I'm switching things up for awhile. Eventually, regular episodes will return, but at the moment, the time has come to explain why those regular episodes (and even special episodes) have been so few and far between over the last couple of years. I sat down with my longtime friend, Jen, to discuss a process I began shortly before turning forty, and which continues at present. I've decided to call this process "Operation Alchemy," and in today's episode (recorded just before Christmas), Jen and I discuss its origins, and what it entails.