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Whoa, too much. Slow your engines down.

You know what? Turn off the engines. You didn't even have to drive here.

You could have walked. You always knew the path. It was...

Serial. Hi. Welcome to the empty bowl, which is a meditative

podcast about cereal. You listen to it. You relax. You let the warm milk wash over you. And you give

yourself a little mental break from whatever you have going on in your life. For the next half

hour or so, just think about cereal. It is my pleasure to introduce to you my co-host, my partner,

my fellow journeyman here, Dan Gubert.

Wow, that's crazy.

The first time I've never introduced myself on this podcast, I think. I wanted to introduce you this time, Dan.

Also, I realized I was rambling and forgot to introduce either of us.

I'm Justin McElroy, and I'm a serial enthusiast.

Okay, yes, that was my co-host, Justin McElroy, treasured voice of this podcast.

And I am Dan Gubert, and I am a serial hibernator, building a den for myself out of golden graham shingles held together by a fine paste of soggy grape nuts.

You see now why I couldn't let you just introduce me when I had that one in the

chamber. We now join this episode of the empty bowl already in progress. We're going to have news.

We're going to have reviews. We're going to just think about cereal. And we're happy that you're

here with us. I will say, folks, it's January and that means a real full docket over here.

We got a lot to talk about.

Dan, let's not.

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