Hello and welcome to an extra special episode of Iway with Jameela Jameel of podcast about change

Today is our hundred episode

That is absolutely wild to me. I can't believe you're still listening

It took me years to start a podcast because I've always wanted to have one

But I've never done it because I thought that everyone would think I was shit

And they would hate it and I would listen and to think that you have supported this and told your friends and family about it

And now it's grown just so many people listening and so many people participating and engaging and writing me letters and messages and asking for guests and subjects to be covered

I can't believe you stuck with me especially through a pandemic when I was even going outside or commuting

You took time and you're in the fucking blur of time that was the last shit show of the last two years

To listen to and to join me in this kind of

It's an experiment of progress. You know, I'm the crash test dummy

Can I become less stupid?

Can I become more informed? Can I become more tolerant?

Can I alter my behavior? Can I find my toxicity and remove it?

And I do that very very nakedly in front of all of you because I want people to feel safe to do it with me

I have been I'm sure will continue to be at times

Accidentally problematic and aggressive and unimpathetic and un-sympathetic and I have learned so much on this podcast from not just our extraordinary guests

But from you and from your letters

I read as many as I can and I'm very very humbled constantly by the things that you teach me and this podcast

And I know this sounds a bit ridiculous, but especially in what's been going on in the world

In a way that I could never have predicted just makes me feel so much less alone

Because I feel like we're on this journey together and I feel like you're all as excited as I am

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