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What up, what up, what up, what up? Before we begin today's episode of Powerless, just a few

quick announcements. First, it is the first episode of September, meaning that it is donation time. Here at Potterless, each month we pick a new charity and donate $1 for each patron that we have at our team at patreon.com slash potterless. And at the time of recording, we have 478 patrons, meaning that we are giving $478 to a charity, and that charity is the Ghana Educational Collaborative. This charity came as a suggestion

from listener Zoe Monroe, and it's a charity that supports scholars in Ghana with financial aid

and vital resources. So the money that you donate covers things like class fees and exam

registrations and textbooks and college tuition and food and other outside support, all sorts

of things like that. What's really cool about the program is that they take students in Ghana that have been recommended by their teachers as high

achieving students, but these students are in tough financial situations. Like one student, for example,

Godwin lives with his mother and father who are looking over 13 members of their family in the

same household. So financially, it's just not feasible for him to go to college, but this charity allows him to do so. So if you go to Ghanaedcollaborative.org, you can learn about all of the students in this program. They're currently 14 of them, and they are amazing. So this charity is really great. I'm so happy to support it. And thank you, Zoe, for the recommendation. I'd also like to thank the sponsors of today's episode of Potterless. This is a monumental occasion because we have two sponsors. First, it is sponsored by... Our first sponsor is

Audible. You know them, you love them. They read books to you. If you go to Audible.com or text

Potterless to 505.5. You can get a free audiobook download with the start of your 30-day free trial. And our second sponsor is a new one, it's the app Calm. Calm is the number one app for sleep meditation and relaxation. It was named Apple's 2017 app of the year, and I just did a calm meditation session before recording this, and I feel so zen. And you can get 25% off a premium membership if you go to Calm.com slashterless. So thanks to these sponsors and I'll talk more about them in the middle of the episode. And speaking of thanks, we have some amazing people to thank and that is our new patrons. So shout out to Evan Stevens, Jen LaMere, Sarah Gonzalez, Aynaz Perre, Caitlin Vala, Rebecca Cortez, Kay Thaker, Molly Ball, Ella Eig's, Rachel Johnson, Shannon Cleveland, Tiffany, Madison Upton, Natasha Raybold, Katie Source, Kyle Beard, Samantha D Thaker, Molly Ball, Ella Igs, Rachel Johnson, Shannon Cleveland, Tiffany,

Madison Upton, Natasha Raibold, Katie Source, Kyle Beard, Samantha Dumbler, Dor, Ben, Senior, Alyssa Holdcraft, Hone Wogstad, Ronnelly, Nicole, Margaret McDonald, Vanessa Potsol, Lily, Joshua Hatch, Dana Navarro, and someone that made their name justice for Ludo. Also shout out to Katrina Monk and Nita Atabani, who upgraded their pledges,

and a huge shout-out to her news, producer-level patrons, Victoria Renee, Kyla Chil,

Elena, Heather Richardson, Takari, Aran, and Darlene Ruiz. They joined the ranks of Leanne, Vicki, Erin, Erick, Jessica, Natalie, Deborah, Kyle, Alex, Marcismo, Tori, Samantha Juan, Jenna, Kieran, Louise Akancho, Rebecca Abed, Caitlin Benjamin, Rosemary, Jill,

Marie, Marie, Liza, Ariel, Ramina, Kumail, Anthony, Diego, Russell, Jenny, Dustin, Katie,

Audra, Indiana, Eleanor, Louise, Akancho, Rebecca Abed, Caitlin, Benjamin, Rosemary, Jill, Marie, Marie, Lisa, Ariel, Rameau, Anthony, Diego, Russell, Jenny, Dustin, Katie, Audra, Indiana,

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