1 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Warning. The following minniesode includes discussion of Bronto sources, fortune telling, 2 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: Larry King, the Flintstones, and America's first licensed astrologer. It's 3 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: also conveniently packaged in ay list format for listeners who 4 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: don't like their information presented in numerical order. Please take care. 5 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 2: For anyone who listens. You know, Skyline Drive isn't that political, 6 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: but there's sometimes a person just has to stand up 7 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: for what is right. And during the course of our reporting, 8 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: it occurred to us here that there aren't any famous 9 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: astrologers honored on US post stamps. There are, however, brought 10 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: to sources which were famously considered real when I was 11 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 2: a kid, then were declared not real when my cousins 12 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: were kids, and then maybe they're real again. I really 13 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: can't keep track. Also, there are stamps with Confederate generals 14 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: on them, which is confusing because why exactly are we 15 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 2: honoring a bunch of people who try to overthrow the government, 16 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: mostly because they wanted to keep slaves. But maybe most 17 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: confusing of all, we have the Pony Express on stamps. 18 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: This was a failed startup. It barely lasted a year 19 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: and a half and it was never part of the 20 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: US postal system. So it's kind of like Google issuing 21 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: a Google Doodle to honor Alta Vista or Ask Jeeves 22 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: or some other long dead competitor. So unless you think 23 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: astrology is worse than fake dinosaurs, racist generals, and complete 24 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: business failures, I think it's okay to put an astrologer 25 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: on a stamp. If we're gonna pick just one astrologer, 26 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: I nominate Maxine Taylor from Kaleidoscope and iHeart Podcasts. I'm 27 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: Mongi's articular welcome to Skyline Drive. Many sewed one three 28 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: reasons we should put Maxine Taylor on a stamp already. 29 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 2: To be honest, Maxine Taylor shouldn't have had time for me. 30 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 2: She spends her days writing and collaborating on books and 31 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: taping predictions for her YouTube channel, and also filling the 32 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: extra space in between with zoom consultations for clients. But 33 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 2: I think when she heard I was from Brooklyn and 34 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: visiting my parents in Georgia, she just couldn't resist. Maxine 35 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: happens to be tethered to those two places too. She 36 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: was born and raised in Brooklyn and has lived most 37 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: of her adult life not too far from where my 38 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: folks live, and I'm so glad she made time for me, 39 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: because after just an hour with her, I realized how 40 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: much she's done for the art and practice of astrology 41 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: here in the United States. One Maxine made it legal 42 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: to be an astrologer. 43 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: I said, listen, I want to legalize astrology and at 44 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: some point become an astrologer. Back then, you practiced trology 45 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: in hush whispers because we're in the Bible Belt, for 46 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: goodness sake. 47 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: In nineteen sixty nine, soon after Maxine had moved from 48 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: Brooklyn to Atlanta, she realized that you couldn't get a 49 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: business license for astrology in Georgia. 50 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 3: It wasn't just Georgia, it was the entire country. 51 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 4: One of the distinctions that seems to be made is 52 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 4: is between fortune telling and astrology, And so what is 53 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 4: it that doesn't sit together with those two ideas. 54 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 3: Oh well, first of all, there's a negative connotation to 55 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: fortune telling. It's like a gypsy, is like a rip off, etc. 56 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: It's not I think it's a term used to denigrate. 57 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 3: But if you're able to put people's mind at ease, 58 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 3: put their hearts at ease, answer their questions, and if 59 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 3: you come from love. This is a mission. It's a 60 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 3: labor of love, and I think word fortune telling is insulting. 61 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: Maxine had a vision that she was meant to bring 62 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: astrology to the forefront. It came to her in a 63 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: dream that one of her purposes here on earth was 64 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: to make people see the worth in astrology and to 65 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: legitimize it. So she took her case to the Cobb 66 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: County Commissioners. The only problem was no one would give 67 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: her an appointment, So for weeks she waited in the 68 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 2: lobby without anyone calling her name, and finally she saw 69 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: an open door. So she sneaks into the commissioner's office 70 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: and politely asks him herself, and to her surprise, he 71 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 2: invites her to a commission meeting the following week, just 72 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 2: to plead her case in front of a panel. So Maxine, 73 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: who's just in her twenties right now, is super nervous 74 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: about this. 75 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: I was scared to death because it was very imposing. 76 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 3: The commissioners were sitting on a dais upon like judges, 77 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 3: and I didn't know how am I going to convince 78 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 3: these people. 