It’s been over a month since I’ve released an episode. That was not my plan nor intention. But sometimes life intervenes. Just shy of a month ago, I had surgery to repair a lifelong issue with my ear - ruptured ear drum, and the recovery took much longer than I expected. It required me to slow down.

I wrote about the surgery in this post:

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Some thoughts on healing, post-surgery

Last Wednesday, I had surgery to repair a lifelong issue with my ear. I’ve had a ruptured eardrum caused by an errant eartube that lodged in it instead of falling out when I was a child. I had multiple attempted surgeries as a child - paper grafts and skin grafts alike - that tried to fix the issue, but none were successful…

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2 months ago · 8 likes · Blake Chastain

I have 6 episodes that are recorded that just need some editing love. In the meantime, enjoy this archival episode with Pete Holmes from 2019:

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