This week's episode is brought to you by nobody. There is no ad on this week's episode.

As a result of the ongoing coronavirus, social and economic catastrophe, ad placements are

being canceled. So here I am, doing this week's episode for free. I'm going to do the next

one for free too, which is, you know, not ideal. But look, me and Mrs. Revolution had

already budgeted for 2020 to involve a six month break of me putting out new episodes.

So all that's really happening here is that the ad revenue blackout is starting two weeks

earlier than expected. So while I am not thrilled about this, we're honestly, we're pretty

okay. And we are very okay compared to a lot of other people. So if you're listening

to this right now and thinking, geez, Mike just lost some ad sales. I should throw them

a few bucks to help him out. First, thank you. That is a lovely thought. But please, we're

good. Take that money and give it to somebody else you love who might be a lot worse off

than I am. If you're listening to this, and if you are lucky enough to be able to work

from home and keep your same paycheck going and have some disposable income, please, please,

please buy things from people you love and appreciate or just send money to people you

love and appreciate. Even small amounts might mean the difference between those people

being able to pay their monthly bills or not. We live in a world, for example, where musicians

have to rely almost exclusively on live shows and concerts to eat out a living. And that

is literally impossible for them to do right now. So they could really use your help.

The same goes for artists of every type and medium freelance writers and journalists who

are probably not going to be getting steady work for a while to say nothing of hello,

your favorite independent podcasters. Individual direct donations and sales could mean the world

of different in these horrifically uncertain times. All of these people have patrons and

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