Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

And welcome to the Roads with Bell.

Today is September 18th, and we're going down the roads to the Interstate and Research Road,

and then we'll answer some of your questions.

So, as many of you noticed, the normal Tuesday episode of Research Road did not go out.

For those who don't know, there have been two other shows running on this channel.

One called Research Road, that covers science and tech news with Dana.

And another called the Interstate, which covers state-level news that kind of foreshadows national

events with D. Well, this channel recently seems to have been caught up in some kind of

algorithm issue. Our best guess at this point is that it has to do with those shows. Maybe because they don't show their faces. Maybe because

Dana uses text to speech. We're honestly not sure at this point, but looking at some of the other

channels that commented about the same issue on social media, that's our best guess. So, while we attempt to resolve those issues, those shows have to go.

However, while neither was ever massively popular, weekly news roundups aren't exactly the

kind of videos that go viral.

They're a big part of the channel and network overall. So, we didn't want them to just

go away completely. Since most of the viewers are already Patreon supporters, what we're doing right

now is moving them to Patreon, where they'll go out in both in audio and text format. They'll be available at the lowest tier,

which I think is like $12 a year. And upon the advice of people on Patreon, we're looking at how

to run them as a podcast as well, which we're pretty sure we can do. This is all moving pretty

quickly. Now, for those of you who know Dana was going to

launch a science fiction short story channel, that was going to start on Halloween. Well, she's looking

for another route to do that as well. Having read a few of the stories, I suggested just putting

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