Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - a holiday hello, and a live episode about weasels!

Episode Date: December 30, 2024

Happy holidays from us (Alex and Katie)! Please enjoy this holiday hello. Please also enjoy a full new SIF episode in bonus feeds. And see you in 2025!To hear that live London episode, all about weasels, support us and grab your bonus feeds at maximumfun.org/join

Hey folks, it's me Alex and I'm with Katie, of course. I'm here, yeah. Yeah. And a happy last Monday of the year to you. We do have a full CIF episode for you and it's for supporters. It's our live show that we did in London. We can share it. In jolly old London.

Now that we're not there, Alex made me not do a British accent in the lead up to it, so we would be allowed to enter the country. But now I'm free to do my little British accent. Yeah, this is our what? 10th take of this message, because you kept calling me Gov the previous nine times. It was very difficult. By Brov. Yeah.

I switched from Gov to Brov. Oh, Brov. Yeah, I couldn't tell. previous nine times. It was very difficult. By Breuv. I switched from Gov to Breuv. Oh, Breuv. Yeah, I couldn't tell. It was just washing over me by take nine. Yeah, we loved doing that show and also, you know, the folks who were there paid a ticket price. We want to make this for supporters and also give those folks a gift for this week, for this Monday between Christmas and New Year's. Happy Weaselmas. Yeah.

It's with special guest, Robin Ince, who's just an amazing comedian and author and everything in the UK. He co-hosts the Infinite Monkey Cage on the BBC. He was such a lovely person also. Yeah, really. We got a lot of time with him. I've met him before too. You got to meet him.

It was just great. Yeah. And you all that we got to meet in London after the show too. What a joy. Really awesome. Yeah. Yeah. No, I had so much fun. Loved meeting people and enjoyed learning about weasels. And yeah, past years, we just haven't had an episode this Monday between Christmas and New Year's. This year we can do that. And we also just want to say Merry Holidays, Happy New Year. Thank you so much for making us part of your year. It's the greatest privilege in the world.

It's amazing. Thank you guys. Yeah, no, I love doing this show. The live show is incredible. I want to keep doing it. So I appreciate each and every one of you who are listening, because that helps us keep doing the show, which we love. Yeah, sometimes people ask me, like, oh, what do you do with your time? Like, is a podcast a big thing? you for listening because that helps us keep doing the show, which we love. Yeah.

Sometimes people ask me like, oh, what do you do with your time? Is a podcast a big thing? And it's like the main thing I do every week. And that is unbelievably great. It's such a wonderful thing in my life. And so I'm eternally grateful to all of you and excited to keep doing it because it's huge privilege. Yes.

It's such a joy. And to get to do it with Katie, I get to it's huge privilege. Yes. It's such a joy. And to get to do it with Katie. I get to see Katie. Yeah. Yeah. Aw, thank you, man. It's just true. Yeah. Well, and yes, it's and it's been an amazing year. Thanks to you folks. Our maximum fun drive was unbelievable. We hit all our goals and then some and and we are planning exciting things for 2025 too. So please join us for that. And we're calling it Endeavor 2025. Were you avoiding the word projects? I see.

I see what's going on. No, no, no, I wasn't. I don't know if it's too dark, but thank you for kind notes about this podcast being a bright thing in folks lives, especially with recent news in a lot of parts of the world, not just the United States. I feel that way about getting to make it and I'm glad whenever it can be that. With giant news or day to day things in your life, if you stubbed your toe today and this podcast helps, that's great, you know?

Yeah. Imagine us telling you like 10 interesting facts about stubbing your toe. Takeaway number nine, your ninth toe can be stubbed. Takeaway number 10, phew, oh geez, I'm glad there's 10 toes, okay. Yeah. Takeaway number 11 could be ouch. Yeah, that's good.

Yeah. But yeah, thank you all. And of course we're back next week with a May and Am bonus, Sif. And we really had a great time talking about weasels. It's a can't miss topic and I'm excited for you to hear it in the bonus feed. Maximumfund.org slash join is the place to join if you want to hear it. Otherwise, we'll see you next week. Yeah.

See you next week, guys. Happy Weaselmas. Happy Weaselmas. Ermin-mas. Mustelidmas. Chris Mustelids. Yeah. Yeah