Hey there, folks, quick message before the show starts, because as you know, this is a listener-supported show.

And I hope every SIFPOD donor takes pride in the fact that they are supporting independent media.

And I have a piece of news about this podcast, this independent media right here.

There are now enough of you backing SIFPOD that we are approaching our first

community goal on patreon.com. There's a list of them on the page there. I am so thrilled we're

going to hit the first one. And I want to make it like extra fun, extra enjoyable by making it a

miniature version of a membership drive. You know about membership drives, right?

It's what like nonprofit or scrappy media stuff does?

Well, I think I'm a scrappy media.

Let's do one.

Here's how that drive works.

Our next community goal is a thank you gift to existing donors.

And so what I'm going to do is on Thursday, October 15th,

which is about a week and a half after this episode releases. Wherever the goal's at on that date,

I'm going to lock in everyone who's a current donor getting that thank you gift. The gift is a

handwritten card from me, along with a fancy logo sticker for the podcast. You know, the great logo that you see?

You get a sticker of it. The stickers are printed by Busy Beaver Button Company, and Busy Beaver

is awesome. They are a high-quality, green, female-owned company in Chicago that does this stuff

really, really well. So you're going to really like what you get. If you're a donor,

by Thursday, October 15th, you get this gift. So if you love the podcast, but you haven't become a

supporter yet, I recommend going to siphpod.fod. Fun. Head to sifpod.fod. Fun to make that happen

and to get all the other benefits you get as a backer, like weekly explicit episodes

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