Speaker 1: Hi there, We've got a little bit of an update
Speaker 1: for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future.
Speaker 1: So last year, on a trial basis, we began producing
Speaker 1: and releasing much more frequent podcast episodes, and so we
Speaker 1: release new episodes either publicly or on our Patreon every week.
Speaker 1: Patreon is how listeners like you make our work possible
Speaker 1: and enables us to cover the cost of making the
Speaker 1: podcast and doing order the rest of our historical research
Speaker 1: and outreach. Some podcast series that we work on take
Speaker 1: several years, hundreds of hours of work and cost thousands
Speaker 1: of dollars, not to mention the costs of our web services,
Speaker 1: research materials, and more. We're only able to devote the
Speaker 1: time and resources it takes to make this podcast because
Speaker 1: of support from you, our listeners. So last year we
Speaker 1: also started releasing at least one exclusive bonus episode on
Speaker 1: Patreon every month at patreon dot com slash working Class
Speaker 1: History link in the show notes, started two new discussion
Speaker 1: podcast series, Fireside Chats and Radical Reads, just for our
Speaker 1: Patreon supporters. Our hope was that by releasing more episodes
Speaker 1: on Patreon, that would enable us to get more supporters
Speaker 1: and raise funds to enable us to make more regular
Speaker 1: episodes which were free for everyone, as well as produce
Speaker 1: more of our written content which is also available free
Speaker 1: for all. And we're very grateful to you because we
Speaker 1: have been able to grow our number of supporters on
Speaker 1: Patreon and produce much more regular podcast episodes which are
Speaker 1: available free to everyone, in addition to our more regular
Speaker 1: bonus episodes. Now, as I said, initially, we were doing
Speaker 1: this on a trial basis, but we've actually managed to
Speaker 1: keep up with weekly releases for a year and a
Speaker 1: half at this point, which is a lot longer than
Speaker 1: we thought we'd be able to go on. However, we've
Speaker 1: not been able to grow our support enough to do
Speaker 1: more than this, especially given inflation and increases in our
Speaker 1: costs over the years, so we've finally got to the
Speaker 1: end of the episodes we've managed to fund and prepare
Speaker 1: in this time. So now we're going to be taking
Speaker 1: a little end of season break from the regular weekly episodes.
Speaker 1: We'll be returning with a new season of free episodes
Speaker 1: in the new year. In the meantime, we will be
Speaker 1: continuing with our release of bonus episodes for our Patroon
Speaker 1: supporters every month. So with inflation and our costs access
Speaker 1: to our exclusive content on Patreon has been the same
Speaker 1: price for over five years now. Meanwhile, inflation and prices
Speaker 1: in general have gone up by twenty five percent, and
Speaker 1: our costs have gone up by even more than that. Therefore,
Speaker 1: we won't be able to keep making these episodes at
Speaker 1: the same rate without increasing the cost for new supporters.
Speaker 1: But we will be keeping the cost of accessing all
Speaker 1: of our exclusive content on Patreon to five dollars per
Speaker 1: month with a discount if you subscribe annually until the
Speaker 1: end of twenty twenty five. For everyone who joins us
Speaker 1: before then, your price will be permanently locked in at
Speaker 1: the five dollar level, But from the beginning of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six U six, we're going to have to increase
Speaker 1: it for new members to six dollars a month, although
Speaker 1: still with the discount if you subscribe annually. So if
Speaker 1: you want to lock in the low price from pre
Speaker 1: covid days back in twenty twenty when prices were much lower,
Speaker 1: please do join us today, support our work and access
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Speaker 1: class History link in the show notes. We have loved
Speaker 1: being able to release new episodes for you every week,
Speaker 1: and we would love to be able to get back
Speaker 1: to doing that in the new year. So if you
Speaker 1: want to be able to get more frequent episodes, please
Speaker 1: do join us today on Patreon again. That's patreon dot
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Speaker 1: In the meantime, we wishoot all the best for the
Speaker 1: end of the year. Over the break, we're going to
Speaker 1: continue working on a whole bunch of exciting new episodes
Speaker 1: and miniseries to release for you next year, so we
Speaker 1: hope you compare with us during this time. If you
Speaker 1: haven't listened to all of our old episodes yet, why
Speaker 1: not take this time to go back and give our
Speaker 1: earlier ones a listen. There is a lot of good
Speaker 1: stuff in there. To all of our listeners. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for listening to our podcast over the last
Speaker 1: few years. We hope to be back in your ears
Speaker 1: really soon with new content. All the best and catch
Speaker 1: you next time.