Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, September 9th,

2024 and I'm the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.

Apologies that we were off last week for the holiday.

Things have been pretty hectic around here.

I've also had some health issues and needed to take a little bit of time,

but we are back and I'm very

excited to dive into ha ha no pun intended you'll see why this week's episode but

before we do I do want to thank those of you who make TalkNurdy possible.

And the way that we really keep the episodes going each week is through the platform,

Patreon.

There are going to be some changes coming up to a few things that Patreon, like the ways that

Patreon is operating, especially as it relates to how Apple utilizes the app.

So we're going to make some announcements both on the show

and directly to the patrons here in the next several weeks.

Keep an ear out.

And if you are one of the people affected by these changes, hopefully will give you ample time to make them.

And you may have heard about them on other shows as well.

But I do want to thank this week's top patrons. They include Anu Baravaj, Daniel Lange, David J. E. Smith, Mary Niva, Rika Maharaj, Brian Holden, David Compton, Gabriel F. Herrameo, Joe Wilkinson, Pasquale, Delati, and Orica Hagman.

You and everyone else, all of the patrons that are too numerous to list.

You are the ones who make it possible for me to keep doing this

show each week to pay all of the incredible people who keep it going

including the editing firm that I use as well as my producer and long-standing, you know,

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