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everything secure. Josh has a level of optimism. You cannot beat out of him. And I appreciate

it so much and it's made me so much more optimistic myself. But optimism alone doesn't pay the

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undervalued, and the public often considers it a hobby and not a job.

That's kind of always, like, I think this is such an American thing also, is that, like,

I, before I was full-time doing comedy and writing, I was a preschool teacher and a tutor.

Josh Gondelman is a stand-up comedian and TV writer.

Maris Kreisman is a critic, author, and longtime champion of books and writers.

Together, they've weathered the collapse of media jobs, the uncertainty of freelance life,

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