I am thrilled to announce. We have a sponsor for the show, and it's a group that I've been relying on for so many years, the Pew Research Center.

And the thing they do that I love the most as a guy who talks about religion and love statistics is their religious landscape study, which Pew has been conducting for nearly 20 years.

With responses from over 35,000 Americans across every state, the religious

landscape study is a comprehensive look at faith, beliefs, and identity in our lives and our

country. It's the largest single survey Pew conducts, aiming to provide authoritative information

on the size and characteristics of U.S. religious groups,

because guess what? The U.S. Census Bureau doesn't collect that stuff. On the Religious Landscape

Studies interactive website, you can find survey data by metro area, state, region, or for the whole

country. You can also explore the social and political views and

demographic traits of U.S. religious groups. Pew Research Center conducts high-quality research

to inform the public, journalists, and leaders about the issues, attitudes, and trends

shaping our world. Studying trends in U.S. religion is a key part of the Center's longstanding

research agenda. To learn more about the religious landscape study and dive into the data,

visit pewresearch.org slash RLS. And with that, hello. Hello indeed. How are you doing?

I'm doing excellent.

There are so many stories that I couldn't wait to tell you about because they will absolutely infuriate you.

And you are going to a place.

Yes, I'm going to a place.

We're very good at this.

I'm going to Snaquamie in Washington.

We're going to have a meetup at the Snaquammy Brewery. It's on February 22nd, if that is in fact that Saturday at 7 p.m. just at the ground floor of the brewery. Very excited to see everybody. It's going to be very fun in a weird mix of y'all and like some Twin Peaks nerds. So I don't know what that's going to look like.

Anyway, it's going to be a ton of fun.

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