ASM225 Living with Brain Injury with Christy Neal

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before we get to this uh episode today i just have to say something to all of you and that something is thank you i'm actually choking up just saying that it has been such an incredible week last tuesday april 28th my second book came out it's called you're a miracle and a pain in the ass and i was so afraid as we led up to that launch because we're in the middle of a pandemic and shipping books is hard in a pandemic and coordinating marketing activities is hard in a pandemic and you can't get on airplanes and go visit people in different cities for book events during a pandemic and do you know what i was so afraid this book was going to fail terrified so imagine my surprise when on tuesday the audible edition of the book went into the top 100 audible books on amazon and imagine my surprise that on the same day the hardcover edition of the book became an amazon bestseller i am so thankful for all of you and it has been so fun seeing everyone's posts on instagram and facebook and twitter that you've been getting your books and the pictures of the book and the screenshots of the audiobook and the kindle edition and the ebook with your little uh instagram scribbles and markups has just brought such joy to me it has been absolutely a blast to launch this book with you and also holy gosh no forget that holy [ \_\_ ] ass science mike is twice the size that it was two weeks ago i'd like to welcome all you mythical beasts who came over uh from good mythical mourning with rhett and link to come and visit us on this podcast feed we are so glad you're here that's why this week we're doing something special we're re airing an episode that i recorded with christy neal link's wife who is a dear friend of mine we're going to talk about brain injuries this is a previously recorded conversation that i think is simply one of the best episodes of this podcast that has ever been made and i thought those of you who are coming from good mythical morning would really enjoy it which by the way the love you mythical be share online is wonderful and singular and i had so much fun interacting with all of you so welcome to this podcast this is a place where we believe that every sincere question deserves an honest and non-judgmental response and that's what we do every week we just explore curiosity about whatever we want so if you're new to the program here's what you need to know you can decide what happens every episode and you do that by going to asksciencemike.com and sending in a question your questions create this program every week and it's a lot of fun i'm excited about the new energy and new excitement for the show i couldn't believe ask science mike was in the apple podcast top 200 shows over all last week that was pretty wild we actually went all the way to number two in the science category and that's really really special and that's all of you and we're having so much fun almost every night on the virtual book tour it has been more fun than you can imagine getting together everybody in their homes online for a virtual event already we had a great experience uh with those events uh in atlanta nashville minneapolis seattle and portland all of which had lots of people all of which were really really fun like for two plus hours we got together and we talked and if you're like wait what how does that work we get together online and i use a platform called crowdcast that i can broadcast to you and i give a little talk and then i invite people in to share their thoughts and their questions and it's a wonderful communal experience it means you get to be on camera with me if you want to be but you don't have to be on camera like if it was a zoom meeting so if you're just so far into pandemic pajama land that you can't imagine being on camera don't worry you can still be there you can still drop in the text chat and because there's 21 of these events i have plenty of time to talk with everyone none of them get so big that it's unmanageable this week we will be doing dallas in austin texas and los angeles and houston texas so we're just going to do the texas tour this week plus my home city of la now if you're not in those places don't worry this is a virtual tour and that means you can go to any stop you want you don't have to live in that city we've had people from australia and the united kingdom and canada and argentina and all over the world join in for these events as well as people all over the united states it is so much fun so here we are suddenly with a best-selling book and a tour that's going to go all the way through june so guess what there's no reason for us to be bored during the pandemic i'd love to see you at any of these to learn more just go to ask sciencemike.com new book okay big news big news there and then finally before we get to the conversation with christy here in just a second so many of you have been asking me how you can help support the book launch and that means so much to me dozens and dozens of messages saying how can i help so i asked my team and my publisher what are three things that would make a big difference in the book and we're really close to hitting some of the major bestseller lists and your help here could be the difference there so you can leave a review of the book on amazon and or goodreads that is the single biggest thing you can do you can share a photo or screenshot of the book on your social media and of course if you don't have a book or a photo you can grab one from my social media accounts we've got lots and if you tag me in your post i will definitely retweet it or post it to my instagram story uh and then you can also uh go to my social media and find links to the audible edition and share that link with your friends and uh that will help this most popular edition of the book uh be heard even more widely so three things you can do to help review the book on amazon or goodreads share the book with your friends on social media or in person word of mouth is how books get talked about and then share a link to the audible edition and people who sign up can actually get the book for free as part of their audible trial and in a time right now when a lot of us face income uncertainty that's a way that people can hear the book without having to lay out the expense of a book by just trying a trial with audible so it's a big week and i couldn't have done it without all of you you mean so much to me and now for anyone new to the podcast either mythical beasts or just general cozy robots from science mic land here's my conversation with christy neal about traumatic brain injury.

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