Warning. This episode contains details involving sexual violence that may be upsetting for some listeners.

And, if there are young children around, you may want to listen to this episode at a later time.

Listen or discretion is advised.

First and foremost, I want to thank you all so much for joining me for this remastered first

episode of California Dreaming Two Crime Tales from the Golden State.

It means the world to me that you're taking a chance on this podcast, and I really, really hope to not disappoint.

As a long-time podcast listener and fan, this is a place I never really imagined I would be on the other side of the mic.

It actually came to me in a dream one night and I woke up thinking to myself,

I can do this.

I started running the idea by my family and friends and of course all the people I know on social media and nobody really tried to stop me.

Every single person that I told that I was going to start a podcast was 100% all in with me.

And to all of my favorite people in the world, my family, friends, podfans, pod hosts, everyone in between and now my whole family

at orbital jigsaw network that offered me advice and words of wisdom. I owe all of you a

tremendous thank you. If it weren't for all of your guidance and support, none of

this would be happening.

So, here I am.

My name's Roseanne, and welcome to episode one of California Dreaming, the Tale of Random Task.

I'm sure almost all of you have heard of the movie series Austin Powers International Man of

Mystery.

In case you haven't, actor Mike Myers plays Austin Powers, a James Bones British spy who

volunteers himself to be cryogenically frozen in 1967 so he may come face to face in the future with his arch nemesis Dr. Evil.

Fast forward 30 years to 1997 and both Austin and Dr. Evil have been unfrozen and they pick up from where their decades long grudge had left off.

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