes out of this today.
	You know that's coming.
	I think he works out in the same gym as these other two as well.
	I feel like the smallest guy in the room for the first time.
	Thank you, Brendan, for showing up.
	He lives in my neighborhood.
	It's a beautiful place.
	I'm not going to tell you where because of all this other crazy crap going on now.
	What do you guys have planned for me?
	Because I don't know what's going on.
	So whatever you got planned, you're going to have to go with it because I don't know what you got here.
	What do you got?
	It's an old one.
	All right.
	It's an old one?
	All right.
	Let me see it.
	Welcome to the Dan Bongino Show.
	Day after my surgery.
	Some of you can see the...
	If you want to watch the video, move the microphone a bit.
	There's the quite long...
	Scar on my neck there.
	So you might be wondering why the hell we're doing a show a day later.
	Because I want to.
	And I want to thank you all.
	We got so many well wishes and we got flowers at the hotel and people were just overwhelming and they're outpouring of support.
	Twitter, Facebook, Parler, email, everything.
	And it means the world to us.
	I mean that.
	It's made this experience a lot easier to get through.
	I got a call yesterday too.
	Just to show you what kind of a guy he really is, despite the media nonsense about the president.
	The president called before I went into surgery.
	I'm not kidding.
	That's the kind of guy he is, to check in on me and see how he's doing.
	He's just a wonderful guy.
	He really is, and it's a shame it gets lost in all the media hysteria about him.
	Just an amazing guy.
	He's sick himself, or was, and he's concerned about me.
	He didn't even rush me off the phone.
	Just an amazing guy right before I went in for surgery.
	So the prognosis is good, really good.
	Either way, I'm optimistic.
	I feel great.
	I don't want you to think I'm just doing this because, you know, I had nothing to do.
	I'm doing it because I want to be here.
	I feel good.
	If I didn't, I wouldn't do a show.
	You don't deserve that.
	But I feel great.
	Dr. Singh is an amazing guy.
	And I want to thank Dr. Steve as well.
	You know who you are for helping get this all together.
	I mean, think about it, folks.
	It was just, what, two weeks ago, right, that I found out I had a tumor in my neck and it's already been removed.
	So I really appreciate.
	People helping me out.
	It was a really troubling moment in my life, and you all made it easy.
	So thank you so much to all the doctors, the staff, the nurses as well, and to Gene, the nurse.
	You probably don't watch my show, but you were so nice.
	I appreciate you taking care of us yesterday as well.
	Man, I can't believe you guys found that.
	That was the day after I had the tumor removed from my neck.
	In case you missed it, if you're listening on audio, at one point you see I turned my whole body.
	I'm talking to Paula.
	That was in a hotel room in Upper Manhattan, right near Sloan Kettering.
	And it was during COVID. So you remember, Paula, we looked out the window and it looked like that movie I Am Legend.
	There was no one on the street.
	No, everything was closed because I was in so much pain and we hadn't gotten the prescription yet.
	She's like, you sure you want to do a show?
	And I said, yeah.
	Yeah, we have to do a show because I don't want the audience.
	I never wanted you guys to...
	I didn't want you guys...
	I didn't want to be anybody's victim.
	I don't know how to say it and be cute about it.
	Cutesy time's over, right?
	I never wanted to be anybody's victim.
	When I went to MD Anderson for a radiation, there were 13-year-old kids with two weeks to live.
	And I was like, don't feel bad for me.
	I lived at that point 46 years.
	I was fine.
	If God took me, then...
	Messing with this pen, I got ink all over me.
	Okay, yeah.
	I just, I don't want to go, but, you know, it was okay.
	No, this one I don't. this one I don't.
	I heard you say that.
	You got it.
	I wish I did, but I don't.
	We forgot the mic stand, too, in the hotel room.
	And I was like, ah.
	And I think Paula had to move a picture off the wall, so we had a white wall in the background.
	Thank you for laughing.
	It really does.
	It helps me so much.
	But yeah, that's a true story.
	President Trump called in the hospital.
	In the hospital.
	He was the president.
	COVID was going on.
	You have to call me.
	And he said, do you need anything?
	It was a few days before the election.
	It was.
	It was.
	It was about, yeah, maybe like two weeks before the election.
	I said, yeah, I need you to save the country.
	That's about it.
	Why don't you worry about me?
	That was a good one.
	You guys really started with the hard stuff.
	For a guy who's like, man, he comes out of the game.
	For the guy who's like the most unemotional guy ever.
	You think so?
	I know.
	Jim's making fun of me because I'm new.
	Thank you.
	See, I need the humor to break this up, but this is going to be a really hard show for me.
	I have the worst mic discipline ever.
	When you look at the greats, they had Rush Limbaugh.
	Levin, Hannity, guys have been around forever.
	They know.
	You got to eat the microphone sometimes.
	Not me.
	I'm like this.
	You can't hear.
	Nobody can hear you, bro.
	Nobody can hear you.
	But I had to eat that because we forgot the mic stand.
	So I know you remember that, Paula.
	Well, that was our I Am Legend moment.
	But we made it.
	So, all right.
	What else you got for me, Guy?
	I hope you got the tough stuff out of the way because this thing is already wet.
	So what do you got next?
	All right.
	Good.
	Give me a break for a second.
	Go.
	Dan, you're 50 years old.
	I congratulate you.
	I didn't think you'd make it that far, but you did.
