Rincewind and Ridcully: Alpha and Omega (sort of)

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Believe it or not, I do talk about the Discworld this week. Just not for a while. There are more show notes than usual this time, but then there is also more show than usual.

 There are a couple of things I would like all of you to give me some feedback on, and although these are described in some detail in the first part of the show, here’s a quick recap:

Would you prefer the prerecorded intro I’ve been using this season, or would you rather have the more free-form (and unique) intros from seasons 1 and 2? 

This week’s show is 40 minutes long. I had a listener mention my doing a longer show, and I’ve been thinking about it since Day One. So, I tried it this week. I’m excited to hear what you think about it, and I want you to have a chance to make your voice heard on the issue.

As I say in the show, I will start doing a 40-minute show every week as soon as I get 20 Patreon subscribers at $5 per month. The specific mechanics of that are to be determined, but that is my goal. If you’d like to make it a goal of yours, please consider getting yourself signed up as a Discworld Portal supporter at $5 per month.

If you’re considering plunking down some of your hard-earned money every month to help support the show, please let me know of any questions or potential conditions you might have.  

The “experts” all say this is impossible—there is absolutely no way I can get 20 subscribers out of a fan base of maybe 200 people. Statistics say that can’t be done. One of my hobbies is to prove statisticians wrong. Anyway….

You can go directly to the Portal’s page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045

And here is a great page, my favorite reference page for all things Discworld in fact, from the lspace wiki: https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Main_Page