Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday December 16th 2019 and I'm

the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.

So I am just back from a trip with the Skeptics Guide to the

Universe to the New Zealand Skeptics Conference

and the Australian Skeptics Conference Skepticon.

So I visited Christ Church, New Zealand, and Melbourne, Australia.

I had a wonderful time, met so many incredible people,

and I want to thank everybody who came to the conferences who

listened to the show and yeah oh my gosh just a big love fest it's almost the

holidays you guys so I'm not sure if you remember but every year I take two weeks off over the holiday

season so that I can relax and reset.

You guys are busy anyway, you're not even listening during those two weeks.

And so yeah, this is going to be my last episode of 2019.

That means it's the last episode of the year

and the last episode of the decade.

What?

So we will actually be back with a brand new show. Let's see what the date will be on that.

On January 6th, 2020. Weird.

It's also the first day for me back at school, so I'm going to enjoy my staycation.

But a few things that you can do to support the show throughout the holidays. Obviously you can become a patron of the show by going to

www.patrion.com slash talk nerdy. Patron support the show on an episodic basis everywhere from a dollar to I don't know a hundred dollars. Why not? Nobody supports the show at that level, but that would be cool. This time around I do want to thank my top-tier patrons.

They include Pasquale gelati, Sinai, Orica Hagman, Duda Sinidas, Phil T-Bare, the zombie drummer, David J. E. Smith, Brian Holden, and Jeffrey Sewell.

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