Week 5 Housekeeping

 

Hello Shebangheads! ("Shebangers"? "Shebangoids"? We need a nickname for listeners of the podcast, someone get on that!) A few pieces of housekeeping as we wrap up Week 5 of the podcast.

• Today's episode is our final guest spot from Brant Casavant, who was an invaluable add to our show. Thank you so much, Brant. Next week? We have another great expert guest host in Amy Mugglestone who will help take us through the history of early Brian Slade and the British pop culture he emerged from. Very exciting!
• If you've listened to today's EXTRA LONG episode, you've heard our very first ChallengeBowie segment with Laura Darby Singh (no spoilers on who won in Laura's special skill of "saving apes"). So now that you know how we handle this special, somewhat tongue-in-cheek segment... why not contribute $5 for even a single month and get your name on the ChallengeBowie list! We also have a couple of Patreon donors who need to send in their special skills; we're doing a LOT of recording over the next two weeks so get those special skills submitted on our Patreon ChallengeBowie request post.
• Speaking of Patreon, we know the audio quality of our podcast over its first five weeks has been... well, a bit uneven and disappointing. But thanks to YOU, our podcast patrons, we've been able to invest in a gorgeous new Blue Yeti microphone! Starting next week, you'll hear episodes recorded on this beauty. We're not going to promise sonic perfection going forward, but things will likely be a LOT more audible. As we said, it's not too late to donate and get your name in lights and your rewards like ChallengeBowie, pins, and original art. So please consider continuing to help us with our hosting bills by contributing right here on our Patreon.
• We're planning on recording everything up to Minute 60 before our trip to England in a couple of weeks. So if you have questions, comments, donations for ChallengeBowie... get them in SOON!

Thanks so much, everyone, for your support and love so far.