	But now you're going to make it to 90 or something.
	But I just want to say happy birthday.
	You're a special guy.
	Happy birthday.
	You know who did that video?
	Yes!
	Evita's mom did that video.
	I got that on my phone at my 50th birthday.
	I see a message pop up.
	It's a text.
	I see Rachel Duffy.
	I'm like, oh, hey, happy birthday.
	I didn't see the video until a few minutes later because it didn't come through.
	So remember, Paul, I was in the office.
	We had...
	I don't know, Brendan, you were there, like 250 people.
	We had a concert going on.
	It was crazy.
	And I said, oh, look at this.
	The boss did a little video for us.
	Yeah, I remember that.
	I love that line.
	I didn't think you'd make it this far, but now you make it.
	That is like so the boss, right?
	There's no more appropriate birthday message than that one.
	Hey, Guy, you want to take a quick break here so we can take care of the people?
	Okay.
	All right, let me just hold on.
	Let me wipe my eyes here so I can see straight.
	All right, he says do one more.
	I needed a little bit of a break.
	Hey, guys, how you doing?
	You don't have to be too quick.
	Just close that door behind you because it gets hot in here.
	All right, what do you got for me?
	You tell that to the black family that seeing their sons being killed twice the rate of wealth.
	You got nothing else, buddy.
	You got nothing else.
	That's a fact.
	You've got nothing else.
	All you want to do is see the country burn.
	You just want to see the country burn.
	That's it.
	I want to see the country burn.
	You son of a bitch.
	I want to see the country burn.
	You're nothing but a punk.
	You're a punk, Bungino.
	You're a punk.
	You wouldn't tell me that to my face.
	We'll leave it there.
	Coming up, the left continues.
	Wait.
	Do you guys see the look on Hannity's face at the end?
	He's like, whatever, guys.
	We'll leave it there.
	Haley, come on.
	Tell me those things didn't kick ass in the ratings, right?
	It was like, guys, you have no idea.
	Haley worked in Hannity's show for a long time.
	When I had my own show, she used to show me, but I never kind of got the inside baseball until I did my own show at Fox.
	And they get these kind of minute-by-minutes, you know, simple little line graphs.
	And Haley would be like, look at this, you and Geraldo.
	It'd be like this.
	You know, Hannity always did big numbers.
	And then Geraldo would come on.
	And it'd be like this huge spike like that.
	Everybody loved those fights with Geraldo.
	And I knew we'd...
	You know how you kind of don't know you made it till you made it?
	A mediaite who hates our guts.
	I mean, right guys?
	They can't hate me anymore.
	Like mediaite, they're always writing bad stuff about me, whatever.
	But mediaite had their top hundred people, whatever it is they put out every year.
	And me and Geraldo were like 41. Like, Dan Bongino and Geraldo's must-see viewing.
	It was must-see viewing for me.
	I used to look forward to it.
	But what would happen, Paula?
	You remember this when I would come downstairs?
	So that was in the house, that studio.
	I couldn't sleep.
	I could write.
	I could not sleep.
	I'd be like, maybe it's too much inside baseball, but hey, whatever.
	I'd be like, you need to scratch my head or something.
	I can't relax because I would come downstairs so riled up.
	So when people used to tell me, is that an act?
	I'd be like, no, it's not an act.
	Look at the show the next day.
	There's bags under my eyes because I couldn't sleep because I never knew where he was going with stuff.
	I will say this.
	Thank you, Geraldo, for the nice tweet.
	As you know, I'm a spreadsheets guy, folks.
	Passionate, but I don't get emotional.
	Me and Geraldo disagree on a lot of stuff, but I'll tell you, when I saw him in the studio at Fox, he was always a gentleman, so I appreciate that, and people can disagree, right?
	I mean, that's what makes us different than savages, right?
	We can disagree on stuff, and thank you for the nice tweet after you heard that I was leaving, so I appreciate that.
	Perfect.
	As only Guy can do for the last time.
	Speaking of spreadsheet, have you done your taxes?
	Only Guy does that because he knows I get off on these tangents sometimes.
	I distract easily.
	Like when there were flies in the studio last time.
	But I saw that.
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	That one's just gold.
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	I still can't hear anything, but my eyes are...
	That text is small.
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	I know, speak unto mine.
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	Alright, back to the show.
	For live reaction in the first Dan Bongino show ever where he has had absolutely no input whatsoever.
	Wow, that was a great one.
	F-ing.
	Love you, Dan.
	Love you, too.
	Okay, wait.
	Stop that.
	Can't believe it's the end of an era.
	I'm just reading the chat.
	You guys, it means so much to me.
	Thank you.
	Who was that?
	Country Ladybug.
	Miss him already.
	I miss you guys.
	You know, when I got up this morning, you know, when I sent out that tweet.
	I was like, alright, it's just the morning.
	It'll be okay.
	It was about 6 o'clock in the morning.
	And then I didn't know what to title the show and Guy sent me a text.
	I said, hey guys, can you guys send out the link right away to get the waiting room up early?
	And he said, Guy texted me, what do you want to title it?
	And I couldn't think of anything.
	And I just thought, you know, see you on the other side.
	That's the only thing I could think to say.
	So, well, I love you guys too.
	I'm reading all your chats.
	Thank you, man.
	You're blowing that thing up right now.
	Chris, you did good work on that chat.
	Only we can melt the chat.
	Only we can melt the chat.
