Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is the newest episode of the

New Year. We're back from hiatus and so excited for what's to come in 2019.

Today is January 7th, 2019,

and I'm your host, Kara Santa Maria. Now Now you've heard me say it before if you've been

listening to the show up to this point. If not then I'm going to say it for the

first time. Talk Nurdie is and will always be a hundred percent free to download

and that's because of the support from incredible individuals just like yourself.

The best way to support the show is to visit www.W.W. Patreon.com

slash TalkNurdy.

You can pledge your support on an episodic basis.

So I want to give a big shout out to our top supporters of the show right now and they include Rob Shrek, Phil T Bear, the zombie drummer, David J. E. Smith, Jeffrey Perez, Charles Payet, Jafe, Gabrielle, Felipe,

Hermiel Gonzalez, Brian Holden, and Jeffrey Sewell.

Each of these individuals is pledging at least $25 per episode to support the show.

But of course, your pledges in any amount are incredibly helpful.

I've got individuals who pledge everywhere from 50 cents all the way up to, well, the sky's the limit.

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So check it out. There's a lot of cool stuff including a brand new design that features author J.R. Becker. Becker has written some really cool books and these books are

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