Ordinarily, I would have conducted this interview somewhere like a roadside coffee shop so that I can see the supercar rumble, roar or shriek into view, and its owner emerge with a wave and a grin.
These are extraordinary times, however, and so I am greeted only by a disembodied voice on speakerphone.
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