The Bugleverse Wiki

The only wiki with the balls to document the whole Bugle News universe.

Revision history · Transcript

Transcript: Bugle Christmas Special

← Back to the page

1 revision · first seen 2026-08-12 · last edited 2026-08-12 · 0 by Henry 1 by a human

  1. bugle-ingest[bot] 2026-08-12 Ingest: 0 new episode(s) — raw sources + transcripts 32a9a2b
    Show changes 
    diff --git a/wiki/transcripts/bugle-christmas-special.md b/wiki/transcripts/bugle-christmas-special.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff5f98b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/transcripts/bugle-christmas-special.md
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+---
+title: "Transcript: Bugle Christmas Special"
+type: transcript
+episode: bugle-christmas-special
+generated: true
+date: 2024-12-23
+audio: "https://feeds.fountain.fm/R8scBF2Wiykm0YVldsHQ/items/UZ9JRCm1AJNAGPTA33Tq/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---250c718c-ed93-4482-9de7-b0cf57a735cf.mp3"
+duration: "19:18"
+sources:
+  - raw/episodes/bugle-christmas-special/bundle.json
+---
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-0">0:00</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-0" data-t="0">For many children,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1" data-t="1">Christmas</span> <span class="cue" id="t-2" data-t="2">is the most magical time of the year.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-5" data-t="5">It is the one day of the year where they get to wake up in the morning,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-10" data-t="10">not have to go to school,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-12" data-t="12">and enter the world of the imagination.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-15">0:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-15" data-t="15">The presents under the Christmas tree are much more than toys.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-20" data-t="20">They are vehicles to help the child</span> <span class="cue" id="t-23" data-t="23">enter the world of creativity,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-25" data-t="25">where they can wander free,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-27" data-t="27">without the constraints of authority figures</span> <span class="cue" id="t-30" data-t="30">and the physical world.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-33">0:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-33" data-t="33">As they unwrap that toy gun or that walkie talkie set, they are opening much needed supplies</span> <span class="cue" id="t-40" data-t="40">for a great adventure.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-42" data-t="42">As they unwrap the gifts,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-44" data-t="44">they are already planning and preparing to sail the high seas</span> <span class="cue" id="t-49" data-t="49">in search for treasure,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-51" data-t="51">to command armies in the name of honor,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-54">0:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-54" data-t="54">to explore</span> <span class="cue" id="t-55" data-t="55">unknown regions of this world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-58" data-t="58">or even blast off to a distant planet in space.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-62" data-t="62">In their imagination,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-64" data-t="64">they are unburdened</span> <span class="cue" id="t-65" data-t="65">by the weight of this world,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-68">1:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-68" data-t="68">that weight that may have crushed their parents</span> <span class="cue" id="t-71" data-t="71">and stolen their innocence.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-73" data-t="73">But the child's innocence</span> <span class="cue" id="t-75" data-t="75">is a reminder to their parents,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-77" data-t="77">not just of what was, but what can be.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-81" data-t="81">Looking through the eyes of a child,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-83">1:23</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-83" data-t="83">you see a world</span> <span class="cue" id="t-85" data-t="85">not of rules and constraints,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-87" data-t="87">but endless possibilities.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-90" data-t="90">A world where people are good, brave,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-93" data-t="93">honest,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-94" data-t="94">and kind.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-96">1:36</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-96" data-t="96">A world where people choose to step into who they truly are instead of who they were instructed</span> <span class="cue" id="t-102" data-t="102">they have to be.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-104" data-t="104">If the parent allows themselves,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-106" data-t="106">they can join their children in that moment.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-110" data-t="110">They can be reminded of who they were before they experienced the harsh,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-115" data-t="115">unforgiving nature of this world</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-117">1:57</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-117" data-t="117">and became a taxpayer.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-120" data-t="120">The child's innocence,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-122" data-t="122">curiosity,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-123" data-t="123">and desire for creativity</span> <span class="cue" id="t-125" data-t="125">and exploration</span> <span class="cue" id="t-127" data-t="127">may seem naive to the parent who is beaten down and jaded.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-133">2:13</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-133" data-t="133">But the real naivety</span> <span class="cue" id="t-135" data-t="135">is submitting to the pressures of this world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-138" data-t="138">accepting things as they are,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-140" data-t="140">instead of dreaming of how they can be.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-144" data-t="144">The greatest mistake any adult can make is allowing others to crush their desire to explore</span> <span class="cue" id="t-151" data-t="151">and dreams.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-153">2:33</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-153" data-t="153">An individual is much more than just a taxpayer,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-157" data-t="157">and children</span> <span class="cue" id="t-158" data-t="158">need to see that.