79 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: Also, the mood in the room is not great. The 80 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 2: Marietta Daily Journal was there and they covered the event 81 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: and they wrote, quote it had been a long Tuesday 82 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: afternoon full of sewer angry and water angry and highway 83 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: angry people, and the clock on the wall showed nearly 84 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: five pm when the girl walked in. Anyway, she finally 85 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: gets her turn, and she starts by trying to show 86 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 2: how astrology is prominent in the Bible, but she soon 87 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: realizes this tack isn't really working well, so she changes 88 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 2: her strategy. 89 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 3: So what I did was I started talking about each sign, 90 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 3: and I asked each commissioner what their sign was, and 91 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 3: I described them and introduced humor, and the whole nine 92 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 3: yards long story. 93 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: Short and Maxine's charm quickly wins them over. She explains 94 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: how the charts take real work, like it takes her 95 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 2: nearly twelve hours of study before she presents one to 96 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 2: a client, and she explains how she doesn't want to 97 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 2: do this as a hobby out of her house, how 98 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: she wants a proper office and a business license to 99 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 2: go with it, and one of the commissioners get so 100 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 2: intrigued that he asked her if she could predict the 101 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 2: best days for going hog hunting. In the end, the 102 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 2: panel was so tickled by the way she sussed out 103 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: their personalities and connected the stars to their life stories 104 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: that they decide to give her a license and they 105 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: only charge her one hundred dollars. 106 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: I was able to buy the very first license for astrology, 107 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: not entertainment, not miscellaneous, not fortune telling, and so what 108 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 3: I did was historical. 109 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: Two Maxine put astrology on TV. 110 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 5: Now. 111 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: One of the things I strongly believe is that pop 112 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: culture has the ability to sway all culture. So take 113 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: how we sleep. For example, middle class couples in America 114 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: used to sleep in separate twin beds, the way Lucy 115 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: and Desi did. Until sitcoms of all types from Ozzy 116 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: and Harriet I thought you went to bed, well I did, 117 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: but I to the Flintstones, to the Brady Bund, Martia, 118 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: Marsha and Marcia started depicting couples sharing a bed and 119 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 2: this actually affected American bedrooms and buying habits. But that 120 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 2: isn't the only case. Like when sixteen and Pregnant aired 121 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: on MTV, the teenage birth rate went down by five 122 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: point seven percent. Joe Biden claimed Will and Grace I'm 123 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: Gay did more to pave the way to shift America's 124 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 2: opinion on gay marriage than nearly anything else. So if 125 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: any one thing could make astrology more acceptable to Americans, 126 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: it's got to be an astrologer on CNN. Can you 127 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: tell me how you ended up on the networks? 128 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 3: In the early year, CNN was an experiment. It was 129 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 3: like the United States. It was a grand experiment. 130 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 2: At the time. CNN is just a startup and the 131 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: channel is throwing ideas at the wall, trying to figure 132 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 2: out what I'll stick. And the truth is, Maxine sticks. 133 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 2: Maxine is kind of built for this. Not only is 134 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 2: she charming and fun and bubbly, but she's also beautiful 135 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: and composed. In college, Maxine had been a regular and 136 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: beauty pageants and a finalist for Miss University of Florida, 137 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 2: And before she switched to doing astrology full time, she'd 138 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 2: been an elementary school teacher, so she kind of knows 139 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 2: how to wrangle outside personalities. 140 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: In fact, when I was on Larry kingshow he was 141 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: a gentleman and he was wonderful, but they felt they 142 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 3: had to present a disclaimer. When I was on, well, 143 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 3: I tend to rebell and you might have figured that 144 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 3: one out, and I really would get irritated with them, 145 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 3: and this was live TV, and I realized I love 146 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 3: live TV because whatever you say, you can't take. 147 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: Back, and in the way Maxine always does, it wasn't 148 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 2: long before she started winning people over. 149 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 3: What happened was my predictions were accurate, and so they 150 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 3: stopped criticizing, and a couple of them asked me to 151 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: do their charts. 152 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: She won't reveal who, but big anchors on the network 153 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: who would kind of mock astrology or who would publicly 154 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 2: distance themselves from it were regularly asking her to do 155 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: their charts. 156 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: I loved being on that team, and I did political predictions, 157 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 3: but at that time mangish I was totally non political. 158 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: I didn't even watch the news. It was too negative. 159 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 2: Maxine was such a joy that the station still brings 160 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 2: her back to comment on astrology scandals and occasionally to 161 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 2: make sense of the news. What in the world's going on? 162 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: Oh honey. Every couple of years, some Yahoo rediscovers the 163 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 3: fact that there are two zodiacs. It's that simple, Really, yes, 164 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 3: it's that simple. 