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Hey, this is Alex.

Really quick before we start, Hyperfix was nominated for a couple of Signal Awards,

and we would love it if you could vote for us in the People's Choice Awards for best new podcast and best live podcast recording.

There will be links in the show notes for you to do that, and that is all I have to say.

Thanks so much.

Enjoy the episode.

Hi, I'm Alex Goldman.

This is hyper-fixed.

On this show, listeners write in with their problems big and small,

and I solve them. Or at least I try. And if I don't, I at least give a good reason why I can't.

This week, garbage fruit, or the fruit of Theseus. So these days, I am working on a bunch of freelance projects.

This is Robin. She lives in D.C. and she works as a podcast producer, which is why when I asked what she's been working on recently, I didn't think it was super weird for her to say this.

For a long time, I was living professionally in the world of like spooky history and dark

stories, and I have a wealth of knowledge about ghosts. When you work in narrative podcasting,

you spend a lot of time learning weird stuff, walking down roads that other people might not

walk, looking at things that might otherwise be overlooked, and

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