	All right, what do you got for us next there, Guy?
	I'm going to kill this freaking fly.
	I knew it.
	You see that little...
	This is real.
	Here he is.
	He's right here.
	I'm telling you, he's mocking me right now.
	He was mocking me.
	He's like, ah, loser.
	He is.
	He's a liberal.
	He's a far-left flyer.
	This happened in a break in the Fox show.
	They breed like...
	Like rabbits.
	Like pets.
	And you can't get rid of them.
	I've tried everything.
	I'm ready to like fumigate the whole house with deadly chemicals just to kill these things.
	Just to prove a point.
	They'll land right in your face during the show because they're just like, they're flipping you the middle finger.
	I just got to find this little b****ster because he's driving me crazy.
	I'm telling you, he's mocking me.
	You're having a fight with a fly.
	It is.
	It happens all the time.
	I do it all day during my podcast.
	Yeah, Dave, sorry.
	Just having a fight with a fly.
	Guys, I was just telling you this story.
	So, you guys, you got to know everything if you're going to be out there in the Bongino army and I'm going to be gone for you.
	You need to have the whole library material.
	So what happened there?
	So the old studio, sorry for the sniffles, I'm just really emotional today, so my apologies.
	But in the old studio, we had converted an apartment and I'm so glad when we brought on Evita that she saw the old studio, we were on top of each other.
	I mean, it was not...
	Cozy at all.
	Because it was just me and Paula.
	And then we brought on Evita and Michael and Guy and Justin.
	So we knew we had to get out of there, but it took a while to build this place.
	But the studio we had was a converted apartment.
	So when we converted it, one of the contractors forgot to seal off a water pipe.
	It was like a kitchen sink.
	So these little drain flies, and you couldn't see them on the Fox show, they would fly around you.
	I'd be reading a monologue, and it'd be this really emotional monologue.
	I'd be talking about some crazy thing that happened.
	It's like some tragedy.
	And some fly would be like, shh.
	And he'd be hovering in front of my finger.
	I don't think they have fingers, but some of them were giving me the middle finger.
	I'm telling you, these things were mocking me.
	And they were slow.
	And then they would only get fast when you tried to get them.
	They'd be like...
	Right?
	You remember Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid?
	And the thing would be like Carl Lewis.
	Boom!
	Sprinting out of there.
	The whole damn show.
	So Sabrina, Will, my team over at Fox, they were hilarious.
	They're like, Dan, We got a surprise for you on this show this week.
	And they were, of course, the camera was always rolling.
	And they rolled that clip, and I was just dying on the air.
	Don't worry, Patty.
	You can just answer that right here.
	Don't worry.
	We have phones going off.
	I told everybody.
	I said, guys, it's like 40 degrees in here, too.
	So I told everyone, there's a door over there.
	If you need to go outside and get inside a tauntaun, go right ahead.
	Because I'm always, Evita likes it at like 85. She's like, it's cold.
	It's 85 in here.
	Me, I put that sucker down at like 60 degrees.
	So I'm always hurting.
	But that's a good one, too.
	I love that one from the Fox show.
	All right, let me hear.
	Oh!
	Look at that guy!
	What a singer!
	You guys have never seen this, have you?
	Now you've seen this!
	You've seen this!
	You guys check this out!
	Oh man man you guys pulled this one huh I'm still here, but you ain't gone.
	You ain't gone, baby.
	Now, that is some unearthed, like, hardcore fun.
	Oh, wait!
	Who the hell's that?
	Let's go!
	Are you, like, live here?
	We're live, baby.
	We're live.
	I'm not even supposed to curse anymore.
	Nate, man, God bless you.
	Now, I ruined your whole song, Bulletproof, but you allowed me to come up on stage and just rock out with you.
	Brother, you've always been a good friend to me.
	I can't believe you're here.
	Thanks for joining the show.
	Coming at you from Ireland right now, live, man.
	That was such a fun night, and I'm so glad I got to be at your birthday party.
	That was amazing.
	Nate, when Paula and I... Paula, it was my 50th.
	And I know I told you the story, but Paul and I said, listen, we need to have someone really special here.
	And I texted your guy and I said, listen, if it's not Nate, it's nobody.
	Like, I don't want anybody else here but Nate.
	And man, did you rock that out?
	My doctor to this day is like, I'm not a country music guy, but I'm a Nate Smith fan now, man.
	You've been such a good friend.
	You're such a patriot, too.
	You love your country and your fans.
	You're such a humble guy.
	That was just an incredible night.
	It was such an honor to have you there.
	Bro, I'm so honored to be your friend.
	And I do love America with all my heart, man.
	I really, really do.
	You know that.
	And I'm just so happy with everything that's coming down the pipeline.
	And dude, you were the guy for the job, bro.
	You were the guy for the job.
	And I texted you, or I think I FaceTimed you actually the other day.
	You did.
	And I feel emotional.
	If there was one person that you could choose for this role, if there was one person you could pick to be in the position you're in, it's you, man.
	There's nobody better.
	There's nobody that had more of a humble heart that's gonna steward this so well.
	And that's you, Dan.
	You know?
	I really believe it.
	You know, I was doing the radio show, and I saw FaceTime, and during the break, and it was Nate, and it was the day that this was announced, and that was an emotional call, and you know, you said something to me.
	It really kind of touched me.
	I feel like, you know, you and I kind of almost came up together.
	I mean, we've known each other about two years.
