Hey guys welcome to episode 272 of the podcast.

Listen, this is a little out of character.

It's a it's off the beaten path.

I'm sure there's a series of terms that would work much better

under these circumstances.

But basically, as you'll hear from the episode, this is all like sort of current events thinking

out loud, puzzling through some of the just kind of nuanced confusion that I personally have felt over some of the things that have happened the last few months with regards to,

well, just, you know, sort of, oh, you'll, I mean, look, there's been a lot in social

media about various people doing various bad things.

So you get the idea.

I just, in terms of shoutouts,

want to thank everybody who was a part of SF SketchV us,

my partners, David Owen and Cole Stratton,

are extraordinary, very, very special, very awesome staff.

And the amazing performers and the audience that continue to show up here after year. I can't believe we've had

17 of those things. I'm just sort of circling back home and trying not to get

sick because it's sort of a tradition. and taking care of business both personal and professional. So I hope everyone's

doing well and a couple of people had sort of asked me to weigh in on some of the things that have been going on in the world and I really

Have tremendous respect for Eliza and for

Just kind of the way she puts her feelings out into the world and so I wanted to have her as a sounding board and also to hear sort of how she was feeling about stuff.

I found this to be very satisfying

conversation. She's terrific and I hope you enjoy it too. I'll talk to you next time on

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