1242: Christopher Whitcomb | A Life Among Spies Part One

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. The thing that sustains you is hope. You hear people talk about it that everything is horrible, but maybe it's going to get better. So I'm on the plane, the stairs come up, the engines start up, and I think, we're out of here. I'm going to make it out of this thing.

Then all of a sudden the engines spin down and you can see the light coming in from the stairs coming down. I'm going, Fuck me. You know, it's bad. Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger.

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