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four things. We are talking about headlines. We have a Q&A on mental health. I'm not sure I'm

equipped to answer much of that, but we will do our best. We we're going to do adulting as we always do.

And then we will have chaps on chaps. It's got a bunch of stuff going on in his personal and

family life. He talked about it on podfathers this week, but we're going to get his perspective.

And that's what we're going to do today's episode. Okay. First headline is the NASDAQ

diversity role. So late last week, the SEC has approved the NASDAQ's new diversity role.

That rule is aimed at upping the number of directors who are women, who are people of color,

and who are members of the LGBTQ plus community. It was actually interesting that it was buried

on page 40 of the rulebook. And the footnote in the document is going to have a dramatic effect

about how VCs think about their own role in board seat selection. So so the net net on this one

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