Hello, Brady Axe. Welcome to this bonus edition of the Brink & E podcast. Happy holidays to you all.

We wanted to share with you the audio from a live event we did with the University of Pittsburgh in November.

This was our fifth year doing the event. It's usually live and people can come see it, but of course this year was very different.

So we had a virtual event and a lot of Brady Axe were able to join us.

But we wanted to share the event anyway because we thought it was so important.

The theme of the event is always for PITS International Week and we're invited by the English Language Institute to come and talk about travel and the importance of learning about other cultures and thinking globally and acting locally.

All of those good things.

This year we thought it was important for us to have somebody on that could talk about the pandemic and the consequences of not thinking globally and the benefits of doing so.

So we knew that we had to invite Larry Brilliant on. Larry was on Brink Candy years ago to talk about his book sometimes brilliant. It's his memoir and talk about his life.

He was among the people on a team that helped eradicate smallpox. He's had an incredible life. He's an epidemiologist and also a hippie-dippy who's best friends with Wavy Gravy.

I mean, come on. This guy is totally fascinating. But now this year has brought him back into the limelight because he's an important part of the coronavirus response.

He's his experience working on smallpox and his expertise made him the perfect person to talk about what's going on and all of his thoughts on everything.

So we just so enjoyed our conversation with him and we wanted to share this event with all of you.

We are so thankful that the University of Pittsburgh has us come back each year. It's such a fun event.

And this year seemed more important than never before because as we all sit in our homes, we still have to think globally.

So we hope you enjoy this bonus episode with our special guest Larry Brilliant.

And maybe you can learn a little thing or two about the pandemic and Larry's amazing life.

So remember to follow him on social if you are interested, Larry Brilliant.

And thank you guys so much for all the support that you've given us throughout 2020.

And we hope that we have provided you with some levity and some escape during a very difficult year for many people.

So thank you all so much. Happy holidays. Happy new year. Now please enjoy our event at the University of Pittsburgh with guest Larry Brilliant.

Yay. Thanks.

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