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This is 99% Invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

At a very different Kickstarter message written in recorded yesterday, we launched the Kickstarter campaign for season three of 99% Invisible on July 11th.

And about 24 hours later, we reached the Kickstarter goal.

I can't thank you enough.

It was one of the most amazing things I've ever been a part of, really stunning.

I didn't even have time to release an episode announcing the Kickstarter.

But now, I have a new goal. A personal goal.

5,000. I want 5,000 Kickstarter backers.

Pledge at any level. The minimum is a dollar. Just a dollar.

But any level, there are amazing prizes at all, different kinds of levels.

You can go up to $10,000. There's awesome t-shirts and posters and notebooks.

It's all stuff that I had someone designed because I wanted these items myself.

But I'm not even talking about those levels necessarily. I'm just counting backers.

People who pledge on Kickstarter for the show at any amount.

This is my new, crazily ambitious personal goal of 5,000 backers.

And unlike the original Kickstarter goal, this one will likely fail.

But if you hit every goal easily, you're not setting them high enough.

Fortune favors the bold, my friends. Always remember that.

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