Here’s an idea! During pledge drive season, stream your regular content online—minus those painful pledge drive interludes, which I can tell you hate as much as I do—and make it accessible only to people who have pledged. If it meant I didn’t have to endure pledge drive every morning, I’d write a check in a heartbeat. Because I don’t think I can handle waking up on another gray May day to hear Beth Hyams gleefully describing an OPB coffee mug as “tactile.” I just can’t. It’s no way to live.
Sincerely,
Alison
What is OBP? Oh Bitch Please?
I think they do pledge drives like every other month these days. Irritating.
Allison, go straight to NPR.com. Listen to everything without interruptions.
Like everyone, I hate the pledge drive, but the end of the week is fun because they’re all losing it and have run out of things to say. The jokes are embarrassing, the analogies are mangled. It’s hilarious.
Thanks Alison for putting this so succinctly. The pledge periods this time around seem shorter, but there are many more of them. Hate Hate Hate.
Socialism always eventually runs out of other people’s money to spend
A-fucking-men. I got in the car last night around 5 and could feel Beth Hyams judging me for not renewing my membership yet.
KBOO pledge drives are so much better!
KBOO is better? Ha! Do you mean they’re better when they’re not forgetting to turn off their mics, having dead air, or mumbling?