"Hi everyone, Ira Glass here. It's a sad fact of life that our free podcast and streaming aren't really free. They cost the public radio station we work at $108,000 a year. That's just for bandwidth. That's not the cost of servers, or people to update the website, or anything else. If you're someone who listens here all the time, or who gets the free weekly podcast, your listening is paid for by all the people who contribute to Chicago Public Radio. They're carrying you and everyone else who listens online. Might you consider chipping in? A $5 or $10 contribution would cover all the listening you could possibly do in a year, plus a bunch of freeloaders who'll never pitch in. If you're feeling generous—and love merch—$50 will get you a poster from our last tour; $75 will get you a This American Life kite; $100 will get you the Chris Ware Lost Buildings DVD; $500 will get you all of those, plus our love. Okay, that last part's a lie. You have our love already. Expressed in the form of a documentary radio show.