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<v Speaker 1>Oh, hey, it's an announcement episode. It's a minisode. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you're as excited as I am. I'm actually genuinely excited,

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<v Speaker 1>excited when they're on like a conference call where no

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<v Speaker 1>one's excited. I'm actually excited. Okay. This is also just

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<v Speaker 1>a general like, hey, what's up and here's what's changing

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<v Speaker 1>coming up soon? Oh I've been waiting for this day

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<v Speaker 1>for at least a year maybe like maybe probably closer,

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<v Speaker 1>just you okay. First off, though, thank you to patrons

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<v Speaker 1>at patreon dot com slash ologies for supporting the show

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<v Speaker 1>and you send in the best questions. We hear them

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<v Speaker 1>every episode. Also, thank you to everyone wearing Ologiesmirch from

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<v Speaker 1>ologiesmarch dot com. We have hats for your summer or

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<v Speaker 1>winter needs, totes, we even have swimsuits. You can wear

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<v Speaker 1>our logo on your butt, and ologiesmirch dot com is

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<v Speaker 1>linked in the show notes. Also, thank you to anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who's ever left reviews. I have honestly read them all

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<v Speaker 1>and they are usually so sweet. Only occasionally it feels awkward,

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<v Speaker 1>But thank you for the reviews. This week I will

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<v Speaker 1>read one is proof from abc F Smiley Face one

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<v Speaker 1>two three, who wrote so amazing what I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 1>how this world would be without Ali and her guests

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<v Speaker 1>keep on sciencing. Thank you for that, ABC D E

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<v Speaker 1>F Smiley Face one two three. And I know you

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine it without me or my guests. And I

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<v Speaker 1>suppose it's timely that I happened to read this one

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<v Speaker 1>on an episode without actual guests, but it's rare and

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<v Speaker 1>here we are. Also thank you for the review Campbell Soup,

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<v Speaker 1>who wrote, I love knowing that you will read this.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at that I did. Okay, we're going to get

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<v Speaker 1>into this minisode with some not life altering, but exciting

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<v Speaker 1>for me announcements about the future of the podcast ologies.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it going to be? Here?

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty soon? So okay, first, I've been mentioning some May

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen news for a bit. I've been like, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>some exciting stuff for you. And the news is that

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<v Speaker 1>Smologies is becoming its own show. It's its own show already.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're listening to this, we just put it up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fresh as hell, hot off the griddle. This is

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<v Speaker 1>something that makes me so thrilled. That's how thrilled. I am.

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<v Speaker 1>So I've been talking about this for like a month

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<v Speaker 1>and it's been a long time coming, and this means

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<v Speaker 1>that forever more. Starting today, you can subscribe to this

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<v Speaker 1>new show. It's Called'smologies. There are shorter, g rated and

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<v Speaker 1>classroom safe cuts of these classic Ologies episodes. Maybe you're

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<v Speaker 1>a parent who tries to find them in the feed

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<v Speaker 1>going back three years, or maybe you're not interested in

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<v Speaker 1>them and you've dodged them in our regular ologies feed

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<v Speaker 1>for years, or you've tried to yeah, find them by

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<v Speaker 1>scrolling through our back catalog. But we're now releasing them

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<v Speaker 1>in their own dedicated place and you can click the

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<v Speaker 1>show notes, it'll take you right there. You can subscribe

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<v Speaker 1>right away, and then you'll just get them when we

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<v Speaker 1>release them once a week. We're alternating with some ones

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<v Speaker 1>we've already put out, but it'll be populating that feed

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<v Speaker 1>from no one. You can also, obviously just look for

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<v Speaker 1>Smologies wherever you find podcasts. It's just ologies with an

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<v Speaker 1>SM at the front, and you'll know you're at the

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<v Speaker 1>right place because we have a new logo with new

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<v Speaker 1>pictures for Smologies that are all really colorful, so you'll

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<v Speaker 1>know you're there. Now, in a minute, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you the backstory of Homologies and why I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>excited about this, for real excited, and why it's a

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<v Speaker 1>weight off my soul. But here's the trailer that we

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<v Speaker 1>put up as an episode zero on the new Smology

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<v Speaker 1>show feed. And right after it, we're gonna take a

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<v Speaker 1>quick break for sponsors of the show who make it

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<v Speaker 1>possible for us to donate to causes every week. And

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<v Speaker 1>then right afterward, I'm going to be telling you some secrets,

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<v Speaker 1>some that are juicy, some that are embarrassing, and also

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<v Speaker 1>just some thoughts about authenticity and where I feel the

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<v Speaker 1>show is going. Okay, here's the trailer, just so i'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you. So, this is a trailer that we put

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<v Speaker 1>together Boom Smologies its own freaking show. Look at you,

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<v Speaker 1>you made it. Welcome to the podcast Smologies. This is exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you love the podcast Ologies? But you could use

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<v Speaker 1>less swearing out of my mouth so you can listen

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<v Speaker 1>in the carpool line or around your school's vice principle.

