Friends, colleagues, comrades, buddies, amigos, amies, janitors, it's my very first Max

Fund Drive. I'm very excited. I always felt like watching the Max Fund Drive

happen on the outside. outside was like this cool club of

people who were sort of more in like the public radio realm.

Something about fundraising seemed super legit to me now I'm on the inside I kind of tell you

feels real good to be on the inside I have known Jesse Thorn who founded maximum fun for

almost 20 years I have known many of the people on its various podcasts

for many years.

I've been a fan of Max Fun and its podcasts for many years.

So it feels like a real privilege, to be able to try and raise some money for these guys.

So I welcome you to this episode.

I welcome you to take into consideration pledging.

It's a listener supported network.

Hopefully we've already made that clear.

I am taking this opportunity to ask listeners to pledge your support to the show.

Max Fund Drive is also a huge celebration of all things maximum fun.

You know that.

There's going to be a little more information elsewhere

in the episode.

For now, I want you to enjoy this episode. I do also want to give you as a special bonus

because this is a maximum thumb my new puppy has. This very creepy stuffed koala that giggles.

Yeah, it's horrifying, it haunts my dreams and that is what it does I only had to squeeze it once for you to hear all of that

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