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Hey everybody, Chris here.

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First of all, thank you for

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listening to Non-Topical. As we

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always say,

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we appreciate you listening,

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and it's great that we've had

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the opportunity and have the

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opportunity

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to share our lives together

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with you. That said, Non-Top

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ical is going to go on an inde

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finite

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hiatus, and I don't know that

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it's permanent. It's just

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something that Kit and I need

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to press

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pause on for now. There are a

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couple of reasons for this.

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First, it's been a very

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difficult summer for

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me personally, and I'm not

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going to get into the details

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of that. Don't worry, my

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relationship with

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Kay, my girlfriend, is still

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good. I'm abbreviating her name

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here. And in general, things

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are looking

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up, but it's been a difficult

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transition. Secondly, the

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entire premise of this show,

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was predicated upon Kit and I

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taking these long walks

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together and him constantly

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asking,

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what I wanted to talk about. So

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what do you want to talk about,

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Dad? What do you want to talk

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about?

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And that led to some really

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funny and creative

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conversations, which Kit and I

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both thought

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would be entertaining for

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people to hear. And that is and

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was true. That said, Kit is

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also at the age

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where he should no longer be

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asking, what do you want to

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talk about, Dad? He should be

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instead driving

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conversations that are things

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that he actually cares about.

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By putting him in a position

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where he's always

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asking somebody else what

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should be discussed, it limits

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his ability to really decide

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for himself what he wants.

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Now, that doesn't mean that

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this is going away permanently.

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But what it does mean is he

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needs

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some space to figure himself

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out in terms of what he likes,

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what he's passionate about,

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what he cares about,

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versus having me drive the

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conversations. And if you look

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back at our catalog of past

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episodes,

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you'll notice that usually it's

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me doing most of the talking.

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And that's not necessarily a

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bad thing. But it needs to move

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to a point where he's doing

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more talking and I'm kind of

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stepping back from the

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microphone, so to speak.

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Does that mean the show is

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fully going away? I hope not,

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because it's really a fun

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experience to be able to have

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that conversation ability with

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your developing children.

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And also, it's been a lot of

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fun. But at the same time, it's

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not something that right now

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can continue in its current

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form, because he really needs a

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space to be able to figure out

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what he cares about and learn

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to drive conversations on his

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own.

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I do have a couple of

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recordings in the can, so there

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may be a couple of episodes

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released over the next several

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months.

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And we'll see what happens in

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terms of as Kit grows and

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changes and learns to embrace

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himself if he wants to come

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back to it. If he does, great.

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If not, I don't know. Maybe I

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'll just start recording things

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on my own and ramble. I'm

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pretty good at doing that.

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But really, it wouldn't be the

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same in that case. So we'll see

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what happens. For now, I just

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want to thank everybody for

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listening to Nontopical. Thank

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you for your support. And thank

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you for those who did offer

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feedback and encouragement. It

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was well worthwhile.

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And if anybody out there still

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wants to donate a hypothetical

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$1,000 to general causes, you

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could do it at ko-fi.com/nontopical

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 And if you do have

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any feedback, feedback@nontopical.com

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is the place to go.

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In the meantime, for Kit and

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myself, thank you for listening

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, and we hope to be able to

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catch you in the future. Thanks

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, everyone.