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I can't believe that already next week's episode will be our penultimate episode of the season

before we take our standard end of season three week break and return for season 19.

And we have some very exciting news regarding season 19, which will be shared with our Patreon's first, and will be announced on our penultimate episode next week.

And I genuinely cannot wait to share that news with you,

especially after season 18 has proven to be our most interactive season to date.

You will have often heard me bang on about how I want this to be your show

and be to be a mere conduit to tell your experiences.

And we are now getting to that point. I genuinely

feel it. This season, especially with the amount of back and forth correspondence, both between you and I

and between yourselves as a listener group. And that listener group is something which I genuinely

have a half-felt sincere appreciation for.

And there's a wonderful word called qualia, which means you don't know how to describe the word.

And that's exactly what this feeling is when I think about the community we've managed to build together.

And it's only growing stronger and stronger, and interestingly, I thought as the community

grew, it would start to lose its ethos, i.e. paying everyone respect and being a safe space.

But on the contrary, it's grown even stronger.

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