Okay, everybody, welcome to the show. This is the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy, and I'm here in Los Angeles. How's it going out there? Hope you're hanging in there. Thank you for being here. Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen. You can also subscribe on YouTube and you can follow me on social media. Blue Sky and Instagram.

So it is Sunday and as such it is time for another character studies episode. Character studies happen on Sundays and they feature interviews

with ordinary people who appear on this show anonymously talking with me about their lives.

Today I'm going to be speaking with a 38-year-old social worker from Portland, Maine, named Tyler.

I had a great conversation with Tyler, and that is coming up.

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