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Speaker: Hello, and welcome to
Daily-ish for Monday, October 5th, 2026.
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I am attempting to record an
episode of this podcast every day
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on my 50th year of this planet.
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No, that didn'tâ¦
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Something didn't come out right
there, but you know what I meant.
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All right, mailbag Monday episode,
going through some comments
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and some replies and feedback.
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I was thinking the YouTube comments,
uh, kind of like feel like a bit
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of a self-contained thing 'cause
they're on the episode page.
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Other listeners, viewers,
whatever, can see them there.
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It feels a little more like
a, a conversation that's
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already happened there.
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So I, I won't necessarily always pull in
YouTube comments, but there's some good
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conversations about the, Marvel movie
feedback as well as, uh, folks there as
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well as elsewhere gave some good feedback
about liking la- yesterday's or lastâ¦
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Yesterday?
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Yeah, yesterday's episode, doing
a more casual recording outside,
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which is good, and I'm glad that the
slightly more relaxed, less officialâ¦
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Although it's actually more work when I
don't do it this way, the sort of what
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feels like a more official version in my
office, uh, with my mic and camera and
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stuff, is actually easier on a technical
level than trying to do the outdoor one or
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non-desk one anyways, uh, for reasons that
are, have everything to do with me being
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picky about how I put the things out.
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But, I can streamline that
a bit, uh, as I work on it.
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But also winter is coming, and
so outdoors will not be very
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favorable in the near future.
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But we'll try and do them every so often
just to give it a little bit of a visual,
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variety than just this boring office.
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I also do hope, I'm not promising, but
I hope that I'm able to improve this
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office a bit, not just for this because
of this podcast, although this is a good
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motivator, uh, more for just myself.
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It's been kind of in this state, and
you can't see even the other half of
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the office, which is right behind,
like just right there is a wall
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But, uh, just some stuff to hang up still.
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I, I always kind of feel like it's not
quite right, and so I, I'm reluctant to
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settle into this being the arrangement.
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I'm hopeful that over this winter
I can do a bit of prettying up of
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the background and, and things yeah,
make it just nicer both for myself
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most of the time, but also for folks
who are watching the YouTube version
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And I know nobody was
criticizing the office.
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It was just kind of a nice change of
scenery to be outside, and I agree
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Listener, uh, Nicholas mentioned in a
Discord, I mean, on tangible work, there's
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very little he can point to, which is sad.
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First 10 years was all disks shipped
to contract sponsors that aren't
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even referenced on the internet much.
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Current job has the documentation
history online, but much of the code
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I wrote eight to 10 years ago is
being retired for the better, and
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no one would ever see it anyway.
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It's kind of weird.
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And Haroldina said, uh, "I literally
make tangible objects for a living,
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and so few of them are ever seen or
touched by people outside of the company.
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He does bring some scrap
parts home to show off."
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I think what was helpful with that
feedback is just kind of a reminder, even
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for myself, of how many jobs really aren't
actually tangible things you can show
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off or, or even just be proud of sitting
on a shelf or knowing that they went to
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someone's home or whatever that you made.
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Much of what we do, we all are involved
in work-wise, is either very temporary
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in the digital sense or just even in
the world sense of like it's gonna
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be replaced in some point, in some
form or another I think it's the,
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the grass is always greener on the
other side idea, like I mentioned
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in that episode where I was talking
about digital versus real world, work.
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seeing it more favorably in
hindsight than it was in reality
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And a bit of follow-up on that
episode, I did look into it.
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There is actually a place in
Saskatoon here that does have a
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podcast sort of studio rental space.
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It's a bit, like, clinical-looking
and kind of like enterprise-y, I
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don't know, environment, so not
like fun YouTube show necessarily.
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I can't say for sure just based
off the website obviously how
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successful or not it is for them.
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So I haven't done too much more deeper
research on that locally here, but just
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doing a bit of looking and googling and
kind of basic sort of napkin scratchings,
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it feels like probably not a huge
opportunity there locally unless there's
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a lot of effort put behind marketing it
and advertising and just making awareness
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around that idea of as, as a thing that
people can do All right, on Mondays as
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well, I s- thank the Patreon supporters.
