Thanks for tuning in to our bonus episode preview.

This is just a short sample of this week's exclusive Patreon episode.

You can hear the episode in its entirety by becoming a member at patreon.com slash indoctrination, where you'll gain

access to all of our exclusive episodes and merchandise.

I'm so happy to have Marissa back with me on the show. This is going to be for a bonus episode

and is one of those like back by popular demand interviews where there was a lot of response

to you talking about your story and how heartfelt it was and how impactful it was and how what you said

really resonated with so many people listening. And we got to the end and then there was still

so much left to talk about. So we're going to pick up some of those things today. And I'll let

you take the lead on that because I'm sure you are aware of the things that we didn't quite get to in a way

that I'm not. So welcome back. Thank you. It's so nice to be back and my stomach settles

when I'm back in this space because it's you and I just feel a sense of comfort and strength

and strength to pick back up and fill in some of the pieces and to kind of

spend some time reflecting on what it's been like since I spoke with you the first time

considering you were it was the first opportunity to speak publicly. So there's been a lot and also

some things that I wasn't in a space to talk about

or wasn't quite sure how to talk about that was going on when I first spoke with you. And I kind of have

more words and language to discuss some of that as well. So just really grateful to be here,

really grateful to be back. I'm so glad. I'm so glad. One of the things that is interesting to talk about, and maybe this is where we

start, is what it was like for you to talk. And the response that you may have gotten, you know,

when people listen back on how they told a story, sometimes they think about that's that the first

time they've said something out loud, or they have certain revelations that they've

...