Casey let's start the episode today with a little housekeeping so we've talked on the show the last couple of weeks about the new New York Times

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You know, we talked about AI Slop on the show last week

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But there's another piece of housekeeping this week, which is that after this episode is

over, you will hear a segment from a different New York Times podcast that will sort of play just at the

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And let me tell you, this is an episode about laundry,

which might not sound like it's on a traditional wheelhouse,

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