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CODieK slash Special Offer. Hello and welcome to Out with Susie Ruffle. It's a new series. I'm sorry there hasn't been one for a while. If you are a fan of my stand-up or aware of my other

podcasting, you'll know I've had a pretty busy time of it with like-minded friends and big kick energy,

but while there's a break in the domestic

football season I thought it would give me some time to do a handful of episodes of out

over the summer and indeed over Pride Month so I hope that you this series. I think it's going to be about six

episodes. I've already got four in the bag and I've got a brilliant one today that I'm sharing

with you with Deputy Leader of the Green Party, Zach Polinsky, who is brilliant, and I loved chatting to him,

and that will be coming up in just a moment.

But, before that, as ever, I have some gorgeous emails that I have been receiving whilst we've been in a break and I wanted to share a couple of those with you before we get into the interview.

Okay, here we go.

Hi Susie. First thank you so much for your brilliant podcast. I discovered a time when I was getting to the stage when I knew I wanted to tell people that I'm gay.

Many of the stories have been so inspiring and Jessica Fosterke's episode particularly resonated with me.

I'm 52 and I have three grown-up children.

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