Hey, grownups. I'm Meredith Halpern-Ranzer, the chief executive tinker and co-founder of Tinkercast.

You may have heard my name at the end of the credits. As they say, I power the wow, but I don't do it alone.

I've had the absolute pleasure of steering this ship with the most talented crew of Tinkers you can imagine.

This team of writers, producers, musicians, educators, parents, former children,

not only embody the spirit of play curiosity and innovation, but they've made it their life's

work to create content that inspires play, curiosity, and innovation. Right now, we need your

help to keep the wind in ourselves and keep us wowing. This is our final week of our Fund Drive, and we're so grateful for those of you that have

already contributed.

Truly, it means the world to us to know how much you value what we do.

But we're not even close to meeting our goal.

Whatever you're able to give helps, and for those of you with means to help significantly,

we really need you now.

When we started up Tinkercast nine years ago, many of us were parents, just like you. And as parents,

we wanted our kids to look up, have conversations, feel agency in their world. As media makers,

we wanted to tell stories that could connect laughter to learning and kids to the real amazing wows in their world.

Since then, we've built a company we've always wanted to work at with the dream team we wanted to play, tinker, and grow with.

And grow we did.

In fact, our audience, that's you, is still growing every month.

We're so honored you welcome our shows into your homes, your cars, your ears,

your imaginations, and your worlds every week. We hear from you that we bring your family,

joy and laughter and a shared experience that brings you closer together. And we want to keep

doing that for your family and for those families that are just discovering our shows now.

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