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hello higher side chatters how the hell

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are you holding in there i hope despite

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the dystopian downslide and the

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controlled demolition of the american

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empire thank you charlie robinson

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but hey listen

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you know it's pretty rare that i do some

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sort of news update or anything like

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that

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but i still after 10 years just haven't

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found the best way to communicate stuff

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to you guys

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tacking updates onto the end of two hour

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interviews isn't really very effective

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but i know the score we want to get into

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the content quickly

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i'm always trying to be good about that

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nothing more annoying than eight minutes

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of sponsorship ads or a long preamble

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before bringing in the guest

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but i got a few things to throw out so a

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dedicated update seems worth it

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first and foremost is the austin texas

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higher side chats roon soup crossover

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event

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we had big plans to do like an on stage

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thing and a live q a and we just hit too

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many roadblocks

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venues wanted too much money but then

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they also couldn't provide chairs or

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drinks or food or something

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we just had a lot of logistical issues

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but then the clouds parted and one of

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gordon's people presented him with a

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great venue that has food and drink and

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we decided screw it

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this doesn't have to be a ticketed event

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let's just make it a free casual meet-up

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kind of thing

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which is great but because of the

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venue's size we decided it's also gotta

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be a members only meetup

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probably a bummer to some but we want to

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show the appreciation especially these

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days for sticking with us

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you already support us so the event

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being free makes sense

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and we won't completely flood this place

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beyond capacity so it seemed like the

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move

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and i said all this on the end of the

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last show but it was a pretty

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controversial and polarizing episode one

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that i know a lot of people didn't

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finish

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so i thought it deserved better

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so if you're in or want to be in austin

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texas on june 25th you can come have

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food and drinks with me and gordon and a

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lot of other people who you probably

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would enjoy hanging out with as we all

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like a lot of the same stuff

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if you're a plus member just log in to

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the highersidechats.com and click on the

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big event banner at the top and fill out

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the form and you're on the guest list

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yes you can bring friends and spouses

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it's not some super strict thing but we

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just have a cap so

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don't sleep on it too long if it's

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something that interests you

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and so that's the big one and really i

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could just if that to plus members but

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the other thing which is more for

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everyone is that my youtube timeout is

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over and we got the spotify feedback can

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you believe it people

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wow

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i honestly had no idea how many people

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used spotify to listen to thc and it

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does make me a little sad

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but almost every post for the last two

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months that i put up either social media

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or just some stupid meme or whatever

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at least one person is like hey what

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happened to thc on spotify

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and this happens time and time again

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where we get removed from somewhere

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where we get put into youtube timeout

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and i try to say something about it in

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the next episode

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but those people don't hear it because

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they're still waiting for me to show up

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on whatever that platform is

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and really guys every time someone asks

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me what happened to thc on spotify or

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youtube

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and arkhan gets its wings alright

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i try to be a pretty clear communicator

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and keep things simple and i also try

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not to dwell on cancel culture or

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censorship or strikes or any of that

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kind of stuff that's a me problem

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but now that we're back in both places i

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can take the opportunity to say that

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third party platforms are really not the

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best place to follow thc

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sure they're good places to discover the

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show but it should be obvious that we're

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walking a tightrope on any of these

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platforms and our days are numbered

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on youtube i can just opt to not include

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certain episodes and i do do that

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but on spotify if it's in the feed then

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it's in the feed

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but i just wanted to address some things

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that i'd heard like spotify is just so

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much easier or i like having all the

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shows in a big list

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well i'm going to show my own website

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first for plus and non-plus listeners we

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have a cool category netflix style

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display now which is a great way to

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explore older shows by topic a really

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robust search also by topic and

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everything's tagged to be about the

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content that the episode includes

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and you can simply go to the archive on

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the menu bar and get the same kind of

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list you get on spotify

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and i would put my own podcast web

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player up against spotify any day we did

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a lot of work on it this past year and

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it's super easy and it's clear and it

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doesn't freeze half as much as spotify's

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does for me

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so there's that

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but a podcast should be a podcast which

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means you should access it through the

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rss feed

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you should have an app that you plug

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your feeds into like podcast addict or

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podverse

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it's like your own custom streaming site

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and that is the way it really should

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work podcast player apps are all neutral

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and now thanks to adam curry with the

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podcasting 2.0 database our shows aren't

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even in the hands of apple

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and most modern apps are connecting to

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the new database for their search

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function so that makes shows like the

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higher side chats really difficult to

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shut down

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it just takes a little technical

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knowledge on your part

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so the news is that yes we are back on

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those two places that we've been absent

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from for months

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but i'm talking directly to those people

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and pleading with them to connect in a

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different way we're all creatures of

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habit i get it but if i get shut off on

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these places again don't expect me to

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answer literally hundreds of individual

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comments and tech support threads and

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all this stuff

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the answer to why we aren't there should

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be obvious

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if we aren't there then we've been

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removed or banned or whatever and you

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should be a bit more tactical with your

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online experience anyway

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if my website goes down well we got

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problems

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but as long as i can keep that intact

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i'm doing what i'm supposed to be doing

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i do also have a sign up for the higher

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side chats newsletter on the website and

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i never really put out any newsletter i

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prefer to communicate via the show

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itself via the rss feed

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but if something serious were to happen

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i would use whatever email list i have

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to get the word out so sign up for that

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if you would like to know in that sort

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of situation

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but honestly i just don't use it like a

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good content creator should i get enough

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bs emails and i assume you feel the same

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way

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so that's more of a in case of emergency

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and that's also really the main stuff

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controlled platforms that we have no

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business being on anyway

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of course it is probably my fault for

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getting people used to the higher side

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chats in these places to begin with but

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this is where we're at

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also while i got you i guess i should

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say that plus members who want to

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request guests i did go into the guest

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request form thread and take out all the

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recommended guests and made my own list

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to comb through anytime i got free time

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so feel free to add more and i'll go

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through those as well

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i guess on the flip side of that even

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though i don't do a ton of interviews on

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other shows and i'm not really an expert

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on anything

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i might as well say

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that i'm totally open to it and if you

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like other shows that you want to see me

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on because you think i'd vibe well with

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the host or whatever

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with a kid now i guess no promotional

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push is too much so put the feelers out

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i need to stop being so lazy on that and

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probably do a round of other interviews

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to talk about what we got going on

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around here word of mouth is what it's

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so i appreciate the support i don't mean

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to come off grumpy about this stupid

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youtube spotify stuff but i just don't

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like sounding like every other podcaster

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and i don't like them getting so much

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real estate in my head or being that big

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a part of what we got going on

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obviously if you really like the show

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plus is the best you get a whole second

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hour and we're more intimately connected

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via the comments and the forums and

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email so if there was any real drama you

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would be the first to know

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but thanks for caring and listening

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either way i hope i see a lot of you

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guys in austin i guess we are driving

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the higher side mobile back out there

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with the fam

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19 hours in the car one way no big deal

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but it's looking like we're gonna be

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there on the 25th from like five to ten

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so a long time to come hang out and

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compare notes and all that it's also

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gordon's birthday

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and this will be my final word on third

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party platforms we're there until we're

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not and then you can decide to either

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give up on higher side chats or follow

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us where we will be

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the website and by extension the rss

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feed

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but i've got a killer new episode coming

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out for you guys tomorrow probably

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unexpected and certainly one of our

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favorite subjects to get into and i'll

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see you then

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take care of you and yours be good to

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each other