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-160" data-t="160">They need examples of men and women not just struggling to get by,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-164" data-t="164">working tirelessly to afford their taxes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-167" data-t="167">which are used to fund horrific and bloody foreign wars.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-172">2:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-172" data-t="172">They need to see adults</span> <span class="cue" id="t-174" data-t="174">living with purpose,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-176" data-t="176">whose spirits have not been crushed by the weight of this world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-180" data-t="180">adults who didn't grow out of dreaming, but instead</span> <span class="cue" id="t-183" data-t="183">made those dreams</span> <span class="cue" id="t-185" data-t="185">reality.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-187">3:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-187" data-t="187">This Christmas, let's cherish freedom and imagination.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-191" data-t="191">Let's attempt to see the world around us through the eyes of a child</span> <span class="cue" id="t-195" data-t="195">and reclaim what was taken from us, the freedom to truly be ourselves.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-201" data-t="201">As you sit around the fire as a family,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-204" data-t="204">smoking cigarettes and listening to bitcoin podcasts,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-209" data-t="209">let your children know you love them,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-212">3:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-212" data-t="212">not just by saying it or showering them with gifts,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-216" data-t="216">but by joining them in the stories they are crafting in their heads.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-220" data-t="220">Encourage them to learn,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-222" data-t="222">to ask questions,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-223" data-t="223">and explore beyond the desks they are chained to in school.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-229" data-t="229">Creativity</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-230">3:50</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-230" data-t="230">is not something to ever be discouraged,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-233" data-t="233">but something to be cherished.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-235" data-t="235">For if we don't cherish it, we will be destined for a future full of reruns</span> <span class="cue" id="t-241" data-t="241">of the same Disney movies</span> <span class="cue" id="t-243" data-t="243">and soul crushing compliance,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-246" data-t="246">a future where death and taxes</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-249">4:09</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-249" data-t="249">are the only things that are certain.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-252" data-t="252">While death may be inevitable,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-255" data-t="255">choosing to truly live is a choice you have to make every day.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-259" data-t="259">It may be hard to feel and to dream</span> <span class="cue" id="t-263" data-t="263">because it may feel like your dreams may have been crushed over and over again.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-268" data-t="268">But instead of giving up and dwelling on the past,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-271">4:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-271" data-t="271">let's look to the future that is yet to be written,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-275" data-t="275">where anything is possible</span> <span class="cue" id="t-277" data-t="277">because you refuse to give up. Do you remember</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-280">4:40</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-280" data-t="280">what it was like when you were young?</span> <span class="cue" id="t-285" data-t="285">Presence</span> <span class="cue" id="t-286" data-t="286">under the tree, your story had just begun.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-291" data-t="291">Childhood</span> <span class="cue" id="t-292" data-t="292">innocence,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-293" data-t="293">free of</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-295">4:55</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-295" data-t="295">the burdens and</span> <span class="cue" id="t-296" data-t="296">responsibility,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-299" data-t="299">endless ideas to explore, unaware of life's fragility.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-305" data-t="305">Do you remember</span> <span class="cue" id="t-306" data-t="306">when life was</span> <span class="cue" id="t-308" data-t="308">magical?</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-310">5:10</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-310" data-t="310">When you saw the world through the eyes of a child.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-315">5:15</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-315" data-t="315">This Christmas, let</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-317">5:17</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-317" data-t="317">us remember</span> <span class="cue" id="t-319" data-t="319">we will never ever surrender</span> <span class="cue" id="t-323" data-t="323">our creativity</span> <span class="cue" id="t-325" data-t="325">and our minds choosing to be warm and kind.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-329">5:29</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-329" data-t="329">Let's be with the ones we love and choose to rise above.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-334" data-t="334">Let's see the world through the eyes of a child</span> <span class="cue" id="t-338" data-t="338">and enjoy some innocence</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-341">5:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-341" data-t="341">for a while.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-346">5:46</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-346" data-t="346">You are more than a taxpayer</span> <span class="cue" id="t-349" data-t="349">slaving away to afford the bill.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-352" data-t="352">Please, Lord, answer this prayer.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-355" data-t="355">Give me the courage and will</span> <span class="cue" id="t-358" data-t="358">to stand up in the midst</span> <span class="cue" id="t-361" data-t="361">of chaos and really choose</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-364">6:04</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-364" data-t="364">to live, to let go of burdens that weigh on us and have the courage to forgive.