Hello and welcome to Close Reeds here on the Surcy Institute Podcast Network.

I'm David Kern, and as always on Close Reeds, I am joined by Angelina Sanford and Tim McIntosh.

Angelina is sitting across the table from me here at Sarsi HQ, and Tim is on an adventure somewhere in Wyoming.

Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Rock Springs to be more specific.

So Tim, you're journeying eastward?

That's right.

I started Monday from Eugene, and I spent Monday evening in Boise at an Airbnb, and I'm staying at a holiday end today because I wanted to ensure, David, that I had a strong, clear internet connection for recording close reads.

We really appreciate that, Tim.

Thank you.

I thought...

That's not sincere.

I'm sorry.

You should see your face.

No, David set up the office in a way that I can't help but use my NPR voice, and it's a little disturbing.

So I did a whole telethon thing before you came on oh we asked a bunch of people for money that

they're listening if you like the program you're listening to it's just the way he's

got it set up I just automatically so Tim thank you very much for having the internet

yeah we we are in uh we're in my office, actually.

The group of the office that Grandma and I share instead of in the studio space because we've been having some computer issues.

So I'm hopeful that this is going to solve some of the computer issues.

Uh, I'm not, I'm hopeful, but not optimistic.

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