Welcome back to the talko. We’ve encountered some scheduling problems and technical difficulties already this year, so we’re off to a slow start.

We recorded an episode with long-time fan and sibling of the show, Marianne. To our sadness and dismay, this episode was lost into the ether due to a technical error. We apologize to her and our fans for not only losing the show but for being behind on recording new ones.

This week’s show, the first episode of season two is short. Kurt and Jeff are the only ones on the recording. Ideally, this won’t happen again. The plan was to record one half with Kurt and Jeff, and the second half with Kurt and Matt, and append them together as a whole show. We might end up using this format some time in the future if scheduling continues to be difficult, but this show is lacking our great friend Matt, and it suffers the loss of his signature wit.

Please enjoy what we consider to be a placeholder show and look forward to our triumphant return to greatness next time.