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<v Speaker 1>Well we made this for you. Welcome to Smologies completely

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<v Speaker 1>kids safe, classroom friendly, all ages and shorter versions of

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<v Speaker 1>ologies podcast classics. So Ologies is an award winning science

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<v Speaker 1>podcast that examines one ology per episode, from rocks to toads,

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<v Speaker 1>to personalities, to clouds to bears and around here. We

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<v Speaker 1>ask super smart people the questions that are on all

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<v Speaker 1>of our minds, even if they're a little silly. The

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<v Speaker 1>language is clean, but the topics are of science.

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<v Speaker 3>The giant panda has poo that smells like tea.

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<v Speaker 1>They're eating bamboo. It literally smells like tea. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>know what you can eat? Bugs? So I've had a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of termites, so one they're my favorite because I've

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<v Speaker 1>a minute, salted, zoomed, and it tastes just like popcorn.

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<v Speaker 1>An ententophagic anthropologists say it's better for the planet than cheeseburgers.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of planets and all things cosmological, there's water on

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<v Speaker 1>the moon, ice water ice on the moon. Yes, Yet

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<v Speaker 1>we'll learn new things as we bust old myths and

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<v Speaker 1>flint flam.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of people think that there aren't any fireflies

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<v Speaker 3>in the Western United States, and that's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>So pump can believe it or not? Is a berry? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Why it's a verry because it said I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a berry, and it's very true. Some snakes today

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<v Speaker 1>still have these little remnants of legs. They got nubbins,

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<v Speaker 1>they got nubben legs. Yep, what a who hum. Day

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<v Speaker 1>gets exciting when ologists reveal the wonder of the things

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<v Speaker 1>all around us and someone's like, tell me about trees.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just like where to begin because life is electric

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<v Speaker 1>and they turn and they get all the other electrons

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<v Speaker 1>riled up. Yea, let's go. And learning is like a

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<v Speaker 1>secret code. Our bodies are so cool that they speak

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<v Speaker 1>their own language, which is the genetic code. I'm sitting

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<v Speaker 1>in this class, like, oh my gosh, none of my

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<v Speaker 2>This is so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Through the eyes of ologies, things become wonder filled, fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>and bigger. This is nature, This is evolution, This is

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<v Speaker 2>This is a planet we live on, which is kind

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<v Speaker 3>This is fishes.

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<v Speaker 1>I think my fishes every day with that sort of tone, like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is on our planet with us? Are these creatures?

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<v Speaker 1>We answer the gross questions ken snakes, heart and the

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<v Speaker 4>Where did we come from?

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<v Speaker 4>Now, imagine your rubbish heap, your dump was right outside

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<v Speaker 4>it really is exciting because what you're doing is you're

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<v Speaker 4>recovering the remains of ancient co That's what really archaeology is.

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<v Speaker 1>And into the future. Like the surprising merits of video games.

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<v Speaker 3>Excuse me, your brain gets better at looking at a

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<v Speaker 3>difficult skiller task and saying, let me try it, because

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<v Speaker 3>I have a great and long history of getting better

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<v Speaker 3>at things that I'm bad at, and that's what gaming

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<v Speaker 1>So join us as we take a trip through all

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<v Speaker 1>the ologies of the world. Studies you never knew, existed,

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<v Speaker 1>experts you've never heard so casual science somehow makes you laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>So subscribe for smologies, the smaller, shorter, and all ages

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<v Speaker 1>versions of ologies podcast episodes, and tell your friends you

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<v Speaker 1>like it because this audio reaches more ears through your

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<v Speaker 1>word of mouth. Join us every week we'll be here

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<v Speaker 1>with some new friends who also happen to be ologists

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<v Speaker 1>or toads. I love that you had a toad friend,

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<v Speaker 1>Like the toad was your friend. It kind of was

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<v Speaker 1>my friend Smologies shorter G rated episodes of Ologies. Classrooms

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a great story? Okay? So that's up. You

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<v Speaker 1>can get the link in the show notes or at

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<v Speaker 1>aliwar dot com slash smologies. Please do pass it on

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<v Speaker 1>to anyone who needs shorter versions of Ology's episodes, or

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<v Speaker 1>is about to embark on some road trips with kiddos

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<v Speaker 1>this summer, or with people who would not like to

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<v Speaker 1>hear a lot of swear words and talk about lizard

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<v Speaker 1>dicks in full length episodes. I'm going to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>a story about that really quick. Okay, So this one

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<v Speaker 1>time I was driving my parents down to LA. This

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<v Speaker 1>has nothing to do with smologies, well tangentially. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>one time I was driving Oh my god, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>believe I was driving my parents down to LA. My

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<v Speaker 1>dad was getting cancer treatment down here. My parents didn't

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<v Speaker 1>make a lot of road trips, and I didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of road trips with my parents, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was a seven hour drive, and so I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>keep them occupied, and obviously my dad's kind of sick.

