Hi friends, it's your weird old dog hiding behind the couch because I ate from the garbage.

AW here.

Halli Ward, hi!

Oh man, this episode you guys...

Woo! This episode is so good.

Nothing to do with me. It's just very good. It's two episodes is how good it is.

So, this is just part one of a discussion with anologist who might actually very much change the way that you are living your life.

Because, fear! One was the last time you felt it.

I know that there's a slim percentage of tough bros out there being like, ugh, one of those like five.

And we all know that isn't true. We're scared all the time.

Someone almost spills a slurpee on your new shirt. No one in the group chat responded to your meme.

Your credit score went down because you messed up auto pay. You're late to work.

You have to buy a gift for your sister, but she might not like it.

We're scared all the time. We're scared all the time.

And it turns out for kind of weird reasons.

But we can do something about it.

But first, what can you do for me?

Well, you guys are so kind. I love allergies listeners so much.

Thank you so much for keeping this indie podcast up in the top 20 or so science podcasts.

I think in the world on iTunes, that's so crazy.

Thank you to all the patrons on patreon.com slash allergies for making it happen each week.

There would be no podcast without you. You can join up for as little as a buck a month,

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