OP’s a very interesting read. I miss virtually no podcast during the season, and don’t at all mind contributing $5 a month for the quality of the show. I reckon I can well afford it, when I look at my outgoings for other things. Your interviews with former players and various people associated with the club are great. With Sam, you provide a sane assessment of recent performances by the team and individual players which is a necessary antidote to some of what I read on here. I don’t always agree with you, but I can see that none of you are banging any particular drum. Howard’s acid humour makes me laugh like a drain. Real Kippax humour, that. Takes me back.
I suspect that the podcast provides a particular lifeline for those of us who no longer (or have never) lived in the UK. But I might be imagining it. That’s certainly what it feels like to me.
Just a (naive?) question. Have you thought about getting a sponsor, the way Cheesy has for their podcast (I’m sure it’s down to many people besides himself, but he’s the front man, let’s face it)? I’m well aware that the BM podcast is on a whole different level of sophistication in terms of production, although their podcast is perfectly professional imo, and I also listen to it when I’ve got time. He has to do a plug at the beginning and the end, of course, but it’s pretty painless.