	I ran into you.
	Well, I ran into you.
	You didn't run into me.
	I saw you opening up for Morgan Wallen, and you were just amazing, and I looked at Paula, and I said, who the hell is this guy?
	You just blew me away.
	I never went for the opening.
	I just went to see Morgan, but we had nothing to do in Houston.
	And there were people, like, crying when you were singing.
	So the guy next to me, remember, Paul, he's like, that's Nate Smith.
	I went home, downloaded your whole album, and I followed you on Instagram, and you immediately followed me back, and you had the nicest things to say, and we've been friends ever since, and now you've blown up so many chart-toppers.
	Bulletproof is still my favorite song.
	I sing in the shower horribly, as you've just seen, but you've blown up, too.
	You were in Ireland.
	Were you in Norway before this, too?
	I just saw it on your Instagram.
	Yes, I've been everywhere, and it's so funny.
	I give you this compliment.
	I'm just trying to love on you.
	You put it back on me.
	You deflect it.
	Just receive it, man.
	The whole world's excited for you, dude.
	I'm excited for you.
	And this is a very emotional day for you and stuff.
	So when Paula was like, do you want to hop on and say hi to him?
	I was like...
	I don't care where I am, what time of the night it is, or whatever.
	I have to see my guy.
	I have to see my friend and root him on and just know that I'm supporting you, dude.
	I love you to pieces.
	I really do.
	Thank you, man.
	You absolutely know the feelings mutual.
	Guys, just support my buddy here.
	Nate, one thing I've got to tell you.
	Paul and I have felt horrible about for a long time.
	Paul, you know where I'm going with it?
	Nate, you gave us your jacket.
	That night.
	I can't take it.
	It's such a nice jacket.
	The leather jacket he has on.
	Guy, can you pull up a still of that by some chance?
	He gave us a...
	We'll do it afterwards.
	But that jacket, I can't.
	I got to give it back to you.
	I can't take it.
	No, I can't accept it.
	I have it hanging on a mannequin in my man room and everybody loves it.
	And because everybody loves it, they're like, oh my gosh, he gave you this?
	I'm like, maybe it was a mistake and I had had too many Don Julios.
	I'm like, I got to give this back to him.
	If you give it back to me, friendship is over.
	Alright, it's on tape!
	That was your birthday gift.
	The greatest gift ever.
	But it fits you better.
	You look better in it too, by the way.
	I have some good pictures in that jacket.
	It does fit like a glove, Nate.
	Nate, man, God bless you, brother.
	America loves you.
	I know you love them back.
	Thank you so much.
	You've been such a great friend to me, bro.
	Thank you so much.
	Godspeed, brother.
	Congratulations.
	Thank you, Nate.
	Alright, see ya.
	Wow.
	How did you guys hook that one up?
	Guys, he's not like some incoming guy.
	This guy's like a big major star.
	How did you guys do that one?
	Was that you?
	Was that you?
	Paula worked at it?
	Everybody hooks up Paula.
	That's amazing.
	Thank you.
	And it worked.
	Like the tech, we're in a new studio.
	I was so nervous.
	I didn't want to do any guests or anything like that.
	All right, Key.
	I don't know how you're going to top that one.
	That was really a surprise.
	He don't want the jacket back, Paula.
	We feel so bad about this.
	Guys, right?
	This is the nicest tour jacket.
	There's another person?
	I have no idea who this is, folks.
	I'm really not messing with you.
	No idea.
	All right.
	Oh!
	Look at this!
	Country music!
	The famous John Rich!
	Big and rich!
	John Rich solo!
	The Lone Star!
	The great John Rich!
	A hero!
	A patriot!
	Redneck Riviera!
	I may have been in there a couple times with producer Jim.
	Hey, me and Cash were in there one day checking out the place.
	John, what an honor to have you on this show.
	Thank you for joining us, brother.
	Man, I appreciate that I got the call from Guy.
	He said, man, you want to jump?
	I said, absolutely.
	Listen, Dan, you are, listen, you're a warrior.
	We all know that.
	But I wanted to say something that I think you've really brought to We The People, on top of being a patriot and a champion.
	The level of education that you have brought to the general audience on how to look at these circumstances and situations, how to make sense of chaos, even for me, has been enlightening many, many times, man.
	You are a true friend.
	I know this is a massive, massive sacrifice that you're making to go take this job, but we appreciate your willingness to serve our country, even at great expense to yourself, which I will say is a reminder of how the Founding Fathers did it.
	They all gave up major things to serve our country, and I know you don't view yourself like that, but we certainly do, sir, and we're very proud of you.
	John, you have been...
	Just an incredible friend to me and my family.
	And for those of you who don't know, John and I go, oh, there's the jacket.
	Look at that.
	For those of you who don't know, John and I go way back.
	John and I used to do the five together.
	And when I had gotten wind that this was going to happen, John's a very close friend.
	When I tell you a limited circle of people, I mean, you could fit them on one hand.
	One of the first people I reached out to was John, because we're always working on projects.
	And John, I don't mean to be too long-winded, but John's always looking to take care of other people.
	And I found this singer in my church, this young lady, Anna.
	And I said, John, you think we can...
	And John's on the phone right away on a Sunday.
	And he's like, here's what we got to do.
	And then this came up, and I had to kind of back away from it.
	And John, we could not have been nicer.
	John, through your companies and your donations to charity, Redneck Riviera and all your stuff, you've always been amazing.
