Hey folks, this is Kevin. On this the 500th episode of Risk, you'll hear Kumail Nonjiani.

I was told that looking at a woman with a lustful gaze was the same sin as stabbing the

prophet's nephew in the back while he is praying. That and more, but first I just want to give a huge,

huge shout out to our latest Patreon members who have given $25 or more per month. They are Susie

Cody, David Gordon, Catherine Wearing, Talu LaWest, Julian Ash, The Mugs, Sienna Sanchez, and Christine

Farah. Oh my gosh guys, we are so deeply appreciative. As you know, we're going through the roughest

patch we've ever gone through in our 10 and a half years of existence here. It got a little bit

existential there. We do think we are going to get a small business loan, but we still need lots and

lots and lots of help from our fans. So if you can manage it, oh my gosh, it would mean so much to

us to go to patreon.com slash risk. I'm about to upload another check in, you know, every now and

then we do these little check ins from Kevin there, or sometimes interviews with storytellers or

members of the staff. Lots of bonus stories are there. There's lots of wonderful stuff to be found

if you join our Patreon at patreon.com slash risk. I've said many times that we have every

intention of keeping this going, keeping the podcast coming out no matter what, for as long as

we possibly can. You know what, I really am super proud of how high quality the podcast has remained

throughout 2020 despite total chaos and working overtime and you know figuring out new ways of

doing things and just craziness behind the scenes here at risk. I really do feel like we have managed

to keep putting out an absolutely phenomenal, phenomenal show during this really challenging time.

I have felt like the podcast has been genuinely helpful mental health self-care thing for me to be

involved with during this time, the live streams, the episodes. And so it's really exciting to be

putting this one out today because it's a little bit of a walk down memory lane and it's kind of a

re-remembering how much all this means to us. But again, thank you so much, so much gratitude to those

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