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Two days there was that my outsider's question. What's real and what's fake is very much alive. Inside Tracks NYC. From xero productions and the new york times. I'm sarah koenig and this is metro. This podcast is supported by Chevron. We rely on energy every day, but have you ever wondered what it takes to make sure it's there when we need it? I'm Tanner Foust, and the Energy Tailgate is back with straight talk about the energy our world depends on. The New York Times app Unlocked. Everyone knows you need to subscribe to the Times to access all of the reporting. But what if you could explore the Times for a month for free without putting in a credit card? Now you can. When you download the New York Times app for the first time, your first month in, the app is free. A month to go behind the paywall to see what Times subscribers get every single day. If you don't already subscribe to the New York Times, download the Times app today and get free access for 30 days. I came on a Friday morning. They told me It'd arrive at 10:30, but then the guy I was supposed to meet didn't show up for another 45 minutes. So I had a long time to look around. I waited on the mezzanine level of Trax nyc, half a flight up from the main vendor floor. Online sales and customer service people sit up here. There's a lounge area with red upholstered sofas and chairs, which is where they bring VIPs or people who just really want to meet the owner of the store. Max. Or people who want grills, jewelry for your teeth. Just a solid circle of my tooth. Solid. Something different on the side. Like a young guy named Amon is selling to a family. A mother and daughter. The daughter's fiance and the mom's friend, who was clearly more than a friend. The daughter was grill shopping. They'd all come up from North Carolina, and this was the first and pretty much only thing on their agenda for their first trip together to New York City. Visit Trax nyc. The mom's friend Doug was so impressed by the video last month, how Max stood up for the customer who got duped. I mean, I would act the same way. He said. You can tell that that was real. That's who he is, right in that moment. You can't fake that. Eh? I think you can fake anything, really. But maybe I'm just.