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Hi, Rico here.

And Brendan.

And we know you're eager to hear today's show.

Of course.

Maybe you are at this very moment on your way to a dinner party in desperate need of the dazzling

conversation fodder contained within this very episode.

And yet here we are delaying your salvation to tell you that it is the end of our fiscal

year and that if you ever thought about contributing some cash to help us pay the bills,

now would be a perfect time to do so.

We know fundraising stuff's annoying. But imagine how much more annoying your life would be if this

show didn't exist. That's right. You'd be on your way to the party listening to, you know,

I don't know, your partner, your child, Mumford and Sons. I don't know. Now sure, Mumford

and Sons don't ask you for money. They don't need it. No.

Advertisers and radio stations and perhaps you have already given them cash.

But we are public radio, ladies and gentlemen, and a big part of our funding comes directly

from listeners like you.

Without you, we disappear.

Just like that.

Leaving you unarmed with arts and culture info as you make your lonely way towards dinner

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