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Hello, and welcome to another lovely episode, The Lines Led by Donkey's Podcast. I'm Joe,

and with me again, returning champion of, I don't know, a five, six times now? Sarah,

a bit came from the sea. Hello, Sarah. I'm here. The fans enjoy the Sarah episodes.

I enjoy the Sarah episodes. I also enjoy the fans, too. I fucking hate them. I hate them so

much. We've spent hours recording podcasts together. If you're a regular listener of the show,

you've probably noticed that over the course of the last several months, a lot of our episodes

have been dark to say the least. I thought it would be a very good idea to do one that is not

so soul-crushing. Sarah actually gave me the idea to do the military career, the illustrious,

heroic military career of L. Ron Hubbard. I'm going to be honest. When I threw that out there

in an Adderall field, I really didn't think there'd be more than a paragraph or two for you to

read about. Good news. There is a lot. All right. There really wouldn't be. If he was just some guy

that did not go out and, in fact, found one of the largest cults in the world currently,

that's what it would be. He would just be another shitbag during a time like in World War Two,

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