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<v Speaker 1>Hi there, We've got a little bit of an update

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<v Speaker 1>for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future.

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<v Speaker 1>So last year, on a trial basis, we began producing

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<v Speaker 1>and releasing much more frequent podcast episodes, and so we

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<v Speaker 1>release new episodes either publicly or on our Patreon every week.

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<v Speaker 1>Patreon is how listeners like you make our work possible

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<v Speaker 1>and enables us to cover the cost of making the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and doing order the rest of our historical research

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<v Speaker 1>and outreach. Some podcast series that we work on take

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<v Speaker 1>several years, hundreds of hours of work and cost thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars, not to mention the costs of our web services,

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<v Speaker 1>research materials, and more. We're only able to devote the

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<v Speaker 1>time and resources it takes to make this podcast because

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<v Speaker 1>of support from you, our listeners. So last year we

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<v Speaker 1>also started releasing at least one exclusive bonus episode on

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<v Speaker 1>Patreon every month at patreon dot com slash working Class

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<v Speaker 1>History link in the show notes, started two new discussion

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<v Speaker 1>podcast series, Fireside Chats and Radical Reads, just for our

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<v Speaker 1>Patreon supporters. Our hope was that by releasing more episodes

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<v Speaker 1>on Patreon, that would enable us to get more supporters

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<v Speaker 1>and raise funds to enable us to make more regular

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<v Speaker 1>episodes which were free for everyone, as well as produce

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<v Speaker 1>more of our written content which is also available free

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<v Speaker 1>for all. And we're very grateful to you because we

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<v Speaker 1>have been able to grow our number of supporters on

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<v Speaker 1>Patreon and produce much more regular podcast episodes which are

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<v Speaker 1>available free to everyone, in addition to our more regular

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<v Speaker 1>bonus episodes. Now, as I said, initially, we were doing

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<v Speaker 1>this on a trial basis, but we've actually managed to

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<v Speaker 1>keep up with weekly releases for a year and a

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<v Speaker 1>half at this point, which is a lot longer than

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<v Speaker 1>we thought we'd be able to go on. However, we've

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<v Speaker 1>not been able to grow our support enough to do

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<v Speaker 1>more than this, especially given inflation and increases in our

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<v Speaker 1>costs over the years, so we've finally got to the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the episodes we've managed to fund and prepare

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<v Speaker 1>in this time. So now we're going to be taking

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<v Speaker 1>a little end of season break from the regular weekly episodes.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be returning with a new season of free episodes

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<v Speaker 1>in the new year. In the meantime, we will be

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<v Speaker 1>continuing with our release of bonus episodes for our Patroon

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<v Speaker 1>supporters every month. So with inflation and our costs access

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<v Speaker 1>to our exclusive content on Patreon has been the same

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<v Speaker 1>price for over five years now. Meanwhile, inflation and prices

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<v Speaker 1>in general have gone up by twenty five percent, and

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<v Speaker 1>our costs have gone up by even more than that. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>we won't be able to keep making these episodes at

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<v Speaker 1>the same rate without increasing the cost for new supporters.

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<v Speaker 1>But we will be keeping the cost of accessing all

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<v Speaker 1>of our exclusive content on Patreon to five dollars per

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<v Speaker 1>month with a discount if you subscribe annually until the

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<v Speaker 1>end of twenty twenty five. For everyone who joins us

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<v Speaker 1>before then, your price will be permanently locked in at

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<v Speaker 1>the five dollar level, But from the beginning of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six U six, we're going to have to increase

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<v Speaker 1>it for new members to six dollars a month, although

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<v Speaker 1>still with the discount if you subscribe annually. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to lock in the low price from pre

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<v Speaker 1>covid days back in twenty twenty when prices were much lower,

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<v Speaker 1>please do join us today, support our work and access

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<v Speaker 1>loads of great content and benefits, including early access to

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<v Speaker 1>all episodes with our ads, access to our back catalog,

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<v Speaker 1>and access to our exclusive bonus episodes. Every month. Learn

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<v Speaker 1>more and sign up at patreon dot com slash working

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<v Speaker 1>class History link in the show notes. We have loved

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<v Speaker 1>being able to release new episodes for you every week,

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<v Speaker 1>and we would love to be able to get back

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<v Speaker 1>to doing that in the new year. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to be able to get more frequent episodes, please

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<v Speaker 1>do join us today on Patreon again. That's patreon dot

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<v Speaker 1>com slash working class History link in the show notes.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, we wishoot all the best for the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year. Over the break, we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>continue working on a whole bunch of exciting new episodes

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<v Speaker 1>and miniseries to release for you next year, so we

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<v Speaker 1>hope you compare with us during this time. If you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't listened to all of our old episodes yet, why

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<v Speaker 1>not take this time to go back and give our

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<v Speaker 1>earlier ones a listen. There is a lot of good

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<v Speaker 1>stuff in there. To all of our listeners. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for listening to our podcast over the last

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<v Speaker 1>few years. We hope to be back in your ears

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<v Speaker 1>really soon with new content. All the best and catch

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<v Speaker 1>you next time.