Hi everyone welcome back to the Be Therein 5 podcast. I'm Kate Kennedy your host. I'm

Chicago based 32 year old Orange Pernour pop culture commentator author podcaster little

of this a little of that. No I'm trying to get a little bit better but introducing myself

for if you're unaware my be therein 5 name is the namesake of my company be therein 5

and I kind of got my start for inventing something called the remindormat and I own the IP

for like phrases on doormats like turn off your straightener turn off your curling iron

we would make these custom reminder mats of like lists for forgetful people on their way out the

doorhands like the be therein 5 of it all you know the type of person is probably flustered when

they're leaving like myself and I'm excited because I'm took a year off from the mats and now I'm

kind of incorporating it fingers crossed hopefully with like a broader merge situation under the be

therein 5 brand so stay tuned I'm hoping this will work out I but it was good I needed a I needed

time to write some other stuff and to do the podcast and it's funny it's it's funny because I'm

you know I'm a multitasker and I'm always working on so many different projects but there's

something to be said about focus and I love this podcast so much and I love the list or so much

I was like I'm just going to take a little bit of time and see if I can expand it and see if I can

make it more of a full time gig and this past year has been so rewarding so cool I just can't

even believe you guys come back every week and um thank you for sticking with me as always I

disclaimer this podcast is long formed by design I there's a lot of male focused really long

podcast and as a listener I love to dig into like the episodes and like do a long-ass chore and

just have a great time and so I think I probably create my content and a reflection of what I

consume and I know it's not for everybody but um you know I just like to get into and I like to

spend time on these questions because you guys are so nice to call in so yeah we're we try to

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