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I'm Christa Tippett, up next my unedited conversation with poet, contemplatives, Padrik, Otuma, and Marilyn Nelson.

There is a shorter, produced version of this wherever you found this podcast.

Where are we supposed to start at 9 or 9 or 15?

Okay, good.

Oh, this is the famous Chris. Especially if you've listened to the unedited interview, this is Chris.

What a beautiful way to start the morning.

I wanted to just make a couple of little announcements.

First of all, I want to call out one person in particular on our team, Lauren Dordal, who actually...

Yeah, who really coordinated this happening, and we didn't know how much we needed her until after we had her.

And the great producer in the sky was looking after us.

And she really made... she's unflappable and elegant and just really... we couldn't have done it without her.

And I then also have to thank Erin Farrell, who is our COO, who came on in the fall, and also knew to hire Lauren.

Which I did not know that we needed that person.

And then everybody else were going to... and want you to meet everybody else and hear all their names in the course of these days.

I also want to say, you know, I even go to conferences and convenings.

And you know, we know with our children that when they are forced to sit in a classroom for more than 45 minutes, it's excruciating and horrible.

And then we do all these events with adults who are supposed to sit for an hour and a half, and it's excruciating.

So I just want to say, please feel free to stand up and walk around or go get a breath or fresh air.

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