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This is Proxy.

I'm Yo-A. Shaw.

And today we have...

That's your cue, Kim.

I'm here. My name is Kim, producer and reporter on the show.

Yes, Kim, Nadervane, Peterson.

You're so good at pronouncing it.

I was a little worried in the beginning.

Glad I got there.

Okay, so today we have a few announcements.

If you've been listening to the proxy

mystery series, you know that we have been trying to reach $5,000 in monthly Patreon memberships

so that a donor will give us funding to hire Kim for more hours. Shall we break the news, Kim?

We made it. Just kidding. We did not make the gold. Is that too mean? It's a little mean. But you know what? We're just trying to keep things interesting. We're like, how are we going to deliver this sad news on the podcast? I mean,

I've never heard anybody say this out loud. Everybody's always doing a campaign drive and a

pledge drive, but do you ever hear when they don't make it? That's a good point. Maybe we're like

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