Hey, what's up, it's Joe. Thanks for listening to the podcasts. Before we get into it,

I want to remind you guys that this spring, 2023, I am back on tour. You can get your tickets

at MrDTimes3.com. I'm coming to New Brunswick, New Jersey, Honolulu, Spokane, Toronto,

Sacramento. Then I'm filming my first ever comedy special at the Blasco Theater in Los Angeles,

California. After that, it's Denver, St. Louis, Burlington, Vermont, Nashville, Austin,

Billy, Charlotte, and Madison, Wisconsin. Get your tickets at MrDTimes3.com, and we'll

see you there. Hey, social studies listeners, I'm bringing you something a little bit different

right now. I'm actually bringing you a preview from a new podcast that I'm really enjoying.

And this all stemmed from the Let's Watch TV episode of Love on the Spectrum that my

mom and I did. We had such great reviews from you, the listeners that when I started

listening to this podcast, I knew that you might find it super interesting. It's called

The Loudest Girl in the World, and it's hosted by Lauren Oper, who you may or may not know

from other podcasts that she's made, such as Spectacular Failures and The Big Listen.

What I've learned about her so far from listening is that growing up, Lauren is getting in

a lot of trouble, right? Because she has a lot of sensory issues and her anxiety is just

beyond off the charts. But then late in 2020, when she's in her forties, in the middle

of a global pandemic, she found out why all this was happening. She found out that she's

actually autistic. Now, Lauren's always been a really big thinker and very, very social.

So she might not be what someone would assume autism is like or looks like. And that's

the point of this entire podcast. It's to change people's ideas around what autism

is and what it is not. The loudest girl in the world is the story of Lauren's journey

to understand what it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to live life with a new

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