This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always I welcome your polite engaged feedback and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Quarry. Hey Quiroz, Editor Valerie here. This week we are revisiting three more of our favorite conversations from

2023. We'll hear from the influencer Maddie B. Webb, the stand-up comic Ali

Colbert, and the author Kaicheng Tom. These are all really lovely conversations and I loved hearing them a second time.

Hey, do you live in Los Angeles? Do you want to visit Los Angeles? I recommend that you go and see Cameron's new show,

Velvet Tuesdays at the

Allegiant Theater. I saw the December show and it rocked. There were like three or

four killer stand-up sets. There was a drag king and there was a real live saxophone player.

Tickets are only 16 bucks.

The next one is January 23rd.

Get your tickets now before they sell out,

because they will, at Ellegion theater.com.

Happy New Year from all of us here at query

and please enjoy the show.

I've been feeling wrong, but I'm still holding on,. I know I know it's careless

I'm I'm one year out almost one year out publicly on the internet

Yeah, it's to Betsy this is amazing one year out publicly on the internet.

Yeah, it's too Betsy, this is amazing.

How has that been?

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