	It's such an honor.
	Hey, next time I'm around Nashville, maybe I'll have to drink that liquid death, the water stuff in the bar instead, but I'm definitely going to stop by, man.
	You've always been a friend to me, and I will never, ever forget what you've done for me and for America, brother.
	Thank you.
	You are always welcome.
	We consider you family, brother.
	Now, you go out there, and you, by God, show them what you've got, okay?
	This is Dan Bongino with a smile on his face.
	He's going to be grinning the whole time, but, buddy, he's coming for you.
	Go fix these problems, man.
	If anybody can do it, we know it's you.
	God bless you.
	Thank you, John.
	I appreciate it.
	Thank you, John.
	Appreciate it, brother.
	You guys brought the country music A-team out today.
	I mean, John's had like 10 different careers in country music.
	Big and rich, Lone Star, John Rich himself in his solo career.
	And folks, I'm telling you right now, that guy is a genuine, genuine patriot.
	Trust me, there is nothing inauthentic about John Rich.
	I mean, Paula, how many times have we texted John?
	Hey, John, can you do us a favor?
	Back to you instantly.
	If he takes five minutes, something's wrong.
	Someone inject...
	I don't even know who that is to my left.
	Oh, that's my brother to the right.
	I don't know who that is to the left.
	But that's Nate's jacket, folks.
	The back of that, that is hand-painted.
	And all of his tour dates are on the sleeve.
	And he's right.
	That does fit me pretty good.
	I mean, self-praise stinks, but whatever.
	Aunt Jane will forgive me, God rest her soul.
	Someone painted that.
	So Paul and I were like, we can't take Nate's jacket.
	He gave us the jacket.
	And I'm like, was I just...
	Oh, is that Brian Chisholm?
	Yes, it is.
	I'm like, I can't do that.
	But he says keep it.
	So, Nate, thank you.
	It's on a mannequin in our office.
	So that's the jacket, folks.
	I'll let you know.
	That's my backyard right there, too, at the party.
	So the front was...
	You remember that part?
	I remember some of that part.
	A lot of it.
	I wish I got to say hello to everybody, but I didn't.
	I know.
	Are you going to tell me something like, do you need to delete yourself?
	I know.
	I know.
	I knew you were going there.
	Our last break, folks, and we'll get back for the last half an hour of the Dan Bongino Show.
	Thank God you guys are here.
	Really, the studio?
	I can't really.
	If you guys weren't here, I'd have broken down ten times.
	You guys have so kind of lightened my mood and made this so refreshing.
	So, thank you.
	What a great idea to have people here.
	I'm sorry if I'm freezing you out.
	Oh, look!
	Vicky Vaccani's here as well!
	Our best friend, Vicky Vaccani.
	You know the orthodontist?
	This is wife of orthodontists.
	You know?
	Remember in the old, like, this wife of orthodontists.
	But a powerhouse like Paula.
	She is the Paula of the Vaccanis.
	So there she is right there, the lovely Vicki Vacani.
	We love her.
	So look at you, now you're on the show.
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	Someone special just walked in.
	He's never shy, but he may pretend to be shy.
	Trust me, he's never shy, ever at all.
	But you've heard me talk many times about the famous orthodontist.
	Can you guys put the camera on?
	This is Dr. Arvin Vakhani.
	This is husband of the great Vicky Vakhani.
	There he is right there.
	If there's such a thing when you're 50 years old as bestie friends, and my daughter calls them besties and stuff, that's my guy right there.
	He's been with me for a long time.
	And you notice everybody in my house has straight teeth.
	That's due to Dr. Riccati.
	And you want to hear how I met him?
	I'm at my daughter's school, I don't know, eight years ago or so.
	Our kids go to the same school.
	He's got two lovely daughters just like me.
	We're both girl dads.
	No sons for either one of us.
	I looked at him and I'm like, man, this guy looks for me.
	He was on Fox more than I was.
	You're like, really?
	What?
	Do you have a show or something?
	No, no.
	He runs ads here locally and I just saw him on the ads all the time.
	I'm like, dude, you're on the network more than I am and I worked there and we've got a lot of memories together in a lot of countries and a lot of places and a lot of states.
	Man, so many good times.
	I didn't know you were coming by today.
	Man, my brother.
	And that's saying a lot because let me tell you something.
	This guy's like me.
	He doesn't stop working ever.
	And when I, remember, I didn't miss the show for like five years, so we'll be in his backyard on a Saturday night, you know, sharing some barley soda or whatever, and we'll tell stories, and he's like, you know what, Dan?
	I was the same way.
	He's like, I didn't take a vacation because, you know, you had other orthodontists.
	They come in and they steal you, but I was the same way.
	I didn't take off Christmas or anything.
	I was like, if there'll be other people they're going to listen to.
	And then...
	He's always been a source of good advice, so thank you, man.
	And I'm sure we've got a lot of good times ahead, but I'm going to have to fly back on the weekend sometime.
	We're still going out of that boat, which has created kind of an interesting situation.
	I'll have to see you on the other side on that one.
	All right, play one more.
	Thank you, guys.
	I appreciate it.
	What do you got for me?
	Just since yesterday, massive breaking news about what's going on with Facebook.
	Everybody, oh!
	Oh!
	Wow, that was intense.
	Oh!
	I needed a spear for that one.
	Don't jump in either direction.
	Don't do it.
