Hello and welcome to Ask Me Anything with Jamila Jamil. I hope you're well. This is a podcast episode where if you haven't heard before, I answer your

questions directly, no matter how serious or silly they are. Sometimes I have a guest, but when I

have millions of questions, like the ones that you sent in this week, then I choose to do it on my

own so I can get through and get to as many as possible. I do also think I wanted to do this by myself because I know that we

are starting to begin the wind down process of this podcast. And I think I crave moments of

intimacy of just it being you and me. And I want to quickly say a word on that and there will be

more. But basically, I have loved doing this podcast so much for the past nearly five years.

And thank you so much for all the people who've been listening from the very start

and who send me your Spotify wrapped every Christmas and show me that you spent hundreds of hours with us on this podcast.

I really appreciate it.

I have learned so much, not just from my amazing guests, but also from you.

And you've pushed me and encouraged me and made me want to find bigger and more interesting

and more inclusive stories. And I thank you so much for that.

Thank you for all the guests you recommended also because I don't think I ever would have found those people.

I really feel as though this has been a collaborative podcast between all of us.

And I guess it's because the subjects were also interesting that I think this type of podcast needs to be moved to a format where I can dig deeper into each subject.

It's, we've covered so much, so much ground, so many topics on fucking nearly everything.

But these subjects are nuanced and they have layers

and they have history and it's hard to cram that into 35 or 40 minutes. So I think when we

return, it will be in more of a kind of mini-series way where it's like women's health or

mental health or global politics where we can actually really sink our teeth

into what the fuck is going on and not having to cram it into more of a kind of sound bite haven.

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