Hello everyone, you're listening to the Earful Tower podcast and I don't want to alarm you,

but it's an emergency episode today, an emergency episode of the Airful Tower. Why? Because,

well, look, when you do a book launch and there's all kinds of chaos going on, then you do an

emergency podcast episode. I've got a friend in the studio. More on that in a second. I want to

start off by dedicating this episode. I'm got a friend in the studio. More on that in a second. I want to start off by

dedicating this episode. I'm going to dedicate the whole episode to a very special listener.

Her name is Maria. Maria, Tranzado. Tranzado? Trinzado? Trinzado? And what she's done is she's

gone in on the Kickstarter, which I'm going to talk about in a second,

and pledged at the level of an episode dedication.

This kind of pledge is what's going to make this book published.

It earns a proper dedication, and that's what you're getting now, Maria.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being one of the biggest supporters of this show.

Maria is a woman I've met a couple times over the years. She's been listening for a very long time.

A lovely woman, the kind of generosity that doesn't come around very often in this world.

And, well, you know, I'll tell a little story. When I did the honeymoon trip around France with Lena, she got in contact and said, you know, I'll tell a little story. When I did the honeymoon trip around France with Lena,

she got in contact and said, you know, I'm really enjoying this honeymoon. If you go through this particular town in Provence, I have a little place there. You're welcome to stay. And we did,

and it was lovely. And, you know, Maria, you're a very lovely person. And thank you for listening

to the show. And thanks for supporting Paris on air, my new memoir.

More on that in a second.

I think what we should do is play the jingle.

Let's do it.

And that was the jingle by Slim and the Beast in case you knew around here.

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