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You can support me directly if
you would like, but no need to.
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Patreon.com/ichris
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is where they're doing that.
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There's also links in the show
notes to, like, one-time support.
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Void and Cozy decided to do the
YouTube membership thing, which you
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can do if you visit my YouTube channel
in the links in the show notes.
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again, all of that is f-
I'm very appreciated and not
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necessarily necessary forâ¦
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Not necessarily necessary.
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Not necessary in order to keep
listening to the show, but very
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much appreciated, of course.
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So thanks to John and Justin
over at transistor.fm.
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If you need podcast hosting
like I did, visit transistor.fm.
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Abby Fisher, Eileen Smee, Three Guys,
Three Questions podcast, and my mom, Lynn.
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And as always, you can feel free to
reply to this on social media, in
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the comments on YouTube, or you can
email me at chris.enns@gmail.com.
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If you're not already subscribed, you
can visit daily.chrisenns.com/subscribe
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to see all the ways to find out about
the show, or just look for Dailyish
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wherever you get your podcasts.
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Thank you for listening.
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I hope you'll be back tomorrow.
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I will be, I hope.
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Have a great day.
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Bye.
NOTE
This file was generated by Descript
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Speaker: Hello, and welcome to
Daily-ish for Monday, October 5th, 2026.
00:00:10.227 --> 00:00:12.907
I am attempting to record an
episode of this podcast every day
00:00:12.997 --> 00:00:15.477
on my 50th year of this planet.
00:00:15.527 --> 00:00:16.117
No, that didn'tâ¦
00:00:16.517 --> 00:00:18.507
Something didn't come out right
there, but you know what I meant.
00:00:18.907 --> 00:00:22.117
All right, mailbag Monday episode,
going through some comments
00:00:22.117 --> 00:00:24.037
and some replies and feedback.
00:00:24.047 --> 00:00:27.067
I was thinking the YouTube comments,
uh, kind of like feel like a bit
00:00:27.067 --> 00:00:29.247
of a self-contained thing 'cause
they're on the episode page.
00:00:29.267 --> 00:00:32.277
Other listeners, viewers,
whatever, can see them there.
00:00:32.577 --> 00:00:34.867
It feels a little more like
a, a conversation that's
00:00:34.877 --> 00:00:35.697
already happened there.
00:00:35.697 --> 00:00:39.017
So I, I won't necessarily always pull in
YouTube comments, but there's some good
00:00:39.017 --> 00:00:44.399
conversations about the, Marvel movie
feedback as well as, uh, folks there as
00:00:44.429 --> 00:00:48.299
well as elsewhere gave some good feedback
about liking la- yesterday's or lastâ¦
00:00:48.459 --> 00:00:48.909
Yesterday?
00:00:48.919 --> 00:00:52.107
Yeah, yesterday's episode, doing
a more casual recording outside,
00:00:52.107 --> 00:00:56.897
which is good, and I'm glad that the
slightly more relaxed, less officialâ¦
00:00:56.907 --> 00:01:00.477
Although it's actually more work when I
don't do it this way, the sort of what
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feels like a more official version in my
office, uh, with my mic and camera and
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stuff, is actually easier on a technical
level than trying to do the outdoor one or
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non-desk one anyways, uh, for reasons that
are, have everything to do with me being
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picky about how I put the things out.
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But, I can streamline that
a bit, uh, as I work on it.
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But also winter is coming, and
so outdoors will not be very
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favorable in the near future.
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But we'll try and do them every so often
just to give it a little bit of a visual,
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variety than just this boring office.
00:01:32.989 --> 00:01:37.149
I also do hope, I'm not promising, but
I hope that I'm able to improve this
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office a bit, not just for this because
of this podcast, although this is a good
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motivator, uh, more for just myself.
00:01:42.279 --> 00:01:46.469
It's been kind of in this state, and
you can't see even the other half of
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the office, which is right behind,
like just right there is a wall
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But, uh, just some stuff to hang up still.
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I, I always kind of feel like it's not
quite right, and so I, I'm reluctant to
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settle into this being the arrangement.
