Hey everyone, Alex C. Telander here, and before we get to this week’s Firsts episode started, we wanted to take a moment to address the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe versus Wade on June 24th, 2022. Everyone should have the freedom to decide what is best for themselves and their families, including when it comes to ending a pregnancy. Abortion is a basic healthcare need for millions of people of all genders, and this decision has far-reaching consequences for every single person in America. People, not politicians, should be able to make their own decisions including when it comes to abortion care. We have more information linked at choice.crd.co, and if you are able, consider donating to abortion funds. Please speak up, take care, and spread the word.   As you know, I was very happy to announce recently that the Ostium Podcast has joined the Rusty Quill Network. And for the last few months I’ve started listening to some of the great shows that are part of that network, and then I started chatting with the creator of one of those shows, and in the coming weeks you’re going to get a treat here on the Ostium feed with the first episodes of some of those shows. Like I said, I’ve been listening to these shows and they’re really awesome, so I wanted to share their awesomeness with you and hopefully help you get hooked on a great new audiodrama, or two, or ten! So these will start releasing over the ensuing weeks and months and hopefully you’ll give them a listen and then, once you’re hooked, you find them in your podcast app and subscribe and start enjoying all the other episodes. Our next recommendation from the Rusty Quill Network is The Storage Papers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ostium. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.