There's a question audio producers always ask in sound checks.
What did you have for breakfast today?
I had, I made like really fluffy pancakes, bacon, eggs.
No.
I'm sure he did not eat breakfast.
I haven't eaten anything today.
I'm Maggie Penman and that is my colleague Kyle Melnick.
Kyle and I are both reporters for The Optimist,
the section here at The Post that brings you inspiring,
hopeful news, stories about things that are going right in the world.
But Kyle approaches the beat from a very different angle than I do.
Depending on your outlook, I'm a pessimist or a realist.
I would describe myself as a cynic.
Do you ever think about the irony that you work for the optimist?
Yeah, when I got hired on the optimist, a lot of people thought it was humorous.
To me, Kyle is one of those classic kind of old school news reporter types.
He's really smart and funny, but super deadpan.
He has a very dry sense of humor.
And he is skeptical of everything.
As the journalism saying goes, if your mother says she loves you, check it out.