Hey, it's Brad and if you're just joining us for the first time this week, man, you

have missed some incredible storytelling.

And that is because a few months ago, we basically circled this week on the calendar and

we told the producers of Start Here, hey, if you've got a story that you've been waiting

to report on, if there's something that you just think needs more than the average five

or six minutes on Start Here, this is the time to go for it.

Like go report out that story.

And as a result, we've now heard this week about what revolutionary war reenactments tell

us about American life in 2022.

We've heard about how emoji find their way onto your phone.

And today, we have a special member of the Start Here team.

Ariel Stomsky Chester, our social media producer, the woman who's constantly inventing how

you see more of our material.

She's the one who's photoshopping, like the weird pictures of my dumb face that end up

on our Instagram.

She's also constantly mining the depths of the internet for story ideas.

She has with us today.

Hey, Ariel.

Hey.

You are. I'm so excited. You're here because you are a perhaps the most online person I've

ever met.

And yet I know this now about you when you unplug, you really unplug.

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