Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, June 10th,

2024 and I'm the host of the show Dr. Karaa Santa Maria.

And as always before we dive into this week's episode, I do want to thank those of you who make

TalkNurdy possible.

Remember, TalkNurdy is and will always be 100% free to download.

And the way that we keep this train on the tracks, the way that I pay the edit team and

the way that I am able to continue to include my incredible producer on the show Noel

Dilworth is through the support of individuals just like you.

So the model that we use for the show is the Patreon model,

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Anu Baravaj, Daniel Lang, David J. E. Smith, Mary Niva, Brian Holden, David Compton, Gabriel F.

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