Jon introduces himself, the podcast, and goes on to give the definition of self-reliance, references Ralph Walsh Emerson and and his essay "Self-Reliance", talks about where he hopes the podcast will go, and previews some of the different angles the podcast is going to look at self-reliance! Also, here is the Spotify link to Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance": https://open.spotify.com/track/7HQlmuKkexYgHT5wXKnuU6?si=KXrWdA8hQ8uzMYLFkzyg_Q

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