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Hey, this is Alex.

Really quick before the show starts, I wanted to ask everyone to consider becoming a premium

hyperfixed member.

And I am asking actually pretty selfishly, not because we need more money, though we do. We're all taking

much lower salaries than we would in an established show because we believe in what we're doing.

But the selfishness is because at this point, we have released 14 bonus episodes. And I know

a lot of people feel like bonus episodes or where podcasts just phone it in. And to be sure, we're taking a lighter touch in terms of editing them.

But if I'm being honest, some of my favorite episodes we've done so far are bonus episodes.

And right now, we have 2,300 premium subscribers, give or take, which means only a small

fraction of our audience is getting to hear them.

So if you sign up, you will get a backlog of 14 episodes as well as to a month going forward.

And it'd meet a lot to us if you'd consider.

Also, we're going to be working on some merch soon, and it'll only be available to premium subscribers.

And it is going to be good.

I'm very excited.

You can become a premium member at hyperfixpod.com

slash join. And look, I know the world feels completely upside down right now, and a lot of people

are not feeling super financially secure, and I totally get that. So if you can't afford a premium

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