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this is 99% invisible

I'm Roman Mars at a very different Kickstarter message written and recorded yesterday.

We launched the Kickstarter campaign for season 3 of 99% invisible on July 11th

and about 24 hours later we reached the Kickstarter goal. I can't thank you

enough. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever been a part of, really

stunning. I didn't even have time to release an

episode announcing the Kickstarter but now I have a new goal a personal goal

5,000.

I want 5,000 Kickstarter backers.

Pledge at any level, the minimum is a dollar, just a dollar, but any level, there are amazing prizes at all different kinds of levels.

You can go up to $10,000. There's like awesome t-shirts and posters and notebooks.

It's all stuff that I had someone designed because I wanted these items myself, but I'm not even

talking about those levels necessarily. I'm just counting backers. People who pledge on

Kickstarter for the show at any amount. This is my new crazily ambitious personal goal of

5,000 factors and unlike the original Kickstarter goal this one will likely fail

but if you hit every goal easily, you're not setting them high enough.

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