Welcome back to the Stronger by Science podcast. My name is Eric Trexler and we have a lot to cover in this podcast.

So first I think we should begin by clearing the

air and providing some information to the audience. Obviously last week there was a late episode.

It didn't go up on a Thursday.

It went up on a Friday, which is kind of a dead giveaway that something weird was going

on. When I run the ship, it's usually a well-oiled

machine things get posted on time it was a rough episode when you're when you're

actually around to run the ship. Correct.

So I, just so the audience is aware, I went on a very brief, very well learned vacation.

It was a long weekend, and a lot happened in just a short period of time it was 72

very eventful hours where I left town and I mean do you want to fill people in I mean I just I would think it's important to cover this because

You know for the last three years I've been making art and trying to build something that's beautiful and something that helps people.

And in about 72 hours you nearly threw that all the way.

I wouldn't say that. I would say for the last three years you've been

a domineering overlord like most bosses just completely throttling the people who work under you.

And so I and all of the other Stronger by Science podcast guest co-host

got together in your absence and we unionized.

So while Eric was away, me and all of the other guest co-host that have been on this show,

we got together, we joined the Screen Actors Guild, SAG, as a subsidiary for Fitness Podcast, co-hosts,

and we presented Eric with a union contract that you know he was

basically forced to sign because as much as I hate to admit it, you are a talented podcaster, but you can't do it alone.

You need your stable, your bevy of podcast co-hosts to keep the wheels turning, you know, keep things moving along.

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