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In this episode, we explore arizona and the illusion of control. You know, when you step off a plane in Phoenix today, it honestly hits you like a physical wall. Oh, absolutely. Like that intense, just completely dry heat. It immediately pulls the moisture right out of your skin. Yeah, you feel it instantly. But then almost instantly, you walk through these sliding glass doors and boom, you are hit by this blast of artificial freezing air conditioning. It's quite the contrast. It really is. And, you know, you look out the window as you drive and there are sprawling green lawns, these massive blue swimming pools and just endless ribbons of concrete highway. It feels It feels so incredibly permanent. Right, right. Like we've totally conquered the desert. Well, it definitely projects this illusion of ultimate control. You know, we look at all that mode ... 
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