Pickles, known for being sour.

Famous for being green.

Nobody thinks much about them, unless they're mid-bite or something.

So let's have some fun.

Let's find out why pickles are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey, hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting when people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt. And not alone, I'm joined by my co-host, Katie Golden.

Katie, happy maximum fun drive starting today. Wow. Amazing. Wow. I feel it. I feel it in my bones.

Yeah. I woke up this morning and I felt very maximum. And I was like, why do I feel

so maximum today? I just imagine you having maximum bones somehow. Like you're the giant

person that is in the motor museum that I saw a few weeks ago. That's why it's on my mind.

It's a medical problem. My bones are too big.

It's actually quite serious. I see, when I went to a museum of medical oddities, I should have

not taped podcasts for like a year. I don't want to bring that stuff up. It's a weird vibe.

I should have taken a retreat, cleansed, and then come back.

But we're so excited about this.

This is our first one of these drives being on this network.

We've done membership drives for past versions of the podcast before, but we're so excited to bring people in, encourage people to support what we're doing, what other shows are

doing, and also celebrate, do fun things.

And that means a bunch of amazing guests for these couple of weeks here. And the first one joins

us today. We're so glad to have returning guests of the show who joined the two of us for a show

about Musk Oxen before. Please welcome co-host of the Flop House, co-host of the new podcast,

Be Potting You about the Prisoner, Comics

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