ASM226 Why Did I Do That?

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welcome to ask science mike the weekly podcast where we believe that every sincere question deserves an honest and non-judgmental response i'm your host mike mccarth it is my pleasure to welcome so many new listeners to the program i hope you've enjoyed what you've heard so far and this week we're going to do something pretty special i'm really excited about that took a lot of uh support to pull off um recently i released my second book you're a miracle and a pain in the ass uh worldwide and it has been so fun to finally have that book out it has been so much fun to finally hear people's responses and see how this work that has been such a labor of love for me is impacting your lives and my publisher is letting us do something really special here uh this episode of ask science mike is the first chapter of my audiobook in its entirety with no edits a huge thank you to penguin random house specifically the convergent books imprint there uh for letting me use this audio on the podcast this is just a free bonus for everyone who listens it also lets you hear what the audiobook is like and the first chapter of the book i think kind of stands on its own um so that's what we'll hear this week 31 minutes of my audiobook if you're like i wonder what an audiobook from science bike sounds like guess what you'll know very very soon because that's what this episode is going to be um on that note wow wow am i having fun at these in-home tour events i thought it would be fun and it's more fun than i expected it has just been wonderful i mean absolutely wonderful i've enjoyed them so tremendously we get together i talk about what's in the book and then we get together and you anyone who wants to come on camera gets to come on camera and ask questions or share thoughts and have a little conversation with me and it's just so wonderful every single event has had so many people in it um i was worried they'd be ghost towns and none of them have been every event is has a great number of people i would dare say a perfect number of people arrive for us to have a great evening together they're engaging they're fun i've just never been a part of anything like it and that's because of all of you and so this week washington dc new york and chicago i'm headed your way virtually now if you've looked at the tour you've gone to mikemakark.com slash new book or ask sciencemike.com new book and clicked on the tour link and you've been like what mike's not coming near me don't forget you can attend literally any event because this is an online virtual event uh they're they are roughly geographically oriented so people can get together with people in their city but you can be a guest at any event and what if you already have a book that's fine just grab a free ticket there's free tickets available at every single stop i want anyone who wants to participate to be able to participate regardless of economic means so i'd love to see you on tour every event has gone great we've got a few more weeks of this uh together um so you know all the way until june 5th we've got events going on every single week so i'd love to see you at one of those so i guess without any further delay i will go ahead and share the book with you so this is the first chapter of my best-selling book in the audible format and it's called you're a miracle and a pain in the ass audio excerpted courtesy penguin random house audio from you're a miracle and a pain in the ass by mike mccarg narrated by the author

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