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Hello, and as always, welcome to the Sister Wives Professor.

That's me.

I'm Dr. Adam, Professor of Interpersonal and Family Communication, and a follower of the TLC series, Sister Wives. And of course, that's what I want to talk to you about today. Specifically, today you and I are going to be

breaking down the communication verbal and nonverbal of the Brown family throughout season

two, episode four titled Carving into Polygamy. So my fellow

Halloween enthusiasts, if you're listening to this in the dead of winter, like when I'm recording

it, it's a little breath of fresh air of the Halloween season for us. And for everyone else,

you're welcome to.

Don't worry.

I don't exclude anybody here.

Real quick, I would be remiss if I did not give a very special thank you to everyone who

so far has joined up and subscribed to the Sister Wives Professor Patreon at patreon.com slash the sister wives professor.

The response has been overwhelming. I am so grateful and I've been having a lot of fun chatting

with everybody, collecting your ideas, and already creating bonus content for you,

including the most recent bonus podcast. I discuss my

views on why Christine and Janelle blame different people for the dissolution of the Brown

family and their specific relationships. So thank you to all the patrons. And also just thank you

if you're not a patron. If you can't,

don't want to, or both, subscribe to the Patreon. You are still very, very important to me.

I would not be doing this podcast if it weren't for you as well. Let's get to the episode,

shall we? We open with the Browns in the big house. There are a lot of kids

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