Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, May 7th 2018 and I'm your host Kara Santa Maria and we have a great show for you this week.

But I ever not have a great show for you, don't think so.

But again, let's talk about how we make these great, great shows. It's me, but I also have help you guys. I have a great

editor and I also have an assistant who helps out from time to time and the only way that I can you know pay these people and give this big

chunk of time from my schedule you know aside from giving talks and working on

my TV shows and oh yeah being back in school

who who is from the support from listeners like yourself you'll notice that this

week I'm not reading any ads that's not uncommon sometimes I only read one, not two.

Ads, of course, help support the show, but I'd say that my main support,

about at least half, if not more, comes from you, the listeners.

And the easiest way to do it is to visit Patriot. comes from you, the listeners.

And the easiest way to do it is to visit Patreon.com

slash Talk Nurdy and pledge your support.

Because again, I have this model for a reason.

I want my show to always be free. I'm never going to charge for you to listen to it and so I think that the best way the fairest way is that the people who can afford to and who want to show their support, they can pledge it, you know?

And it really runs the gamut there.

You're supporting on an episodic basis as you can.

So like my number one supporter this week is Rob Shrek.

Oh my gosh, Rob, I hope you don't mind me sharing this,

but a hundred dollars an episode, just amazing.

And of course I have a supporter who's paying 25 cents an episode.

So it really runs the gamut, like I said.

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