Bricks, known for being solid, famous for, and mortar.

Nobody thinks much about them, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why bricks are secretly incredibly fascinating. Fascinating.

Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone.

I'm joined today by Connor Lestoka and Michael J. Nelson.

Amazing duo.

They're the co-hosts of a great podcast called 372 pages. We'll never get back. That's a podcast where Connor and Mike read a book that they do not anticipate

enjoying. It's not necessarily a bad book. They just figure they won't like it. The title refers to

Ready Player 1, and then they've done many other books from

there. Really great show. They're also both part of the amazing movies and comedy operation that is

riff tracks, which I hope you know, just an institution. Great thing. I am so glad both of them,

Connor and Mike, are here for Bricks, a topic it turns out they have strong feelings about,

which is awesome. Also, I've gathered all of our zip codes and used internet resources like

native-land.c.a. To acknowledge that I recorded this on the traditional land of the Canarsie

and Lanopi peoples. Acknowledge Connor recorded this on the traditional land of the Monahawk people. Acknowledge Mike recorded this on the traditional land of the Monahawk people.

Acknowledge Mike recorded this on the traditional land of the Ocati-Chicchokin people.

And acknowledge that in all of our locations, native people are very much still here.

That feels worth doing on each episode.

And today's episode is about bricks. That is a patron

chosen topic. Many, many thanks to Amber D. Bardi Laban for that suggestion. And it's also a

suggestion that's very personal to Amber. She has a story to share about Savannah Gray Bricks

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