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Today is February 16, 2021 and before introducing today's guest, I want to share the results

of our poll of your favorite episodes of 2020.

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Here are your top 10 episodes of 2020.

First two honorable mentions, LA Paul on Vampire's Life Choices and Transformation.

And when I presod on cancer drugs, medical ethics and malignant, they would have been

in the top 10 if we had limited voting to people who had heard every episode.

Now the top 10, number 10, a tie between you, Vallevin on a time to build and Tyler

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