Hello Helen Hong.

Hello, Jakey Fence Ratton.

It's so natural and normal, this is how we address each other all the time.

Well, Helen, can you believe that the Max Fun Drive is in full swing?

I can believe it because it's already halfway done. Oh no, boo!

But the good news is there is still time to go to maximum fun.org

slash join go fact to support go fact yourself.

The drive ends this Friday, May 1st.

And coming up in this special mini episode, we've got a preview of some of the bonus content available to our listeners who join.

That is good news.

But the not so good news?

Well, even though the drive is halfway over, we haven't reached our membership goals yet.

And in past years, honestly, we've been much closer than we are right now.

If we don't meet these goals, we won't be able to offer our listeners all the cool extras that we're hoping for.

Things like live on Zoom trivia games with our listeners playing, special mini episodes with our listeners as guests,

and even a show where, Helen, you and I are the guests competing against each other.

Ooh, that is so juicy.

I know a lot of our listeners have been wanting that to happen, and I cannot wait to show off

how much I know about my topics.

Which will be, maybe.

I'm going to guess Star Trek Next Gen, the Donner Party.

Yes, although lately, more than the diner party, I've been obsessed with the Franklin Expedition. Oh. Also, a trip that went wrong and where people ate each other. Helen loves and knows what she loves and knows. Well, yes, obviously that would be a blast. Listeners have been asking us to do that for years. And we would finally do that this year, but we can only do all of those things if we meet our membership goals. And, you know, meeting those goals isn't just about getting to do all these cool, fun things for our listeners. It also means that we can keep making this show at all. It's true. We make our show available to listen for free, but it's not free to make. All of the people on our team and at

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