 Welcome to another episode of Breaking Battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Morin. I'm Sam Stone. As always, we're jumping right into it with our guests for today. First up, Ryan Gerduski. He is an author, podcast host, political consultant, and journalist. You can read his work on Substack at NatPop. And you can follow him on X at Ryan Gerduski. Ryan, thank you so much for joining us. Welcome to the program.