Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday, May 15th and I'm

your host Kara Santa Maria. I have to apologize for the show coming out just a few hours later than usual.

I've been traveling quite a bit and I'm just playing catch-up.

But I'm here now and I'm really excited about this week's episode when we talk with the Dr.

Shaina Montanari. But before we jump into that, I want to thank those of you who made Talk Nertie

possible this week. And I know I say it every week, but I do think it bears repeating.

Talk Nurdy is and will always be 100% free to download, and that is mostly because of the support of listeners just like you.

Most people show their support by pledging via Patreon that's at Patreon.

That's at Patreon.com slash TalkNurdy.

And there you can pledge any dollar amount from, you know, just a few cents to a few bucks.

And you pledge on a per episode basis that is probably the bulk of the way that the show gets

supported I do sell ads from time to time and other ways that the show is supported

are through my PayPal portal which you can find at

Kara Santa Maria.com or by shopping in the online store where I have a bunch of really cool

talk nerdy merch that 100% goes to pay for the show to pay me, as I am the only

one who works on this show, to do all of the, you know, booking and producing and editing and all the things that are necessary

the many hours that I put into it but you can also support the show in a non-monetary

way by sharing it on social media and by rating and reviewing through iTunes or Google Play or all of the other places where you can find the RSS feed.

Yeah, so all of those things help. They are awesome and I really couldn't do it

without you guys. So I want to give props to my biggest supporters this week.

Through the PayPal portal I want to thank Rob Shrek and

through the Patreon portal I want to thank Phil T-Bare, Timothy Glover, Jonathan

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