Hi guys, it's Raich and I'm coming in ahead of today's actual podcast episode with a thank you.

Today, this episode, this is number 500.

I heard recently some crazy statistic that most podcasts will never get past 10 episodes.

It's something like only 2% of podcasts will get over 10 episodes recorded.

And so to be at this place at 500 episodes is freaking awesome.

Honestly, what's funny too is that this is 500 episodes since we started counting.

Because back when we began this thing, back in 2017, we had no idea what we were doing.

You've probably heard me say this before, but honestly, producer Jack and I, we just googled.

We looked up the kind of equipment that we needed and we were super confused about how you uploaded a podcast anywhere.

We never even really did a very good job of telling people that the podcast was there.

We just kept making content.

And what's so rad is that this mighty trio, me, producer Jack and Andrew, our sound editor, are the same three people.

Who started this show six years ago.

The same three people have made, produced and edited every single episode you've ever listened to here.

And honestly, all of us have jobs because you listen to all of the episodes that we create.

So, thank you.

Thank you for showing up.

Thank you for supporting us.

Thank you for subscribing.

Thank you for sharing the content with your friends.

Thank you for calling into the hotline and giving us ideas for new content.

We are as strong as we are because of this community.

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