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<v Speaker 1>No one feels like just chating the whole time. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, let me put on a podcast. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you guys know what podcasts are? So I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>how about this American Life. I turn on this episode

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<v Speaker 1>and it's an episode about a guy generally just being

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Content not family friendly, and so my parents

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<v Speaker 1>are obviously like we listened to probably like fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of it before I'm like, I'll just change I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to change this. Here's what my parents didn't know. And

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<v Speaker 1>my dad is now passed, so he will never know

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<v Speaker 1>I had dated that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I I had dated that guy a few years prior,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was like, oh, the stories hit a little different,

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<v Speaker 1>So I just turned on a rain of podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, this is not something I want to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to in the car with my parents. So smologies

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<v Speaker 1>are good for things like that. For example, I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I would have known about them that time I drove

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<v Speaker 1>and I love them, but we don't have the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of relationship where I'll be like, oh my god, I

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<v Speaker 1>fuck this guy. That's not the kind of relationship that

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't. Even the fact that my mom listens to

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<v Speaker 1>ologies in general makes me say, oh, should I change

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<v Speaker 1>who I am on this and that Mom, I love

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<v Speaker 1>you if you're listening, and I have to remind myself

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<v Speaker 1>to try not to do that anyway. That's another reason

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<v Speaker 1>why I'm really happy that Smology's is in its own

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<v Speaker 1>feed because just knowing that they're like kids in the room,

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<v Speaker 1>like watch what I say a little bit more, which

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<v Speaker 1>isn't fun for me. It's probably not something that you

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<v Speaker 1>might notice, but I just I hesitate a little bit more,

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<v Speaker 1>and this show is much more fun when I can

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<v Speaker 1>just be myself. So that's why I'm excited that Smolog's

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<v Speaker 1>is getting its own feed. People can find it there,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like ruining someone's childhood because now they have

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<v Speaker 1>why I'm excited. Also, I started smologies three years ago

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<v Speaker 1>a pro for kids. So I love that this show

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<v Speaker 1>Ologies has the authenticity, this wearing the whatever content, an

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<v Speaker 1>episodes in these feeds, and those episodes in those feeds

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<v Speaker 1>make me very happy. I've also been so stressed out

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<v Speaker 1>the show usually is. So I'm really happy that we've

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<v Speaker 1>made this switch. And then in its place, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to be doing one or two field trip episodes a

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<v Speaker 1>cool places, and honestly, so that I could just get

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<v Speaker 1>episodes of ologies. So Smologies they are kids safe, their

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<v Speaker 1>so you can please look for that colorful new artwork

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time and who's a professional artist in Portland,

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<v Speaker 1>who honestly hire her for your art needs because she's

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<v Speaker 1>look for that colorful logo. And this week we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>dropping two episodes. We're putting out new ones. We're re

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<v Speaker 1>I can just stack them up in there. Also, let

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<v Speaker 1>me know where you'd like me to go for some

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<v Speaker 1>of the new field trip episodes, like museums or natural wonders.

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<v Speaker 1>a garlic festival, whatever, because these field trips won't just

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<v Speaker 1>be about my colonoscopies or surgeries. Those were just happenstance

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<v Speaker 1>and they got me out of the house, which is good.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, happy Smologies. Let's get on with business. New

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<v Speaker 1>ologies out next week, and the next week's ologies pertains

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<v Speaker 1>to one of my favorite pets. Get ready, it's so good. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>just thanks for being here, and thanks for being on

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<v Speaker 1>the new Smology Speed. Also thank you to Noel Dilworth,

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<v Speaker 1>our scheduling producer again, Bonnie Dutch who made the new

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<v Speaker 1>cover art design for Smologies, Aaron Talbert who addamin Zoologies

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<v Speaker 1>Aveline Mallick who makes our professional transcripts. Assistant editor Jake

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<v Speaker 1>Chafe Chared Sleeper, and Zeke Rodriguez Thomas of mind Jam

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<v Speaker 1>that these Smologies are out the door and edits and

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<v Speaker 1>produces them. If you listen to the end of each

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<v Speaker 1>that if I'm stalling on a project or maybe displaying

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<v Speaker 1>make the thing. Just jump in, do a thing, work

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<v Speaker 1>you heard it here first, probably for the million time. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So go subscribe tosmologies so that I know that this

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<v Speaker 1>was a good idea to give its own show. Also

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<v Speaker 1>tell your parent groups, your teachers, Facebook friends, what have you.

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<v Speaker 1>Your kids are going to start loving dolphins and bugs

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<v Speaker 1>and weird stuff and algae and sea urchins, wearing hats

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<v Speaker 1>and more. So you're welcome and thank you for listening

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<v Speaker 1>all these ears. This is exciting to me. Okay, bybye, pacadermatology, homeology,

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<v Speaker 1>r doo zoology, lithology, technology, meteorology, paratology, anthology, zeriology, selenology.

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