Hello, and welcome to Series Inquiries Only. I'm your host, Thomas Smith, and that's your

other host, your far more beautiful, good-looking, amazing host, Lydia. I was going to say Heath,

but no, I won't. I'll say Lydia's, he's not here. He? No. How's it going? Sorry to disappoint you.

Yeah. Pretty good. What are you doing here? Oh, well, you know, we had such a good time talking

about allergies that we thought I would characterize it as, but that's okay. Yeah, fun. Yeah, I guess it

wasn't fun. It was pretty emotional, but we have a follow-up episode to talk a little bit more about

allergies, but from someone who knows what they're talking about. And I want to emphasize that the

top, the one we did, obviously, personal to us, but I appreciate the people who listened and commented,

and you know, food allergies affect a lot of people, so it's not like it's literally just us.

But this one is a more, let's learn about the science. And if you're listening to this show,

I think you're always a fan of learning more about the science. And so we've got a bonafide expert,

Dr. Steve Proper. This is literally what he does. He's a doctor of this, essentially, and that's

always the best person to learn stuff from. And so let's find out like what the hell's actually

going on? When Arlo grows a new limb because he touched a peanut or whatever, what is happening?

What are allergies? What aren't they? How are they different from other things that happen in

your body that seem like allergic responses? What's the science there? All kinds of fun questions.

I think we're going to learn a lot. Well, let's get on over to Steve, but before we do, of course,

if you'd like to avoid the annoying ad that is going to happen any second now. Like it's truly

whenever we edit, it's going to come in. If you'd like to avoid that, go to patreon.com slash

series pod and get your hands on the bonus stuff. So no ads, bonus stuff, and the chance to

post questions, by the way, we're doing this every time. Lydia's brought it up to the best we can,

as calendars allow, as schedules allow. We are giving patrons a little preview of what's coming up

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