Hello, everyone, and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, January 27th, 2025, and I'm the host of the show, Dr. Kara, Santa Maria.

And before I dive into this week's episode, before I thank those of you who make

talk nerdy possible, I want to apologize for not having a new show up last week.

The horrific fires here in Los Angeles really affected everyone in different and I guess just intense

ways. And so during that time when they were ongoing and everything was very touch and go and

there were, you know, problems with even just maintaining our electricity or our internet service, I just thought it best to kind of take a pause and, you know, not push too hard.

So I wasn't able to get a new episode up last week, but I am very excited about this week's episode.

And I'm also very grateful for all of you who reached out via social media and through other channels to express your concern.

And, yeah, who are, who have Angelinos in your minds and your hearts right now.

So thank you for that.

This week, oh, this week's top patrons, I was about to dive right in.

We will get to the new episode in just a second, but remember that Talk Nerdy is and will

always be 100% free to download, and the way I keep this thing going, really the only way

that I pay for this show, is through my Patreon account. So if you're

interested in supporting the show right now, it's on an episodic basis. I think they're going to

change that model, which means it's probably going to mean a big hit to how we pay for the show.

But as of right now, we're pledging on an episodic basis, not a monthly basis.

All you've got to do is visit patreon.com slash talk nerdy to learn more.

And a little note, it's preferable if you use the website, if you don't use the Apple app,

because Apple is taking a massive cut from all of the patrons through the app.

And so if you just, you know, if you're on an iPhone and you still want to use Patreon, don't use the app.

Just go to the website and it will, more of that money will go to the creator.

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