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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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In 2021, a distressing number of members had to downgrade or cancel their memberships because their financial situations had changed. Times are tough and uncertain, we certainly get that and are feeling the squeeze ourselves.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, we know, we know it's the time of year when everyone is asking you for something. |
| 0:06.5 | But the fact is that best of a left is also one of those entities that is really asking you for something, |
| 0:12.7 | because we really need your help. |
| 0:14.4 | We're asking for a hundred new or upgraded members by the end of the year. |
| 0:19.9 | But to be totally honest, we'll take as many as we can get. |
| 0:22.6 | If we get a hundred, we're going to start asking for more because over the course of 2021, |
| 0:27.8 | a distressing number of members had the downgrade or canceled their memberships |
| 0:33.2 | because their financial situation changed. |
| 0:35.7 | And we've been giving out a lot of financial hardship memberships times are tough. |
| 0:40.3 | And uncertain, we certainly get that and we are feeling it ourselves. |
| 0:45.0 | Altogether, those cancellations, along with the slowest year in ad sales that I can remember, |
| 0:50.9 | has really put the squeeze on us. |
| 0:52.6 | So if you can become a member today, we could really use it. |
| 0:56.5 | Just head to bestofalef.com slash support for all the ways to sign up. |
| 1:00.8 | You can also find us directly on Patreon or right inside the Alpha Podcast app. |
| 1:06.2 | When you become a member, you not only support the future of the show, |
| 1:09.6 | but also get to hear the thoughtful and fun bonus episodes that Amanda, |
| 1:15.3 | our assistant producers Aaron and Dion and myself have been putting out every other week just for members. |
| 1:21.5 | How do we know that they're good? Here is what member Kim wrote to us a while back. |
| 1:26.6 | The bonus shows feel like I'm getting to hang out with a group of friends |
| 1:29.8 | who actually know something about the world. You all are so great, thought provoking, yet fun, relaxed. |
| 1:35.6 | But it's obvious that a lot of planning went into it too. |
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