Hey everyone.

Welcome to Talk Nurdy.

I am Kara Santo Maria, and I'm really excited about today's episode because it is the first in-studio

episode that I've recorded in a while.

In-studio, that sounds so professional. By in studio, I mean in my dining room. But it was a whole lot of fun. Before I introduce my guest, I want to thank those of you who support the podcast in the many ways that you do.

I actually don't have a sponsor for this week's episode, which is kind of a bummer because

the sponsorships really do help support the show.

If any of you listening have

your own business for example, hit me up. You can shoot me a message on

Facebook which is Facebook.com slash science Kara or you can even send an email during Facebook, Let me know if you're interested in partnering with me doing a little advertising on the show.

Also if you are an international listener and you've wanted to buy something from the Talk Nurdy

Store and you haven't been able to use the shopping carts software because it doesn't really service most countries.

You can also hit me up there, Shop TalkNurdy at gmail.com and you can place an international

order and we'll just check out via PayPal.

Speaking of the store, you can visit at cara Santa Maria.com and

click on the icon for store and there's all sorts of cool stuff for sale there

t-shirts and slap bracelets and cool little sticker button packs

and even really beautiful hand-tooled leather bookmarks and key chains and, oh, and even handmade mugs really fun.

Check it out it's a great way to support the show.

Speaking of supporting the show so many great segues here at the top.

I want to give a shout out to a handful of you who have

supported the show this week and who have really given quite a bit to support

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