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-371" data-t="371">Do you remember</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-374">6:14</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-374" data-t="374">when life was magical</span> <span class="cue" id="t-378" data-t="378">when you saw the world through the eyes of a child.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-383" data-t="383">This Christmas, let</span> <span class="cue" id="t-385" data-t="385">us remember</span> <span class="cue" id="t-387" data-t="387">we will never ever</span> <span class="cue" id="t-389" data-t="389">surrender</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-391">6:31</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-391" data-t="391">our creativity</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-394">6:34</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-394" data-t="394">and</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-408">6:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-408" data-t="408">innocence for a while</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-411">6:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-411" data-t="411">and enjoy some innocence for a while.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-416" data-t="416">The</span> <span class="cue" id="t-417" data-t="417">world doesn't need more examples of how not to be.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-422" data-t="422">Let's be examples</span> <span class="cue" id="t-425" data-t="425">of what it means to be free,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-428" data-t="428">to have hope that the future will be better,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-432">7:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-432" data-t="432">and force our kids to wear ugly Christmas</span> <span class="cue" id="t-436" data-t="436">sweaters.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-439" data-t="439">Life moves too quick to not cherish these moments, so enjoy the opportunity to forget your employment.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-445" data-t="445">Remember what it was like to be a kid before you listen to what</span> <span class="cue" id="t-450" data-t="450">Bitcoin did. Let your mind run wild and free and choose to be happy and filled with glee.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-457" data-t="457">Let life be magical</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-459">7:39</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Rod Palmer</b> <span class="cue" id="t-459" data-t="459">just for a minute.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-461">7:41</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-461" data-t="461">Having fun is how</span> <span class="cue" id="t-463" data-t="463">we will win it.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-472">7:52</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-472" data-t="472">For many, this may be a challenging Christmas.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-476" data-t="476">They're sitting and staring at spreadsheets,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-478" data-t="478">attempting to figure out how they will be able to afford both taxes and Christmas presents for their families.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-485" data-t="485">Many won't be able to afford both, so they have to make hard decisions this holiday.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-491" data-t="491">While the economy is doing completely fine,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-494" data-t="494">it may not feel like it for so many people who worked diligently</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-498">8:18</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-498" data-t="498">over the past year.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-500" data-t="500">But just because times may be difficult,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-504" data-t="504">it's not an excuse to give up and lose hope.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-508" data-t="508">There are still Bitcoin podcasts to listen to and work to be done.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-513" data-t="513">One lesson I learned about the holidays</span> <span class="cue" id="t-516" data-t="516">is that if this particular</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-518">8:38</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-518" data-t="518">holiday is tough,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-519" data-t="519">it could be nice to stop for a moment and remember the good times in the past.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-524" data-t="524">There was a time when I was a child,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-527" data-t="527">before I knew of the existence of Podkoff and the CIA.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-531" data-t="531">Neighborhood boys would share some cigarettes together after playing tackle football in the snow. To us, there was no such thing as cold.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-540" data-t="540">Our fingers would be freezing,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-542">9:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-542" data-t="542">and the wind would make it hard to light the cigarette. So we would huddle around each other in order to block the wind.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-549" data-t="549">We would run outside through blizzards, building snow forts, and waging battles against visible enemies of epic proportions.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-558" data-t="558">We would wait up late at night listening to the radio for the announcement that school had been closed due to snow.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-564" data-t="564">We were truly free in those moments and thought the world was ours.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-569" data-t="569">It may have been the closest to heaven on earth I I will ever experience.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-574" data-t="574">Christmas was a magical time in the Grieser household.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-577">9:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-577" data-t="577">It was one of the few times of the year my father would be home from work and be truly present. We would sit around the fire, listening to the radio, telling stories,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-587" data-t="587">smoking cigarettes.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-589" data-t="589">I was 10 when my father gave me my first track, Bryte.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-593" data-t="593">We spent the day together as he taught me how to use it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-597" data-t="597">I looked at my father proudly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-599" data-t="599">as I typed my first few words,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-602">10:02</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-602" data-t="602">slowly as to not make any mistakes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-605" data-t="605">and told him that I would become,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-607" data-t="607">a credentialed journalist one day.