Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, October 4th,

2021 and I'm the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria. And before we dive into this week's episode, as always, I'm going to sound

a little like a broken record and I'm going to thank those of you who continue to make

Talk Nurdy possible. Remember, TalkNurdyism will always be 100% free to download.

And that really is because I rely so much on the support of you,

the listening audience. You know, sometimes I sell ads this week as an example of a week

when I couldn't sell any ads and so your patronage really does carry the show through,

especially in such a difficult time, a time in which the TV show I was

working on was cancelled, a time in which my only income is podcast income, and I'm also trying

to support myself through COVID-19 and of course a PhD in clinical psych.

I think of it as an investment, but there are some days when I forget that because it's been rough. You guys make this all possible and I thank you so much.

All right, so this week's top patrons include Rob Shrek. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

You recently even upped your pledge,

and gosh, I don't even know how to thank you.

I also want to thank Daniel Lang,

tried and true, Mary Niva,

Brian Holden, Christopher Pitts, David J. E. Smith, Dudas Infinitas, June Sappara,

Ul Rica Hagman, and Robert Christ, thank you all so so much.

And to the, you know, hundreds or dozens, almost hundreds, others of you who, you know, even at a dollar,

it's just incredibly, incredibly beneficial.

If you do want to pledge your support you can visit my website

talk nerdy.com also kara Santa Maria.com or you can just go directly to

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