This is the bookwry podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill. I'm Rebecca Shinsky. In my dulcet baritone,

I was coming through the wrong mic a second ago, and I was joking that. I didn't have that normal

warmth that Rebecca is used to hearing because I was, you know, basically the tin can that's attached

to my computer was picking it up versus my good mic. It's wild. What a difference that makes. But now we're here. Your Dulcet Baritone is in full effect. Well, I don't know. Full effect. Sounds different when it's not coming just from yourself. It's true. Yeah. Just talking into the wall. If this is the kind of vibe you're interested in being a part of, we are hiring, by the way.

A great pitch we're making for ourselves. You know what, though? You can listen to this show and know we don't take ourselves too seriously at Riot New Media Group. It's not the worst behind

the scenes look. It's a pretty good vibe. We are hiring a digital, yeah, here. We are hiring a digital, yeah, we're hiring a digital content specialist. So if you love

books and you know the ins and outs of social media strategy, we're looking for somebody

who has proven experience and success, especially with social video. We would love to have

you apply. We are committed, of course, to building an inclusive workforce. And so we strongly

encourage applications from women, individuals with disabilities, and people of color.

You can find all the details at riotnewmedia.com slash careers.

Also a link in the show notes and apply by August 22nd.

Cross your fingers. We'd love to meet you.

You could come work in independent media.

And Rebecca's got a rebuttal, rejoinder, amicus brief. I'm not sure we're going here in a second. I'm co-signing. Okay. We'll go for that in a second. Just some programming notes. We will be continuing to do weekly new shows through August, but we're going to take a couple of breaks for the midweek thing. Yeah, we'll be off on. Off on, yeah, we'll be off on Wednesday the 6th and Wednesday the 13th. We need a little summer break. So we're going to take one. So are you going to like just sit around sharpening knives? Does that what you do on your breaks? You just sharpen knives and get ready. Put fuel in the jetpack. Get ready for the fall. Yes. I know. I would love to put some fuel in my jetpack. I'm going to be, you know, probably just taking a little extra time to work on. We have two big projects we're spinning up. Yes, we do. For the fall podcast listeners who are members of the Patreon can see what one of those big projects is at patreon. dot com slash bookw podcast and the other one you'll just have to hang out and find out it's not a podcast not a podcast

that's a good you should tell people it's like another one of really really another podcast

yeah we have a second thing we're working on it it is not a podcast a secret third thing

yeah work on make some content maybe go into my cave a little bit.

I all have to say is the spreadsheets right now are just, oh my God.

I don't know that we ever have more fun at work than when it's a spreadsheet about a creative thing.

Shoot it into my faith.

It's so good.

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