Hey folks, this is Brad Listy. Before we get started, I just wanted to give a quick plug to the ASPCA, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I do this, I think, every year, right around this time of year. The ASPCA, you can make a donation right now at ASPCA.org. This is a great organization that for 150 years has worked tirelessly to put an end to animal abuse and neglect.

It's a national leader in the areas of rescue, adoption, and welfare, but none of it is possible

without ASPCA guardians.

What are guardians? Guardians, they give regular monthly gifts, and they provide a consistent,

reliable income stream that allows the ASPCA to spend less time fundraising and more time saving animals lives, helping animals in danger, and so on and so forth.

So go to ASPCA.org and make a donation.

It's a good thing to do any time of year, but especially this time of year.

All right, let's get started.

You are not alone.

You have found other people.

You and I have a friend in common.

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

I think it's really beautiful.

Jesus, stated what I struggle, you know?

It was incredible.

You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Hey, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is apparently happening to somehow got recorded. How's it going out there? I'm Brad Listy. I'm here in Los Angeles, California. It's nice to be with you,

and it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the 2015 holiday spectacular episode of the

Other People podcast. That's right, folks. The holiday spectacular episode is now reality.

It is the final episode of 2015 and the very first episode in the history of this program

in which I have been intoxicated while recording.

And I should clarify that I'm not intoxicated right now.

But I was intoxicated.

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