	Don't do it.
	Your boy, Dan, what do I say all the time to you?
	Do not get emotional about this.
	Then you're like a leftist.
	Be transactional.
	All we want is plus ones and minus ones.
	That is it.
	Don't jump on me.
	This is awesome.
	Facebook's our best friend now.
	But also, it's silly to jump onto, fuck Facebook, this is the stupidest thing ever.
	I don't know.
	I don't know.
	You guys fit a lot in that one.
	Karate man, hold.
	Because the karate man is patient.
	And he only feels pain on the inside.
	Hold.
	I like the karate man.
	I will not steal you wrong.
	That was a double karate man.
	That was the birth of a meme.
	Is that the first one?
	My blood, sweat, tears, and my entire reputation.
	You don't need to have legislative or executive power to move the needle.
	The Bongino army is strong because there's a lot of us, right?
	Why are there a lot of us?
	There are a lot of us because we happen to get out ahead of the stories and be three to four sometimes.
	Six months ahead of a story.
	One of the things I told you about a while ago that you're now seeing materialized through power.
	I mean actual formal executive power.
	We don't have.
	I'm not the president.
	We all get that.
	Donald Trump is.
	President Trump now.
	One of the things you're seeing that we discussed early is...
	Do I have it?
	Yes, I do.
	Oh, no.
	Where are we going?
	Where was I grabbing?
	It's the Dan Bongino Rock'em Sock'em Robots.
	What did I tell you?
	Theory of politics.
	Andrea, what did I tell you about this?
	You gotta punch this dude right in the grill.
	This is where...
	Is this like the memes?
	Where all the memes came?
	There it is.
	There it is, folks.
	The Rock'em Sock'em.
	And it still works, too.
	Look at it.
	It actually still works.
	I Rock'em Sock'd him myself.
	Jasmine?
	When you beat him, when you win, sometimes he falls off.
	Oh, look!
	I got it!
	No, but the bad guy won!
	There we go.
	That's it.
	The bad guy's not supposed to win.
	That's not the way that works.
	Andrea, what was I telling you this morning?
	After that clip, that's where Rock'em Sock'em started, if you're a really new listener to the show.
	And that, of course, was Double Karate Man.
	If you guys don't get the joke...
	That was from the Eddie Murphy movie.
	Was it Trading Places, was it?
	That's where that came from.
	That's my favorite scene in the movie, so that's the joke.
	But we got...
	And look at it.
	The thing's blowing up.
	The chat.
	I think you guys seriously melted the chat down.
	We got probably close to a couple hundred of these things.
	Don't send...
	I know.
	Look at all the rock and soccer.
	Oh my gosh.
	Nobody can do that to a chat like you guys.
	Nobody.
	It fries my phone.
	It's like my phone is...
	And we'll have to throw it a rock and soccer for the last time.
	You know, thank you, guys.
	That was a good one.
	That's where all these memes came from.
	Those were good.
	All right, what else you got for me?
	By the way, the thing, Justin, too, if you guys get the chance for this.
	Yeah, yeah, at some point.
	I don't know who sent this thing.
	Yeah, wait, before you go to the next one, Guy.
	Guys, I want to show you something.
	We got this this morning.
	I have no idea who sent this, but whoever did, this is hilarious.
	Paula gets this thing.
	Look at this.
	It's a painting of the Dan Bongino Army Air Force.
	Now, before you...
	Oh, wow, that's a nice plane.
	You're missing the details.
	Paul and I were in a rush this morning, so we missed the whole thing, so it's just sitting on the table, and look who...
	There's lovely Paul in a bikini!
	Well, not a bikini, a one-piece, but looking quite attractive, I must say.
	Now, there's my daughter, Amelia.
	There's Lucy piloting the plane.
	Is that...
	Who is that?
	Is that...
	That's Michael and that little turret there.
	I think Justin is one of the gunners.
	Guy's in the back.
	There's my other daughter.
	And then Vince is in there in the back.
	And then there's Evita and Haley.
	Everybody makes an appearance on this thing.
	This was the most amazing thing, whoever put this together.
	So I'd like to say, tell me in the chat who you are, but the chat goes so fast.
	I have no idea.
	I have no idea what that was.
	But that showed up this morning.
	That came just this morning, and we had no idea.
	That is how cool you guys are in the audience.
	We love you guys.
	Of course, we've got to do at least one last Muttley, folks.
	The Muttley was the original.
	I mean, I kind of miss the Muttley.
	We've had to move on from other different elements of the show, but how many of these did we get?
	Oh my gosh, we probably have something close to about 5,000 of these things.
	We could give them away every day for the rest of my life if I lived to 100. There we go.
	Rocking the Mudley chat.
	And by the way, that clip I played in the beginning with the flag, the flag really didn't come down.
	There's a ledge in my...
	I wasn't making that up.
	Usually it comes down and, you know, because of the shtick, the thing got stuck on the ledge up top.
	That really happened.
	What do we got here?
	Oh, this is my lovely wife, Paula, of course.
	You're the best, Dan.
	You will be missed.
	I expect great success from you in the future.
	Congratulations, Dan.
	Cutesy time is over.
	You guys are amazing.
	Thank you, Paula.
	And thank you to you all.
	Show it to the camera.
	Oh, yeah.
	Sorry, guys.
	I'm reading it.
	There you go.
	Covering my face for radio.
	Everybody signed it.
	I see Jason.
