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I am Brad Listy, and I'm in Los Angeles.

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So it's Sunday and I do wildcard episodes on Sunday. There's like a little something

different every Sunday. That's kind of a trend that I'm following currently. And today I'm

going to be doing a character studies episode. I haven't done one in a bit, but this marks the return

of character studies. It's a series that I launched on this podcast earlier this year. And character

studies episodes feature me in conversation with a civilian.

So it kind of could be anybody from any walk of life. And we just have a conversation. And the

entire premise of this series, the continuation, I should say, of this series is predicated on my ability

to find willing conversants, people who are willing to guest on the show and talk with me about

their lives candidly and anonymously. It's important to point that out. Character Studies guests

appear on this show by first name only, so it's not about self-promotion. It's about conversation and hopefully connection. So if you're out there and you know somebody who would be a great character studies guest, please reach out to me. The email address is

Letters at other ppl.com. The one rule of thumb for Character Studies episodes is that if at all

possible, I would like to talk to non-writers. So it can't be, you know, ideally, I mean, I say that

and today's Character Studies guest has published some books, but, you know, in, I mean, I say that and today's character studies guest has published some books.

But, you know, in general, I want to talk to people who fall outside of the writing realm just to sort of mix things up.

It seems like the logical approach.

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