Welcome to the Hidden Gin, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron

Minky.

Hi and welcome to this very special bonus series of the Hidden Gin, the interviews.

In these episodes you'll hear me talk to people from all walks of life who have had

gin experiences, are drawn to the stories of gin and draw lessons from these stories.

You'll hear from artists, scholars, writers, journalists and gin exorcists.

And even for me, as I discuss how and why this series came about in a very personal conversation

with my husband.

Thanks for listening and enjoy.

Alright, so I'm pretty excited.

This is the first time I've ever recorded any kind of podcast with my husband, Airfawn,

isn't that right?

Correct, yeah.

That's right.

Five years ago.

I've made it.

Finally, you've made it.

Well, welcome to the show, Airfawn Aziz.

Thank you very much.

Okay, so for this episode of what I wanted to do is I want to talk a little bit about how

this show came about.

And then you and I are going to have a conversation about what it was like for us growing up with

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