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I'm hopeful that over this winter
I can do a bit of prettying up of
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the background and, and things yeah,
make it just nicer both for myself
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most of the time, but also for folks
who are watching the YouTube version
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And I know nobody was
criticizing the office.
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It was just kind of a nice change of
scenery to be outside, and I agree
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Listener, uh, Nicholas mentioned in a
Discord, I mean, on tangible work, there's
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very little he can point to, which is sad.
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First 10 years was all disks shipped
to contract sponsors that aren't
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even referenced on the internet much.
00:02:22.470 --> 00:02:25.500
Current job has the documentation
history online, but much of the code
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I wrote eight to 10 years ago is
being retired for the better, and
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no one would ever see it anyway.
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It's kind of weird.
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And Haroldina said, uh, "I literally
make tangible objects for a living,
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and so few of them are ever seen or
touched by people outside of the company.
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He does bring some scrap
parts home to show off."
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I think what was helpful with that
feedback is just kind of a reminder, even
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for myself, of how many jobs really aren't
actually tangible things you can show
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off or, or even just be proud of sitting
on a shelf or knowing that they went to
00:02:53.220 --> 00:02:55.280
someone's home or whatever that you made.
00:02:55.650 --> 00:03:01.320
Much of what we do, we all are involved
in work-wise, is either very temporary
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in the digital sense or just even in
the world sense of like it's gonna
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be replaced in some point, in some
form or another I think it's the,
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the grass is always greener on the
other side idea, like I mentioned
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in that episode where I was talking
about digital versus real world, work.
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seeing it more favorably in
hindsight than it was in reality
00:03:20.925 --> 00:03:22.635
And a bit of follow-up on that
episode, I did look into it.
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There is actually a place in
Saskatoon here that does have a
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podcast sort of studio rental space.
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It's a bit, like, clinical-looking
and kind of like enterprise-y, I
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don't know, environment, so not
like fun YouTube show necessarily.
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I can't say for sure just based
off the website obviously how
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successful or not it is for them.
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So I haven't done too much more deeper
research on that locally here, but just
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doing a bit of looking and googling and
kind of basic sort of napkin scratchings,
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it feels like probably not a huge
opportunity there locally unless there's
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a lot of effort put behind marketing it
and advertising and just making awareness
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around that idea of as, as a thing that
people can do All right, on Mondays as
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well, I s- thank the Patreon supporters.
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You can support me directly if
you would like, but no need to.
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Patreon.com/ichris
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is where they're doing that.
00:04:11.298 --> 00:04:13.828
There's also links in the show
notes to, like, one-time support.
00:04:14.238 --> 00:04:17.528
Void and Cozy decided to do the
YouTube membership thing, which you
00:04:17.528 --> 00:04:20.198
can do if you visit my YouTube channel
in the links in the show notes.
00:04:20.547 --> 00:04:23.627
again, all of that is f-
I'm very appreciated and not
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necessarily necessary forâ¦
00:04:25.907 --> 00:04:27.127
Not necessarily necessary.
00:04:27.527 --> 00:04:31.637
Not necessary in order to keep
listening to the show, but very
00:04:31.637 --> 00:04:32.727
much appreciated, of course.
00:04:33.067 --> 00:04:36.037
So thanks to John and Justin
over at transistor.fm.
00:04:36.127 --> 00:04:39.287
If you need podcast hosting
like I did, visit transistor.fm.
00:04:39.367 --> 00:04:43.297
Abby Fisher, Eileen Smee, Three Guys,
Three Questions podcast, and my mom, Lynn.
00:04:43.697 --> 00:04:46.097
And as always, you can feel free to
reply to this on social media, in
00:04:46.097 --> 00:04:50.117
the comments on YouTube, or you can
email me at chris.enns@gmail.com.
00:04:50.357 --> 00:04:53.857
If you're not already subscribed, you
can visit daily.chrisenns.com/subscribe
00:04:53.857 --> 00:04:57.287
to see all the ways to find out about
the show, or just look for Dailyish
00:04:57.297 --> 00:04:58.357
wherever you get your podcasts.
00:04:58.737 --> 00:04:59.477
Thank you for listening.
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I hope you'll be back tomorrow.
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I will be, I hope.
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Have a great day.
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Bye.