165 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 2: Three she convinced an entire country that things would be okay. 166 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 3: I got a call in nineteen eighty something and it 167 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 3: was from a reporter who also worked for CNN. I 168 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: couldn't understand what he was saying, because then we had 169 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 3: and I don't know if we still do what was 170 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 3: called coaxial cable. It was under sea and there was 171 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 3: an echo, was like talking into a tin can. And 172 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 3: he said, I would like you to do the chart 173 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: of Hungary. 174 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: This is nineteen eighty nine, soon after communism fell in 175 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: Poland and a pro democracy revolution was spreading across Eastern Europe. 176 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 2: And as protests were breaking out in Hungary, a CNN 177 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 2: reporter based in Budapest reaches. 178 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 3: Out and I laughed because I'm thinking, well, when was 179 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 3: this country born? So I said, well, if you can 180 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 3: get me their birthtime, because you need an exact birth 181 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: time to cast a chart, and the month, day and year, 182 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: I'll do the chart. And he said okay, and I 183 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: said goodbye and kind of chuckled, thinking I'll never hear 184 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 3: from this guy again. Well, a couple of weeks later 185 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 3: he was back, and he was so excited. He said, 186 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: we were born today. 187 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: On October twenty third, nineteen eighty nine, the Republic of 188 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 2: Hungary officially came into being, ending communism. 189 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 5: There. 190 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 2: The Berlin Wall would actually fall two weeks later. It 191 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 2: was really an exciting period in history. 192 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 3: He gave me the moment it began and said, okay, 193 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 3: will you do the chart? And I did the chart 194 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 3: for the entire country. A country is an entity, a living, 195 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: breathing entity, and we interpret that chart a little bit 196 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 3: differently than we do a birth chart, because we're dealing 197 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: with not just say short trips, but transportation, communication, the press, etc. 198 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 2: Maxine's reading was pretty thorough. It addressed different areas of 199 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 2: how Hungary would evolve, and it not only aired on 200 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 2: Radio Budapest, but it was printed in newspapers across the country. 201 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 3: Obviously, there was a rebellion going on. People were fighting 202 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 3: for principles. Hungary wasn't free, and so it was quite 203 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 3: an event, quite an event. I considered that the highest honor, 204 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 3: and that was what I realized I wanted to do 205 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: to hug the world. 206 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 2: Maxine Taylor broke all sorts of areas for astrologers in 207 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 2: the US. She created space in this world for professional astrology. 208 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 2: She brought it into the news cycle, and she put 209 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 2: the citizens of Budapest at ease by giving the entire 210 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: country or reading. Also, she's a total sweetheart. 211 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 3: I love humanity and I love the diversity the people 212 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 3: who are so bigoted. It's like, can't you see we 213 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:20,239 Speaker 3: are all one. We come in different colored packages, different shapes, 214 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: different sizes, different beliefs, and when you touch base with 215 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 3: somebody on that level, to me, that's heaven. 216 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 2: I love how astrology provides a way for us to 217 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 2: connect and how it lets us see people not just 218 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: in their instagram perfect lives, but to appreciate them for 219 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 2: all their complexity. In twenty twenty three, we're getting new 220 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: postage stamps to honor snow globes, sailboats, school buses, and pinatas. 221 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 2: And while I'm very much for those things, astrology figures 222 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 2: into a lot of our daily lives. From the Reagan episode, 223 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 2: we know it's shaped our world and country, and in 224 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 2: a strange way, it gives a lot of us comfort 225 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 2: and purpose. Stamps are a symbol of what we value 226 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 2: and what we want to celebrate. So don't you think 227 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: between all the sailboats and the snow globes and the piatas, 228 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 2: there might be a little room for an astrologer too, 229 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: I like to think. So that's it for this week's 230 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: minisode of Skyline Drive special. Thanks to my team here, Mary, Nitra, Mark, 231 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: Anna and Drew for cobbling this together over the holidays, 232 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 2: and Botany as always for the soundtrack. Also thank you, 233 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 2: thank you so much to the lovely Maxim Taylor. To 234 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 2: see her predictions for America or to book a consult 235 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 2: with America's first licensed astrologer, just visit Maxinetaylor dot com. 236 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: Also a big thank you to my good pal Ben 237 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: Bolan for doing this episode's warning. Ben used to sit 238 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: across from me at How Stuff Works. 239 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 5: He's the co host of Ridiculous History and Stuff they 240 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 5: Don't Want You To Know to excellent programs, and he 241 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 5: just put out a phenomenal new book by the same name, 242 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 5: Stuff they Don't Want You to Know. 243 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 2: Go pick one up immediately. 244 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 5: We'll be back with more full episodes very very soon. 245 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 5: I know you have so many shows to choose from, 246 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 5: but I want to. 247 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for spending 248 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 2: your time with us. See you soon.