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before we begin. I'm going to be interviewing Adam Corolla on Friday for an episode on capitalism

that's coming up and depending on whether that goes really good or really bad, it's an exciting

prospect. We may have six episodes of the show out this month. Now, patreon subscribers, don't worry,

don't worry. I would never even think of charging you for six episodes in a month. This month

is about giving back giving back to all you out there that stuck with me for the first part of this

year. Thank you. That said, I want to try for one of those episodes, something new and do a Q&A

episode. Now, this would be completely in addition to four great episodes of the show. You're not

going to have to go without the primary shows that you can listen to me answer questions. You don't

have to listen to it. You don't have to download it. Just wanted to do something fun and answer

questions that listeners have about anything really. Clarifications of previous philosophers,

future philosophers, how the shows put together. Maybe why I've ostensibly omitted an entire

gender of people from the history of philosophy on purpose. Really, you can ask me anything,

and because people don't have to download the episode if they don't want to, what do I care if it

goes over 30 minutes? Send your questions in. Hopefully, you know how to reach me by now.

Steve at Stephen West Show.com. I'm Stephen West on Twitter. Facebook.com.com. So I'll talk about

the show. Let's get on to the program. Henry David Thoreau was an American author and philosopher

who in the year 1845 resigned himself from public life to a shack in the woods next to a lake

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