Hey guys, we had a technical difficulty, so there'll be a slight delay on getting episode 7 out.

It'll be in your ears later today or tomorrow.

And in the meantime, I get to talk directly to you.

You guys are the greatest. We went from a hundred thousand downloads a week ago to

a hundred and fifty nine thousand on Friday. It's amazing that we've connected so powerfully with people all over the country.

A mommy blogger wrote that we'd opened her eyes to how we spend our whole lives doing right,

paying taxes, living the life we think we're supposed to live, and for what?

Sing it, sister. You sound like Momo in episode one. Why do you do what you do?

At the other end of the audience was a voicemail from a guy

who had been riding the rails for 30 years.

After the comfort offensive, he questioned if at the age of 52,

it was too late for him to get off the rails. My description of moving into the barn

made him think that maybe he could do it. My wish to you buddy is that you find your own barn.

As a writer there's no bigger compliment than the is that you find your own barn.

As a writer, there's no bigger compliment than the ones that you guys are leaving me. That's the goal, to get people to forget about me and to rethink their lives,

to see things differently, like I have ever since I

entered the city of the rails. I know all of you out there have a lot to say so leave

us a message. After this there's only three episodes left. The time is now and we've got no operators standing by.

Talk as long as you want. The number is 707 653. Oh, 339.

Also, just wanted to give a tip of the hat to all the travelers out there who've shared

their stories with me. I know you guys don't like to talk about this but once you

get going there are a few greater storytellers.

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