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-610" data-t="610">He looked down at me proudly and said,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-612" data-t="612">I know you will. You aren't smart enough to do much else.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-617" data-t="617">I hope you have fond memories of Christmas as a child,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-621">10:21</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-621" data-t="621">and I hope you can make Christmas special for your children.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-625" data-t="625">Some of my fondest memories do not revolve around the gifts I received,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-630" data-t="630">but around the presence of my parents.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-632" data-t="632">The holidays were one of the few times that they were able to put their stress aside</span> <span class="cue" id="t-637" data-t="637">and truly be there with us.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-641" data-t="641">I felt seen and known in those brief yet spectacular moments.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-645">10:45</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-645" data-t="645">You never know how good you have it until it's gone.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-649" data-t="649">Now that I'm older, my liver doesn't work as well anymore.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-652" data-t="652">I found myself tired and frustrated many days.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-656" data-t="656">My joints ache as I type away at my typewriter,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-659" data-t="659">Trying to cover the most important stories in a strange and rapidly changing world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-665" data-t="665">I feel the burden of responsibility,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-667">11:07</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-667" data-t="667">working tirelessly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-669" data-t="669">to ensure my wife and son have enough cigarettes to get them through the week.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-674" data-t="674">But I know how good I have it, and I'm enjoying every moment of it, even the hard ones.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-680" data-t="680">There will be a day where my hands ache too much to type,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-684" data-t="684">my brain too slow to think.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-686" data-t="686">But that</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-687">11:27</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-687" data-t="687">day is not today. And so I sit here typing away at my typewriter,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-691" data-t="691">chain smoking Marlboro Reds.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-694" data-t="694">I know my father is proud of me.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-696" data-t="696">All the hard work he put</span> <span class="cue" id="t-699" data-t="699">toward providing for our family has paid off, and I am now one of the world's premier credentialed journals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-707" data-t="707">I like to imagine he's in heaven, looking down proudly</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-711">11:51</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-711" data-t="711">In my version of heaven, people still listen to Bitcoin podcasts there.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-716" data-t="716">As I reflect on my past,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-718" data-t="718">I can't help but feel nostalgic,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-720" data-t="720">yet hopeful.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-722" data-t="722">Christmas is about magic.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-724" data-t="724">It's about pausing to remember the things that really matter in life.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-728">12:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-728" data-t="728">It's about celebrating hope.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-730" data-t="730">That even in the darkest times, a spark has the ability to turn the tide of human history.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-737" data-t="737">Life is what you make of it. There's so much that we cannot control. But if we allow those things to rule us, we forget that we have the power to make decisions for ourselves.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-747" data-t="747">If we surrender our power to others, we surrender our ability to make a difference,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-752" data-t="752">to do something.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-754" data-t="754">We surrender our very souls.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-757">12:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-757" data-t="757">Life is too short to get caught up in worry and despair.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-761" data-t="761">You are the hero in the story you're writing for yourself. I wanna thank everyone who supported The Bugle over the past two years. Our news agency is growing solely because of your support.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-774" data-t="774">This Christmas will be a special one in the Greaser household,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-777" data-t="777">and it's because of people like you.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-785">13:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-785" data-t="785">I wanna thank you all for tuning in to this year's edition of the Bugle Christmas Special.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-791" data-t="791">All over the country, and even the world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-794" data-t="794">people are tuning in to Bitcoin podcasts.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-798" data-t="798">Families are able to afford both taxes and Christmas presents for their kids because they did the proof of work</span> <span class="cue" id="t-806" data-t="806">and understand Bitcoin enough to save in it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-809" data-t="809">Families are coming together to discuss macro</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-812">13:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-812" data-t="812">and revel in how hot Lynn Alden is.