This Week's Geek - Layne Gerbig:

Check out some of the podcasts Layne has worked on with her work at Knowable (https://www.knowable.fyi/) including Go For Launch with astronaut Scott Kelly (https://www.knowable.fyi/courses/scott-kelly) and others coming out soon!

This Week's Topic - The State of Ohio:

This week we take a page out of the Statesmen (https://statesmen.libsyn.com/) and talk about Layne's home state of Ohio. For more Ohio love, be sure to check out the Statesmen episodes on the Buckeye state (https://statesmen.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=ohio)

(Source: Wikipedia - Ohio)

Ohio is a state in the East North Central region of the Midwestern United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus with the Columbus metro area, Greater Cincinnati, and Greater Cleveland being the largest metropolitan areas. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest.

The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". Partitioned from the Northwest Territory, Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the Northwest Ordinance. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".

This Week's Thanks:

Kevin - @RuthInComedy (Twitter and Instagram)

Spencer - @whoisspencer (Twitter) / @theotherspencer (Instagram) / old_hands (SoundCloud)

GeekOut - @GeekOutGeekOut ((Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook)

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