In Crunchy Times, in soggy times, there's one force of nature that's always there for

you.

It's serial.

There's a second that's with you on a more or less bi-weekly basis, and it's the empty

bowl, a meditative podcast about serial.

My name is Justin McElroy, and I'm a serial enthusiast.

And I'm Dan Goubert, and given your description of serial as a force of nature, I would call

myself a serial meteorologist of sorts.

I like that.

I'm trying to predict the way that, you know, the Crunchy precipitation will fall into your

bowl, and what that might mean for your commute tomorrow.

We are going to talk about serial news.

We're going to do some reviews of serial and serial related products, and we're going

to take some of your voice mails and maybe some other stuff.

You know what, never know.

We like to keep a loose here, but I would encourage you for the next half hour or so to just

kind of calm down, relax, get comfy, get a bowl of serial if you're so inclined.

I'm sure this would pair very well.

If you don't have one on hand now, I'm sure you'll be craving one by the end of the episode.

But the important thing is just be in this moment here now with us and just think about

serial.

Give yourself permission to just think about serial.

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