Quick note before we begin this week, I wanted to thank everybody because we keep getting emails from people who love the show and are proactively asking how they can help us, which is just a very unusual gesture to get from an audience of listeners out there.

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The A friend recently pointed out to me this small, interesting fact he'd observed.

A podcaster he listened to had a habit of signaling to his listeners which episodes of his show were the really good ones.

So you'd skip the others if you wanted. I admire the hell out of this gesture. It's like when a waiter

nudges you away from the so-so dish towards the excellent one. They're actually on your side,

not just selling you something. And in that spirit, I want to say that this week's question,

for us, it's been one of our

favorites. I'm always looking for question of the year. It's my Oscars. And in February, when I

heard this one, I thought, this might be it. Hi, Eric. How are you? I'm good. Big fan of your

work. Oh, thank you. I appreciate your Costco hoodie, Kirkland's signature.

Well, thank you.

The question came from this listener, Eric, a man with impeccable taste.

And his question had to do with one particular feature on the iPhone.

The audio message.

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