	Fran signed it.
	Thank you, guys.
	Thank you for your service.
	I really appreciate it.
	We have the best chat in the world.
	I mean, listen, guys.
	Livestream numbers, whatever.
	Throw all that stuff out.
	It's just been a big family here.
	And I read your stuff.
	That's why I'm always looking at my phone.
	That's why Guy made me move the charger thing over here.
	Because I have such poor mic discipline.
	Listen, let's just call it what it is.
	What would I do, Guy?
	I had it over here to keep it off screen.
	And now you can't hear me.
	So, Guy's like, just put the damn thing in front of you.
	Everybody knows you're reading the chat.
	I'm not, like, you know, texting Paul about what's for lunch or something like that.
	I think we melted down the counter, too.
	This has been just a fire show so far.
	So, I appreciate it.
	Thank you, guys.
	There's another clip for me?
	I don't know.
	I'm not sure.
	This is your favorite?
	This is my favorite.
	All right, let's see what you got.
	Back up at dusk on 8-8.
	No one's thinking about this.
	The reason no one's thinking about it is because I'm a fucking moron.
	That's the reason.
	But I would love to thank the Dan Pagino show for declaring this officially.
	The second or third.
	This is the second or third guy.
	I think the third.
	Frank Fregazy Day!
	And I want to take this opportunity to accept this great honor.
	Did he ever accept a great honor?
	Did we ever make him like a trophy or anything?
	We did not, huh?
	So, folks, in honor of the great, the man, you know they say the man, the myth, the legend, but in this case, he is a man.
	He is definitely not mythical, but he is unquestionably a legend who has given us...
	What would you say, Guy?
	Hours of priceless content.
	And by the way, he's still writing op-eds about it.
	I have never seen a guy so singularly obsessed with me in his life.
	The famous Frank Fugazi.
	Now, the Fugazi head will live on while I am gone from you.
	I have authenticated the Fugazi head.
	No, seriously, it says authenticated.
	Here, I'll sign it again in front of...
	Anita, well, a.k.a.
	Anita, Andrea.
	So here, in pen, Dan Bongino.
	But I did tell Anita this.
	I said, Anita, did I not tell you before?
	I go, you will be entrusted with the great Figazi head, but I do want this back one day.
	So you, on your own show, your own podcast, you and Speak have the McGroin Cruz podcast over there.
	You are now being entrusted with a prized possession, the Figazi head.
	She says she's blessed, and it is a great honor.
	I gave Jim my first Don't Get Dead coin.
	And we were supposed to give Jim Ren and Stimpy, too, but honestly, I don't know where the hell Ren and Stimpy went.
	We do everything in a box.
	We have so many cool little gizmos that I don't even know where it is.
	So when I find Ren and Stimpy, Jim, they're all yours, buddy, all right?
	Yeah, that would be a great idea.
	That's a great idea.
	Let's do that.
	So guys, before I wrap up with you today, the end of the podcast, I just want to be sure to introduce to you who is going to be taking over my show.
	Obviously, I will have a lot going on.
	I will be divorcing myself from the business.
	It's been a long process.
	I'm going to tell you something.
	I'm not in any of this for the money, the cash, any of that stuff.
	Obviously, no one goes into government work to get rich.
	I just like good people.
	Because if you surround yourself with good people, then good and great things happen.
	And if you surround yourself with bad people, then awful things happen.
	Vince Colonese is one of the most talented people in the business.
	An incredible talent.
	He's had a show on WMAL. He is launching his podcast on the Silver Lock Network on Monday at 10 a.m., so an hour earlier.
	You're going to have Steven Crowder afterwards on Rumble at 11. You've got Evita at 9. You've got Haley at 6. You've got the quartering.
	You've got Don Jr. You've got an amazing lineup.
	Vince, it is an honor to have you.
	You're going to be taking over the radio show, too.
	And I just want to thank you for taking this on so last minute.
	I can't even believe I'm here.
	And I'm so over the moon about all of this.
	And I will say, this is the most unusual exchange in media that you will ever see, I promise, for the rest of your life.
	This is a jealous industry.
	This is an industry where people, you know, there are some people who help each other out.
	But for the most part, when a guy gets a job, usually somebody else has to lose it.
	That's usually how that works.
	And what's happening here is Dan is stepping away from all of this.
	Look around us.
	I mean, just in this room.
	And then, of course, look at the chat and what he's built.
	I think it's just such an obvious sign of your decency and your commitment to your country that you can do this.
	You can walk away from this and then become the deputy director of the FBI. Who wants that job?
	This guy wants that job.
	So you're going in to do something really important, and like I said, this is deeply unusual.
	So ever since it was announced, my mic, good.
	Ever since it was announced, the reaction has been completely positive, and that's a testament to you.
	You said, this is my guy.
	I like this guy.
	He's going to do a good job.
	And your audience, the Bongino Army, has responded so well.
	It's been unbelievable how nice this has all been.
	We're so passionate.
	And we're going to do great things, man.
	And the message I keep getting is, you've got big shoes to fill.
	I'm like, I know.
	But what I really have is shmedium shirts to fill.
	Nicole Wallace.
	Guys, Nicole, make sure Nicole gets a photo of Vince immediately when he wears his first medium.
	That Nicole Wallace clip is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
	Why notice that?
	She instantly was talking about your t-shirts, and I was like, this needs some sort of slow baseline underneath it.
