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Welcome to Query.

Hey Query, I was standing here.

This week's episode of the podcast is a chat with podcaster journalist and editor Philip

Picardi.

Philip first kind of came on my radar when he transitioned.

He started a team bug.

He worked at Refrinerary 29 and I first kind of became aware of him when he became the

digital editorial director at team bug.

But then, was recently, he launched them and was the editor chief of Out magazine.

Philip is a super interesting person.

And we had a shorter than usual time to speak to each other because of my schedule.

So please enjoy this just a little briefer than usual at the start of the podcast.

So I always have folks introduce themselves.

Will you introduce yourself?

Sure.

My name is Philip Picardi.

I am a journalist.

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