Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Books Closed. I am Andrew Stortz.

And today, I got a little nostalgic before I recorded this. And I was looking back at some of the episodes that I have made in the past.

And I realized that I have surpassed 1 million views, streams, and downloads across all the platforms that you can find this show on.

I'll be honest.

This is something I'm very proud of.

And I want to thank you all for watching

and listening over the last couple of years. Now, on to this episode. I've been trying to make

this episode for almost a year now. Some of the first conversations you're going to hear I recorded

last year in May 2020, and then the last couple I recorded just recently.

And this is all the discussion about COVID-19 and the shutdowns we've been experiencing.

And this is all stuff that everyone is familiar with.

But last May I had talked to a few people right as tattoo shops were starting to reopen in the U.S.

And I wanted to hear about

their some of their reservations some of their concerns or excitement or whatever it may have

been at that point and listening back to it now is pretty interesting to hear some of the things

that we were most concerned with as I feel like a year later we're a lot more comfortable with certain aspects, and then maybe there's some

aspects that we're still unsure about. But before we get into all that stuff, I want to let you

know that this episode is sponsored by two fantastic tattoo shops, and both of them are looking

to hire tattooers. So if you are looking for a job and you're a

tattooer, listen up. I've got one opportunity on the East Coast and one on the West Coast for you.

And we're going to start on the East Coast in Buffalo, New York, at Oak and Iron, which is a high

volume street shop located in downtown Buffalo. They're looking to add an experienced tattoo artist to their team that enjoys taking

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