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stamps.com, Indochino, and Mac Weldon.

And please remember that supporting them supports the show.

You can also visit us at patreon.com slash astonishing legends and support the show they are,

if you'd like. According to some of the latest research, 50% of people in the United States,

anyway, have never even heard of a podcast. The reality is, the medium itself is still in its

relative infancy. You should all patch yourself in the back because even if you've been

listening to podcasts for years, you're still what's known as an early adopter.

That makes you pretty cool. In fact, you're double cool because not only are you an early adopter,

you listen to astonishing legends. When we started out, we weren't sure this could be a business at all.

It turns out that there does seem to be some chance that will actually survive this experiment.

And because it's all about you guys, we wanted to let you know exactly where we're at right now,

because you got us this far and you have a right to know. We're so grateful to have several

hundred patrons pledging amounts from a dollar a month all the way up to 25. And we're currently

bringing in around $1,500 monthly from that. We've also managed to attract the attention of several

sponsors and they are testing the waters with us to see if we're a good investment for their

advertising dollars. When you guys support them, they feel good about sponsoring the show.

So with three to a max of four sponsors per episode and at the support we have for you on Patreon,

our gross income has currently become roughly equivalent to a single person working in entry-level

part-time job. That's an excellent start. And even though we're still not covering our expenses,

especially our own time, we believe this is ultimately going to work. Our plan now is simple.

It's really only about one last step, increasing the size of our audience. If we do that,

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