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I think if you looked at my Instagram right now, you would think I was like a late 40s woman who collects lots of vinyl.

Yeah. One of those things is true. One of those things is true.

One of those things is true, yeah.

Meet Michael Raphael, collector of vinyl, and technical director of the longest, shortest time.

When he started working on the show last year, he noticed his algorithm had changed. You know, based on our guests and everything, I'll check out, like, what's going on on the show, and I'm kind of curious.

And, like, when we had the vagina whisperer on, I got a lot of pelvic floor rehab content.

Lately, Michael's been getting a lot of perimenopause content.

It's, like, a lot of stuff about, you know, like mood changes,

hot flashes, like people waking up sweaty in their sheets. Okay, so Michael, I have a very simple

question for you. Okay.

What is perimenopause?

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