Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy.

Today is Monday, December 4th, 2023 and I'm the host of the show, Dr. Kara Santa Maria.

So weird to say that still.

So we've got a great episode coming up for you.

Before we dive into it, as always, I do want to thank those of you who make TalkNurdy possible. Remember, the format of my show is... Thank you

to make Talk Nurdy possible.

Remember, the format of my show is that it is and will always be,

as long as I make it, free, 100% free for anybody to download.

I want everybody to have access to the show.

But obviously, it does cost money to make so I

follow that sort of public television public radio model and the platform that I

use is Patreon so that means that if you are able to and willing to support the show

you're basically offsetting it for individuals who can't but who still want to

benefit from it and I've got a bunch of patrons who do that week after week and

I'm just super grateful for them. So as always I want to give a shout out to my

top patrons this week. They include Daniel Lange, David J. E. Smith, Mary Niva, Brian Holden, David Compton,

Gabriel F. Hadamillo, Joe Wilkinson, Pasqualee, and Orica Hageman.

If you are interested in supporting the show,

you can do it for as little as,

I don't even know what the minimum is,

25 cents an episode?

I mean, you could probably do one cent an episode,

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