Jonah and Paul send a brief missive about the current state of the podcast.
Podcast Update – April 19 2015
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Thank you for the update. Get well Jonah. Get good Paul. Looking forward to hearing from you next week.
Rest up both of you, and I’ll tune in next week.
Looking forward to next weeks episode hope Jonah is feeling better and Paul isn’t too busy.