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-816" data-t="816">As Santa is preparing for flight,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-818" data-t="818">readying his sleigh with crypto cloaks, doodads, and bit axes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-823" data-t="823">he is listening to Max's latest</span> <span class="cue" id="t-825" data-t="825">Ungovernable</span> <span class="cue" id="t-826" data-t="826">Misfits podcast.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-828">13:48</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-828" data-t="828">While individuals like Lindsey Graham are attempting to ruin this day for the entire world,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-834" data-t="834">having written to Santa that all he wants for Christmas</span> <span class="cue" id="t-838" data-t="838">is for The U. S. To finally be able to invade Iran,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-841" data-t="841">people aren't about to let the warmongers get them down.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-845" data-t="845">Instead,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-846" data-t="846">they are looking past their differences</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-848">14:08</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-848" data-t="848">and are focusing on what truly matters.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-852" data-t="852">This year, more Christmas dinner tables will resemble Bitcoin podcasts</span> <span class="cue" id="t-857" data-t="857">than ever before.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-859" data-t="859">Kids will teach their grandmas how to securely and discreetly</span> <span class="cue" id="t-863" data-t="863">store open dimes in prison wallets in order to cross borders in adversarial</span> <span class="cue" id="t-869" data-t="869">ways.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-870">14:30</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-870" data-t="870">New computer hardware will be downloading the entire Bitcoin blockchain,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-875" data-t="875">educating individuals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-877" data-t="877">on the</span> <span class="cue" id="t-878" data-t="878">arbitrary data caps their ISPs</span> <span class="cue" id="t-881" data-t="881">set that they didn't even know existed before.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-885" data-t="885">While the world looks crazy and the economy is fine, it is in moments like this that we remember that things can be different</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-894">14:54</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-894" data-t="894">If we prioritize</span> <span class="cue" id="t-895" data-t="895">the ones we love,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-896" data-t="896">use our brains, and hope to live a fulfilled life beyond struggling to afford to pay taxes,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-903" data-t="903">maybe we can build something better together.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-906" data-t="906">Bitcoin fixes all of our problems,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-909" data-t="909">and though sometimes it doesn't feel like it,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-912">15:12</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-912" data-t="912">Bitcoin has already won.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-915" data-t="915">Take a moment to smell the roses.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-918" data-t="918">Remember the part you played on this glorious crusade against fiat money.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-923" data-t="923">If you have it hard, remember the cantillionaires</span> <span class="cue" id="t-927" data-t="927">are quaking in their boots, maybe realizing for the first time they are about to get steam rolled by a bunch of orange cells who might lack proper credentials,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-937" data-t="937">but have been diligently listening to forty hours of Bitcoin podcasts a week.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-943">15:43</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-943" data-t="943">They might not be able to get Aubrey Strobel to go with them</span> <span class="cue" id="t-947" data-t="947">to Away Slices Christmas party,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-949" data-t="949">but they sure as hell are able to bring central bankers to their knees.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-954" data-t="954">Make sure to reach out to your friends and wish them a Merry Christmas.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-959" data-t="959">Take a moment to feel sorry for Jews like fundamentals</span> <span class="cue" id="t-963" data-t="963">who will be celebrating Hanukkah,</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-965">16:05</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-965" data-t="965">going to the movies,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-967" data-t="967">and eating Chinese food instead of lighting up a Christmas tree.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-972" data-t="972">Make sure to smoke more cigarettes than normal this holiday.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-976" data-t="976">This moment will only happen once,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-979" data-t="979">so you might as well enjoy it.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-982" data-t="982">This has been a special Bugle production.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-985">16:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Richard Greaser</b> <span class="cue" id="t-985" data-t="985">Merry Christmas to all, and have a beautiful night.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1057">17:37</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1057" data-t="1057">Mary.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1059" data-t="1059">Mary. Mary. I got him here at the airport just now. Because I could. The food flew all the way up here in a blizzard. Oh, Mary. I thought you're bad, but in New York. Oh, I left right in the middle of it. Soon as I got Mary's telegram. Good idea, Ernie. A toast</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1070" data-t="1070">to my big brother George,</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1072" data-t="1072">the richest man in town.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1100" data-t="1100">That's a Christmas present for a very dear friend of mine.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1105">18:25</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1105" data-t="1105">Look, daddy. Take your sis. Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.</span></span></p>
+
+<p class="cue-p"><a class="cue-t" href="#t-1112">18:32</a><span class="cue-body"><b class="cue-who">Unknown</b> <span class="cue" id="t-1112" data-t="1112">That's right.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1114" data-t="1114">That's right.</span> <span class="cue" id="t-1117" data-t="1117">And a boy cried.</span></span></p>