This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey Query, I was coming here today's guest, Jeff Regalese.

He's a friend of mine and my wife, Katie's, who recently went through struggle with monkey

pox.

You can hear all about it on podcasting, and I really, really appreciate his time and

his honesty.

And hey, if you're in Los Angeles, I am at Largo on the 23rd of August.

That's tomorrow.

You can still get tickets at cameraNesposito.com.

I hope Zip guests on the podcast introduce themselves.

Would you introduce yourself?

Sure.

My name is Jeffrey Galese.

I'm from New York.

I am 41.

That's hard to say out loud, but it's true.

Yeah, what would you like to know?

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