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Hello to everybody who can't break the flowerpot! It's Beautiful Anonymous. One hour, one phone call, no names, no holds barred. Hello everybody, my name is Chris Gethard.

It is a pleasure to be here in this hosting seat, talking to you regular humans once again. Just, that's what it is. If you're finding the show for the first time, welcome.

Here's what it is. A regular guy talks to other regular people on the phone and we just remember that this world is just full of stories. And this week's episode will reiterate that in a big way, that it's the whole world that's full of stories.

I have to thank everybody who enjoyed the episode last week. Our postal worker, who used to be a monk, got a lot of very positive reactions. A lot of people were charmed by him.

It led to a discussion in the Facebook group.  It is sad that this one kind of randomly came out on a week when there was all this news about French clergy. It became topical yet again.

 In the course of the conversation, we used to joke about this when we were kids. Anyway, the whole thing was wild. Thank you to everybody in the Facebook group for being there and being a big part of this community and giving that feedback.

It's very motivating. Also, you're hearing this. This is coming out on Tuesday the 12th.

On the 15th, I am in Philadelphia. On the 16th, I am in Jersey City. These are the first two live, beautiful, anonymous tapings back.

 These are the first live, beautiful, anonymous shows in two years. Philly and Jersey City. Let's go East Coast.

East Coast is my people. There's a handful of tickets left. There's also stand-up shows.

Let's throw down. Have fun. Say hello.

 I cannot wait to get back out there with a live crowd. Record some live episodes for you guys. This week's episode just got off the phone.

Just recorded this one. I was saying before, it's about the whole world. This person is in a city that's become kind of weirdly legendary in the course of the show.

 We have a caller from Perth, Australia. We have a lot of listeners in Perth, Australia who have always told me I need to go to Perth, Australia. We talk about that.

We laugh about that. We talk about what it's like living in the most isolated major city in the world. About what it's like living there during extreme COVID lockdowns when things are really under control there, but you kind of feel like the rest of the world.

You're watching a movie about this crazy disease. We have a lot of tangents about parenting and a quiz that the caller has prepared for me. It is a fun episode with a person who I found extraordinarily easy to talk to, and we talk about current day, and we also talk about the big picture stuff.

 It is noon where I'm recording. It was midnight where she was literally the opposite side of the world. We get to just talk in real time and remember how much we all have in common on this spinning orb that we live upon.

It's a great call. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for calling Beautiful Anonymous.

A beeping noise will indicate when you are on the show with the host. Hello? Hello. Hi there.

How are you? Good. How are you? I'm doing very well, thanks. Where are you from? I'm calling from Perth in Western Australia.

 Perth!  Yes. I'm super nervous, so I'm catching my breath a little bit here. Don't be nervous.

I am so thrilled to talk to you. I feel like we mentioned it on the show before, but for years now, whenever I announce my tour dates, there will be a segment of Beautiful Anonymous fans who go, you have to come to Perth, Australia. Then other people have told me Perth, Australia is the most desolate city in the world.

Everybody skips it and they go to Sydney and Melbourne and a few other places in Australia, but Perth always gets left out of a lot of touring artists' schedules and people overlook it. I'm sitting here going, the city that's overlooked because it's desolate and nobody wants to... That sounds like me. It sounds like it lives in my soul and my spirit.