Manatees. Known for being big. Famous for being cute. Nobody thinks much about them,

so let's have some fun. Let's find out why manatees are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey, hey, hey there folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone.

This week I'm joined by Billy Wayne Davis and by Ellen Weatherford.

Billy is one of my favorite guests.

He was most recently here for an episode

about rest areas. He's also a wonderful stand-up comedian. BWD Tour.com. That's the website I

recommend. BWDTour.com that has all his upcoming dates, such as several middle of July shows

all over Texas. Texas, you're going to get some Billy Wayne Davis.

Middle of July. Going to be great. Billy's also a wonderful podcaster hosting and making his own

shows. He has one called Grown Local about cannabis and growing it and how that works. And he has a

whole other Patreon called Podcast Wayne Davis, which is what it sounds like. It's Billy Wayne Davis

podcasting. What more could you want? Ellen Weatherford is a new guest and a wonderful one. She is

co-hosts of the podcast, Just the Zoo of Us. And Just the Zoo of Us is on the Maximum Fun Network.

She and her husband Christian make that show about animals, and they make it from Florida.

So, hey, episode about manatees, an animal podcast from Florida.

Pretty good fit, Alex.

Thank you.

Ellen's also just great in general.

You're going to love her.

Speaking of our residences, I've gathered all of our zip codes.

I've used internet resources like native-land.ca to acknowledge that I recorded

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