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Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.

I'm Rachel Feldman.

I'm Sarah Trotosh.

I'm Josh Gondelman.

Josh, welcome to the show.

This is Chris Kners.

I'm sure people who enjoy podcasts have heard Josh's voice before.

He is a frequent guest on Wait, Wait, Toe Tell Me.

He hosts a delightful show called Make My Day, which I caught up on a few episodes this

morning and they did truly make my day.

So thank you.

Oh my gosh, thank you.

That is like truly the kindest compliment because it's like literally the premise of the

show isn't it?

I really just wanted to be like a fun breezy half hour that makes people feel better on

the way out than they came in feeling.

And then you also, after writing for some time for John Oliver, you now write and produce

for Jesus and Merrill, which I often forget because I kind of just think of your job as

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