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The staff of Tales to Terrify has been prepping up for the transitioning me out of the role of host

and back to

narrator where I started with this show. After about four years of doing the show, I'm coming up

on a period in my life where I'm about to wrap up my long overdue bachelor's degree, and it'll be

the hardest part of the program. I decided to leave this role on the show on my own terms

versus getting bogged down to schoolwork and then podcasts suffering, then leaving when things are

a mess, which is what I believe would have happened. So this sort of special bit of audio I decided

to put in separately because, well, you may not want to hear it, and you can

skip it. No hard feelings. I think that what this can be best understood is a bit of a

retrospective about podcasting. I probably won't linger too much on horror or fiction.

Way back in the beginning, one of the choices it was made by Tony and Larry was to put in time markers in the show notes for when different parts of the show would begin.

There were two big reasons for this. One is that if you wanted to go back and listen to a particular story, you'd know the timestamp.

The other is that if you wanted to skip part of the show, even Larry or my hosting stuff,

you could. None of all listeners care about what I have to say, and that's fine. You're just here for

the stories. Larry's passing had an impact on me that goes beyond the show. One of the really

tricky parts for me was when I agreed to take up the hosting position at a time where I was the only member of the staff.

There were two problems.

First, Larry was well-connected.

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