Venus, known for being a planet.

Famous for being planet number two in solar system, pretty sure.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why Venus is secretly incredibly fascinating.

Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I am not alone. My guest this week is your pal and mine. Soren Bowie is on the podcast.

The great Soren Bowie. He's here. And by here, I mean, he's in Los Angeles and we're taping over Zoom. But you know what I mean. I'm so glad I get to talk to him.

Soren is a writer for American Dad, the TV show on TBS. And that's a really great cartoon if you

have not seen it. I don't know if everybody knows that necessarily. It's amazing. It's one of my favorite

animated shows. Like it has a lot of interesting lore and development over time and really funny jokes.

It's great. Sorin is also a former colleague of mine at the former workplace crack.com. And among

many amazing things he did there, he did one of my favorite web series ever made, where he played an

astronaut in like a solo situation out in space. He also wrote one of my favorite articles just

on the internet ever, which is about the meaning of space exploration and the history of it

and how it ties into love that we feel for one another. I know that doesn't sound like a comedy article.

Somehow he had great jokes alongside those great observations. It's just one of my favorite things.

So whenever I think space, I think of my old buddy Soren. He has a passion for it and really brings

that into this show. Also, Soren co-hosts a podcast. It's a podcast called Quick Question

with Soren and Daniel. And it's with the great Daniel O'Brien. That's the Daniel in there.

I sort of figure you all know about that podcast. Or I am thrilled to be the bearer of the good news

that Soren Bowie and Daniel O'Brien have a podcast. I really am glad that I get to tell

you that. I feel very special. And if you learned about me from crack.com, you know how exciting

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