Sam Kiefer

My dog, Ramen, is still alive.

He turns nine this month.

He's still very fat and very dumb and very wonderful.

I got sober about a year ago.

I've been slowly rebuilding my life since then.

No complaints though.

Whatever I left behind in my old life has been repaid to me currently 10 times over.

As I wrap this up, I just wanted to say how good it is to hear from you both.

You both changed my life in many ways and I'm proud to be a part of this show still.

I was aware from our very first taping that we had something special.

I lost all my emails from the last 10 years when I left SiriusXM, but I'm genuinely pretty sure you both have emails from me around that time telling you guys in that very fact that you guys were on to something very magical here.

I tried to do the math, and by my rough estimate, I've made probably 3,000 to 4,000 podcasts over the last decade.

I've made some really magical stuff.

I've met some really, truly special people.

But it all pales in comparison to what you two have built here.

You two have built a community.

Talk to you today has used that phrase and podcasts and communities last forever.

And to the people that email me saying they listen to the show while they're running marathons, having babies, getting married.

I see you and I hear you in every email.

It blows my mind.