You're listening to The Battle Ready Podcast. My name is Aaron McMannis, and I'm here with my dad, Irwin Rafael McMannis. It's good to be back in Los Angeles. We were just in New York together. I had to stay a little bit longer, but now we are here.

But did you really have to stay?

Honestly, if you didn't like that hoodie and the pants you wore yesterday, that was not getting done unless I stayed.

Obviously, the thing went half to stay in New York. You get to stay in New York.

I get to stay in New York, and honestly, it's calling me back. I miss it. I miss being in...

I came back to the sunniness of LA, and I was like, no, I'm good. I liked the rain. I liked the wearing sweater.

I love New York. I love New York in the autumn. I love New York in the spring.

I think it's around January, February, New York. It's not so beautiful.

I'm not the biggest fan in winter or even in the sweltering heat of the summer.

I don't think New Yorkers are either.

I don't think so. I think it's more like who survives the winter.

We want to welcome everybody from our Patreon community. That's exciting. It is exciting.

Are we one weekend on Patreon, Austin?

Yes, sir.

It's kind of amazing. We have a good little chunk of people who are part of the Patreon.

I was surprised. Austin was giving me the numbers this morning, and thank you guys so much for jumping on board.

Do you understand what Patreon is? Can I ask you?

Well, I think that it allows people who have been receiving a great value for free to invest and contribute,

so it can continue to happen for others.

Basically, Patreon is a subscription.

It's a great description of what it is.

Patreon essentially is a Patreon community.

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