Diva?

Diva.

Diva Dahl.

How's it going?

Diva Dahl.

Ah, my heart, I'm so happy you're here.

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, listeners, I'm Zach Stanford, as you know, and today I have just the most special episode in the world for you.

Saeed Jones is out, but you're still listening to Vibe Check.

And today, the one and only, Fran Tarado is here with us.

Hello.

I'm so happy to be here.

Honestly, I mean, I'm a listener of Vibe Check.

What are Vibe Check stands called?

Actually, Fran, that's a great question. We love to ask people that what would you guess Vibe Check fans are called?

I don't know. Vibe Nation. Vibnation, that's great. Little Vibesters.

Okay, so people will sometimes say vibrators, which I love.

Not vibrators.

Little Hitachis.

I love, but no, the phrase that is most assigned to them is tied to the Patreon, which

is pumpkin patch.

So people say I'm in the pumpkin patch.

And that's because Sam Sanders, when he was a part of the show, our dear sister, he loves alliterations. And so he just thought of pumpkins when he thought of Patreon, even though it had nothing to do with Halloween. And it has stuck in both the best and worst ways. Because I'm like, as a branding girl, which we'll talk about you and branding, I'm like, we have nothing to do with pumpkins or Halloween. But yet that is what we're called the pumpkin patch. No, the pumpkin patch is what the fans are called. You're like, I am not selling T-shirts with pumpkins on them. I mean, it's better than like a virgin over at my podcast because our stands are just called virgins. Virgins, which I love. So, you know, double meaning. Well, listeners, you know, if you don't know who Fran is today, you're going to fall in love by the end of this episode. Because I have been in love with Fran Toronto for my goodness, Fran. How long have we known each other for? Oh, God, hasn't been a decade? It's over a decade. Well over a decade. It would be maybe 12 years. Oh my God.

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