Hey y'all. Today's the day. The Mind is Burning is officially out. And I wanted to come back into the feed again to share with you a preview of the audiobook, Chapter 1. So take a listen. And if you want to listen to more of it, you can go to the mind is burning.com to purchase the audiobook. Or you can go to the link in the show notes.

You'll find it there as well.

Thank you as always for your support, and I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 1.

It All Came to Ahead.

On April 9, 2019, I was in New York for what would turn out to be the most important meeting of my career.

That morning, I had coffee at the freehand hotel, this understated boutique hotel with dark wood paneling on the walls of each of its rooms.

I was there to meet with a producer I was working with on a project.

She didn't know it, but her company had recently expressed interest in buying my young firm.

What could they possibly want?

I frequently asked myself at the time, amidst the flurry of interest.

I felt like I'd caught a wave, but never actually learned to surf.

This was during what we now call the short-lived podcast boom.

I was trying to ride it the best I could.

What do you attribute all this success to? she asked me.

Not sure, I said, which was true. I wasn't sure.

I just keep my head down and keep working.

Keep my head down and keep working. It was something I said a lot in those first few years,

and to an extent I believed that's what I was doing, just putting my head down and happening upon success.

I don't know if I believed that anymore, that I had some magical work ethic and drive that resulted in all these accomplishments.

Now I realize there were bigger forces moving the boom and podcasting, and I just happened to have jumped in at the exact right time.

Congrats, by the way, saw the news this morning, she said.

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