Hey, if you're hearing this, it's because you are not registered on Substack.

Get your ass over there and register.

It's free.

Chrisryan.substack.com.

I've put up what looks like a paywall.

It's not really a paywall.

It's more of an unlocked door.

All you got to do is knock. If you can't afford the five bucks a month, just drop me a line. Say, Chris, let me in. Let me in. It's raining outside. It's cold out here. Let me in. And I will let you in. There's no obligation. If you can afford it, I appreciate the support. If you can't afford it,

or for some other reason, you have a religious injunction against sending money to me, that's fine.

Just tell me you want in and you will be in. I'm trying to curate an audience of people who actually want to be here who have

at least enough interest to drop me a line and say, Chris, I want to hear the podcast. Partly because

it makes for better experience with, you know, the sort of online forums and stuff. You don't get the

trolls and the sort of negative forums and stuff. You don't get the trolls and the sort of negative energy

that comes with just leaving the gates wide open for anyone to wander in without even saying

hi. And partly, to be honest with you, partly because I really love getting messages from people.

You know, I get messages from all over the world, people saying, hey, I can't afford it,

but I'm out here living in a van in Outback, Australia, and I listen to your podcast.

Or I'm a truck driver in Iran, and I listen to your podcast or I'm a truck driver in Iran and I listen to your

podcast when I've got a long ride at night or I'm you know a medic working in Kazakhstan and we

listen to your podcast at dinner it's like holy shit it's so cool just to know who's out there.

And so this is kind of a way to push you to let me know you're out there and that you want to be part of this community.

And that's all it takes.

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