You're listening to a throwback edition of What's Ray Sain, recorded during the early development of the show.

If it sounds different, well, I used to do this whole damn thing on my own.

I've got a bigger team now, but these early episodes were made with love and are absolutely worth listening to.

Enjoy the show.

You're listening to What's Ray saying? The podcast. Let me start by apologizing for being

out of touch for such a long time, but a lot of things have been going on and a lot of things I

need to look at regarding the podcast and things I wanted to change.

But that's how it goes when you don't have a funded podcast.

You still got to put braces on your kids.

You still have to drive off the mountain and come back.

Still got to feed the chickens, the ducks, the turkeys, the hogs.

Still got to slop through the mud, changed clothes,

the drive into town, conduct interviews as part of your dissertation research, just like everybody else.

But I apologize, you know, it can be a little bit time-consuming.

I should make better use of my time. And one of the things I

did was to remaster the introduction in the first four episodes of the podcast. If you're a familiar

listener, I would ask you to give a listen again to the introduction and episodes one through four.

And if you're a new listener, then hear them again for the first time.

A lot of the background music has been turned down or eliminated for better listening

and experience, and that was based off of listener feedback, and that should make a big difference.

So, give it a listen and give it a listen again.

Now we start.

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