Just a quick show note here at the beginning of the broadcast.

I've been waiting on the replacement of my studio computer.

It's due to arrive, I think tomorrow.

But until then, I'm on a makeshift studio.

And so when I go to the phones and make the phone calls,

you're going to hear a change in the audio fidelity

when I move from the main microphone to the phone interface.

You'll hear some changes in how it sounds.

It's not your podcast app. It's not your computer. It's not your car.

It is here on the show itself. It's sourced here.

So bear with that, I think, as long as it's clear,

you can hear everything. That's, of course, the most important thing.

And I'll have the main studio back in motion in action next week.

So enjoy the show, enjoy what we're about to do, and have a Merry Christmas, okay?

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Assume nothing.

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Question. Everything.

I find it extremely hard to imagine.

Open your eyes.

It is quite all right to be an atheist.

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