Hello and welcome to Close Reads on the Circe Institute Podcast Network.

I am David Kern, and as always on Close Reads, I am joined by Tim McIntosh and Angelina Stanford, or Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh,

or whichever you choose.

We'll allow the audience to put whomever first they wish.

But then it becomes the popularity contest,

and I don't know if any of us want that.

Either way, you know what happens?

My name comes first because I say hi, I'm David Kern.

Well done.

Now we know why you made yourself the host of the show.

I see.

Only in as much as I said, hey, guys, you want to do a podcast?

Tim and I are like, yeah, we'll talk about books by ourselves and no one will ever hear,

but we'll have fun.

And of the three of us, I'm probably the only one who you can count on to be anywhere

on time.

Hey, I'm always here on time.

You're supposed to say to me, you were late today.

Oh, that's right. right you were i was five minutes

late because i was literally the only one on the thing i should just done the podcast by myself

done voices for each of you because i know how this goes david interesting tim can i just

rabbit trail here for a minute one time in 1972 i would i you could have done that all afternoon and it could have been the best

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