Before beginning today's episode, I have a special announcement.

In fact, it is a Christmas present for many of my listeners.

On January 8th, 2020, the back catalog of imaginary worlds will be re-released.

Over 130 episodes will be back on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now I know a lot of you signed up for Stitcher Premium to access the back catalog

and to hear the show add free.

Thank you so much for doing that.

The money I got from those contributions helped make the show financially sustainable in 2019.

Now if you're enjoying Stitcher Premium in terms of all the other shows you get with the service,

then by all means stick with it.

But if you subscribe to support imaginary worlds, I will not be receiving money from those subscriptions after January 8th.

So I would hugely appreciate it.

If you could instead channel your $5 towards the imaginary worlds Patreon account.

There is a link on my site, imaginary worldspodcast.org, which will take you to our Patreon page.

And with your contribution, you will get two free imaginary world stickers of your choice.

I also want to thank everyone for listening and supporting the show.

When I used to work in public radio during pledge drives, we'd always say that we owe our existence to the contributions of listeners like you.

And that is so true.

This podcast is a passion project for me.

This is what I want to be doing with my career.

And I couldn't do it without you.

So thanks.

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