Help This American Life
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From TAL:
“Dear listeners,
Last week, the economic crisis that we’ve been reporting on hit especially close to home. A dozen colleagues from our home radio station, WBEZ Chicago, had to be laid off. It costs the radio station around $150,000 per year just for the internet bandwidth to deliver the free podcast and web stream of This American Life. That’s not staff. Not computers. Just the bandwidth. We really want the podcast to remain free, but the radio station cannot absorb these costs; that would mean more layoffs. So we’re asking for your help. We’re thrilled that last year, we were able to make up this entire bandwidth cost through thousands of small donations from listeners. So if you’re a regular podcast listener, or if you use this website a lot, please consider pitching in.
Thank you very much. In the current economy, your support means more than ever.
—TAL”
Donate to Chicago Public Radio
Peeps*, you should do this. For those of us who are face-less: thay have donation stuff in the updates at the This American Life website (and if you haven’t listened, go there and listen and then donate). It is, without a doubt, the best radio show on Earth.
*) yes, even you the casual reader whom I don’t know.
