Hey everyone, this is Alex.

So the other day I got an email from a very nice listener who basically said to me like,

hey, I like hyperfixed, I want to support it.

It is hard for me to justify spending $60 a year on a single show.

And, you know, as much as I'd like everyone to become a premium hyperfix member, I get it.

And, you know, as the media landscape gets more and more inhospitable to creators,

people are needing to choose what to support and when,

and the idea of spending, you know, $60 a year on a single show isn't for everyone.

So, right now we are in the middle of the fall Radiotopia fundraiser, and I just wanted to

spot like that as an alternative to people who want to support not just my show, but a number of shows

with a one-time or recurring donation. If you don't know what Radiotopia does for us, on top of

selling our ads, they help us with promotion, they connect

us with collaborators, they help us purchase ads for big stories, they help me with submissions

for award shows. And, you know, Radiotopia is the home of some of my favorite podcasts

of all time, from limited run series like appearances, to ear hustle and articles of interests,

Kitchen Sister, Song Exploder, Memory Palace, and, you know, of course, Yo-Wei Shaw's proxy,

with whom we collaborated a couple months ago. You can donate one time or monthly at any level

to Radiotopia, and 100% of that money will go to supporting all of those shows, as well as Hyperfixed,

and dozens of others. Your contributions to Radiotopia are tax deductible, and from now until

December 31st, 2025, every gift to Radiotopia will be matched one to one up to $50,000 by a generous

PRX donor.

So if the idea of a premium hyperfixed membership is just not your bag, I encourage you to support Radiotopia because we wouldn't exist without them. You can go to Radiotopia.org

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