anthony bauourdain. >> can we officially put to bed the rumor that your appearance on the show. >> absolutely0%. it was a game-changer for us in a good way. >> i decided to rewatch that episode. just to sort of, like, put myself in the frame of mind and see -- also reconnect with who you guys were then. and just to see, like, if this was the moment before everything changed. >> yeah. >> and it must be a lot for two to have a record of that moment. >> yeah, it's a lot. i mean, you know, some nights when you're flipping through cnn and it comes on, we can watch it for a few minutes. some nights we can't. >> yeah. >> even in spite of that, this was this really interesting opening moment culturally in the country. you know, americans pouring in. i'm glad that we were part of that record. >> weirdly, part of that record is that iranian state television clearly mad that jason got out, took his story, turned it into a tv show. they actually made him into the spy that he never was. think "the bourne identity" meets what the [ bleep ]. >> plenty of people watch that tv show and believe it. it's crazy.