Welcome to the Tech Policy podcast and grab a box of tissues because it's about to get sappy.

For the first and only time as host, I'm going to read from a prepared statement.

Hosting this podcast has been the greatest pleasure of my professional life.

Across over 200 episodes, I've been fortunate to speak to and meet some of the smartest and coolest people in the world.

I'm grateful to all my guests who, without exception, came on this show, operated in good faith, and articulated their message in a thoughtful way.

I'd like to think this show played a small but important part in turning down the temperature of our national discourse

and providing a platform for people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and walks of life

to discuss and debate the issues that will affect our futures for decades to come.

Over three and a half years at Tech Freedom, I've had the privilege of waking up every day,

knowing that I'd be fighting for a cause I believed in, and

policies I truly believed would make the world a better place to innovate. But it's not enough

to love what you do. You've got to love who you do it with. So I want to thank all the current

and former employees at Tech Freedom, who made working here such an incredible experience.

And special thanks to those who got this show off the ground and contributed to its success.

To Jackie Silset, who designed the killer branding and helped launch the show at the very beginning.

To Dan Beneventi, who made sure I always had the tools and equipment I needed to disseminate our propaganda to as many years as possible.

To Dan Reynolds, our longtime editor who soundproofed our studio and made the audio crisp and

clean for our listeners.

To Josh Evans, whose research and preparation was as integral to the show as anything and helped

dupe our listeners into thinking I actually know what I'm talking about.

To Ashton Kazarian, who booked guests and was a guest herself and produced some of our best

episodes on topics like CIA hacking and NSA surveillance.

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