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It's Topics, the podcast where two comedians discuss serious topics in a serious way.

Although if something funny happens, that's okay too.

I'm Michael Ian Black, joined as always by Michael Showalter.

It's good to be here.

We've got a very full plate today, so I want to very quickly go over the rules. And of course, the main rule in topics is there are no rules.

And I know that sounds flip to some of the listeners, but I really do mean it. We let this

conversation range everywhere.

We have a guideline, which is we try to cover 80% of any given topic, which leads to our

recommendation for whatever percentage we don't cover, we encourage our study groups all over

the world to finish it among themselves.

A quick reminder, we are having Topicon this summer. It's happening in the Pine Barrens,

and it's going to be terrific. Check the message boards, check the forums for all the information

regarding that.

And I just quickly, we've been getting a lot of people because, you know, all the registration

materials are up on the website. And I guess some people have been complaining about that we've

been asking for credit card information on some of the registration materials. And I just want everyone

to know that that's optional. If you don't want to give us some of that personal information,

that's fine. You can always... You can pay with Bitcoin. Bitcoin. We also take PayPal.

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