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Welcome to the Double X-Gscab Fest for Thursday, December 12th, the Super Friend edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen in the D.C. studio.

And I am joined in New York by Noreen Malone from the New Republic.

Hi, Noreen.

Hey, Hannah. And June Thomas, editor at Slate. Hi, June. Hey there. Hi. So before we start, I want to announce that for a final show of the year, which is in a couple of weeks, we are going to answer questions submitted by you, our listeners. So here's how it's going to work. I'm going to give you a phone number in a second,

and you guys are going to call that number and ask us a question. It can be any question, something that you wish we discussed but didn't. It can be your favorite news story, cultural trend, or TV show of the year. It can even be a personal advice type question, because even though we are not dear prudies, you know, we'll do our best. We'll do our best.

Or it can be something that you want to know about one of us. So please call. We're going to select the questions that we like best and play them over the air using your name.

So remember that. There'll be instructions also on how to leave a message once I leave the phone number. The voicemail will explain to you exactly how we're going to use the question. So here it goes. 424-255-7833. That's 424-255-7833. And you'll hear the voice of our

executive producer, Andy Bowers, and he will tell you how to leave the message. You guys ready for our listeners to talk to us? I can't wait to see what they will ask. Will it be some style question? Because, you know, I hope it's not about cleaning advice. That's my big hope. Oh, God, cleaning advice. That's right. I used to have that book, that cleaning book.

Somebody gave that to me when I first got married, obnoxious with it. You know, that sort of modern lady who tells you. And I actually did used to use it because it tells you how to get out every stain. Yeah. Eliza Truitt, an old slatester, swore by that book. She loved it. But now you can just Google cleaning it.

Exactly.

I had a success the other day.

I got it. But now you can just Google cleaning it. Exactly.

You can Google everything. I had a success the other day. I got oil out of a silk dress and I was so

proud of myself. Oh my God. That really does seem like an achievement. Talkum powder. Oh, wow.

Super easy. Ten minutes on. Excellent. This is now a cleaning podcast. Post. hosted by me and my Google search history.

We'll have to invite Stephen Marsh, who wrote that, you know, who the hell cares about cleaning piece onto the show because who cares about cleaning.

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