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there are some updates to the show. After a couple months of doing the Sundays only, we're going

to go back to Sundays and Wednesdays. Sorry about going all over the place. We're just doing

our best to keep up with the changes in the marketplace. For the long-time listeners of the podcast, you know I actually do enjoy providing

as much content as possible. So we aren't going to completely pull back what we've been doing

on Sundays. Instead of going back to two stories, there's going to be three stories on Sundays

and two on Wednesdays. Don't worry,

the holders are still on their own feed and I'll stay there and we'll be coming back this week

with new episodes. We're also going to be trying something a little different and providing

more intros to the stories themselves to prepare people for the subject matter they're about

to hear. We have a lot in store for the new year and want to thank you all for hanging with us as

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