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Hey guys, Paul Hastings here with a message that I'm recording on October 15th, 2025.

And I don't know if you know that much about how our show gets created, but toward the end of

every year, we ask our listeners to help us continue our work for the following year.

Yes, we sell ads all year long, and we also have our monthly partners who give to us

regularly through their monthly donations for which we are incredibly grateful. The podcast would

not exist without their efforts. But the math always works out that we also rely on the generosity

of our listeners at the end of the year as well. How much we can fundraise

at the end of the year right now sets the tone for what we can do the following year. And I'll be

honest, fundraising is kind of a distraction. We're a very small team and I'm the only full-time person.

So I'm the only one who raises money so that we can pay the team, which means that if I'm

busy fundraising, well, that's time when I'm not creating new episodes.

Which brings us to this.

Thanks to your generosity at the end of last year, we were able to spread the mission of

compelled so much further than we've ever done before.

And really, that was in four ways.

First, through the launch of our nationwide radio program.

In partnership with American Family Radio,

Compelled is now heard every single Sunday afternoon by half a million listeners

spread across 170 stations in 34 states.

That alone has increased our reach and impact by 24X compared to last year, which said

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