	She was really into the Bongino show.
	Brother, for as much as we've criticized Rachel Maddow and Nicole Wallace, I promise you, you are not going to find a clip of me going, hey, that's some outfit she's got underneath.
	What is the weirdest thing?
	It was such an oddball comment out of nowhere.
	She was practically fanning herself on television.
	It was so weird.
	A funny story on that.
	Yesterday, we got some guys at the house, some really good guys, and one of them bought me a t-shirt.
	And the guy said, I don't know what size you are.
	I said, well, you know, it's Queens, so you've got to round down.
	That's where I'm from.
	And he knew right away.
	He's like, let me guess, the schmediums.
	I'm like, hey.
	I said, but I am 50, so I've got to kind of like size up a little bit.
	But Vince, thank you, brother.
	Man, you're the best.
	10 a.m.
	on Monday, folks.
	His first guest, Tucker Carlson.
	We announced Don Jr. last night.
	Oh, you did?
	Don Jr. next week?
	Yeah, we got Don Jr. coming right to this studio.
	McGroin Crew, spread the word.
	In studio, huh?
	Don, that's nice of you.
	Thank you, Don.
	That's amazing.
	So thank you, guys.
	I appreciate it, Vince.
	So guys, I'm going to, um, I'm going to wrap this up here.
	Well, I'm going to try to wrap it up here.
	Uh, I, uh, I'm really...
	Just a little bit overwhelmed.
	Because, you know, with the show and all the clips and having everybody here, the energy kind of just distracts you from the reality of what's about to happen.
	And it really hit me this morning.
	I want you to know how much I love you guys.
	I mean that.
	You know, people throw that term around, but...
	I really love you guys.
	I feel like I've met so many of you.
	Some of you I've never even seen, whether it was Eric or Jeremy on the radio show.
	I chose early on to interact with my audience in kind of a different way.
	It's paid me back so many dividends.
	There's nothing more incredible than going out at a book signing and someone goes...
	Hey, how'd that treat you gave Lucy the other day work out?
	And you're like, how'd you know that?
	Like, you said it on the radio.
	I'm like, I did?
	Like, you know, people, the relationship seems so asymmetric at times.
	Like, you know about me, but I don't know about you, but I know all I need to know about you, which is you've been there for me when I needed you.
	And to walk away from this was, I promise you, was not easy.
	But I absolutely know that this was the right thing to do.
	I've told you over and over that measure the effectiveness of what you do in your life by how people who stand and tell you to stop react.
	And the reaction has been exactly what I expected.
	I promise you this.
	I'm going there with a clear mission in mind.
	I go there with a clear head.
	This was done for the right reasons.
	And I am really...
	Really, really going to miss doing this and being here with you every day.
	From this point on, if you follow me on...
	Deep breaths.
	Breathe in.
	It's easier.
	My social media accounts are not going to be abandoned, but I won't be posting about politics.
	It would be inappropriate during my time.
	There's understandable restrictions on that, which make perfect sense.
	You can still follow me.
	I'll be opening up different accounts and official accounts and things like that.
	But I have to stay out of the political space because it's the right thing to do and it's the rules.
	And I hope you understand that.
	I'm not going there to be some partisan.
	I know the people who hate my guts in the media.
	I don't expect you to understand that.
	The idea of putting aside your politics to do a job is definitely foreign to you.
	I totally get that.
	But it's not to me.
	You know, I proudly protected Two Democrat presidents and a Republican.
	No problem at all.
	Not sure you could do that, but I did.
	And now it's a different protection role.
	So I still got a radio show to do, which is crazy.
	I'm going to get through that.
	So I'll end as I began.
	I'll see you guys on the other side.
	Thank you.
	That was hard, man.
	Wow, three more hours.
	Yeah, three more hours to go.
	This is now real.
	So, President, Attorney General Bondi, and now Director, gosh, that sounds good to say, FBI Director Akash Patel, offered this role, a role I expressed an interest in.
	And ladies and gentlemen, I told you, you see?
	It's hard for me.
	I'm going to accept the role proudly as the deputy director of the number two spot at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
	My left shoulder doesn't work, so I want to do like a big dramatic thing.
	And I just realized looking at the feedback, my left arm don't work.
	Let's just do the...
	Here it is!
	If you were a list, I love...
	Look at this.
	These guys cutting out.
	Look at this.
	Look at these guys in the other room.
	Oh, look at them.
	Fancy.
	Go around again.
	Oh, look at that.
	If you are listening on Apple and Spotify, you know I love you guys.
	You are the original.
	We didn't even have a video show for years until the lovely Paulita said, I think we should do a show on video.
	By the way, she's sitting right here too.
	This is the new studio.
	Welcome to the new Dan Bongino show, the new Evening Scroll with Haley, the new Early Edition with Evita, and Vince.
	Which is going to be starting when I leave.
	This is the new studio.
	I really hope you like the new studio.
	Just give another shot of each angle here.
	You can see we put a ton of work into it.
	Paula did.
	So did my crew.
	It was our first show from here.
	Look at this guy.
	Michael, Justin, Gee.
	I hope you guys enjoy it.
	At least next week for me and with Hayley moving forward in the future.
	She's right over there.
	And Evita.
	And then Vince.
	Thank you so much for tuning in today.
	Give us a follow.
	Rumble.com slash Bongino.
	Really appreciate it.
	And I will see you on the radio in a little bit.

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