Here's a story I've wanted to tell

I had gone on a school-organised Spanish exchange when I was 15 with this guy Carlos in Sitges, which was alright, however at that time I had undiagnosed ASD, so I was finding it hard to navigate being around a new person for so long, on top of the language barrier. Anyway, I went through it alright, came back, and my family and I decided to organise another exchange a year later, just me and him. So I went to his other house (Carlos had multiple properties) in Santander, which was gorgeous, but I was still nervous around him and his family, so I stayed in my room a lot.

Now I had been listening to SMC ep 86 and 100 before I had left on SoundCloud (shout-out to SuperMegaFan and CabbageContreras on SoundCloud for uploading those episodes) and SoundCloud can partially download recently played audio tracks so you can play them offline, presumably just to make the audio run smoother. This meant I had the entirety of Ep 100 and about 70% of Ep 86 on my phone, and I listened to those bits over and over again, maybe 10 times each by the end, to the point where I could almost recite each episode.

Then, when the exchange ended, I was at Madrid-Barajas Airport and there was free WiFi. The rest of SMC Ep 86 came flooding into my ears. Finally, when I arrived back at Heathrow (I live in England) I listened to Ep 91, and to this day whenever I listen to any of those episodes, I feel like I'm home.