Your Unspeakable Podcast Subscription
Everything you need to know about your subscription going forward.
Hi there,
Several of you recently got an automated email from Substack regarding your paid subscription to The Unspeakable. If you received this email even though your subscription is not up for renewal or you are no longer subscribed, please disregard it and rest assured that we will make sure you’re not needlessly charged.
What you should know now is that it has never been a better time to be a paying subscriber. As you’ve probably heard me say on the podcast, starting this year, you must be a paying subscriber to hear the entire interview. Free subscribers will get as much as 45 minutes or even an hour of the conversation. But to hear the whole thing, which is often considerably longer than an hour, you’ll need to join our listener community at the $7/month level or higher.
For more than three years, I’ve been offering The Unspeakable Podcast for free, with paying subscribers having access to “bonus” portions of the episodes. That was fun for a while, but this change will allow me to continue to offer the podcast at the level of quality you’ve come to expect.
I care deeply about The Unspeakable and work hard to bring you interviews you won’t hear elsewhere. With your support, I can keep doing it.
With that, here’s what paying subscribers can expect going forward. Your support is deeply appreciated.
Hear the entire interview every week (not just the first half!)
Early access to that interview. (The free version goes on on Monday morning. You’ll get it Friday evening or Saturday morning.)
New writing from me. This is big. And we’re not talking about hot takes or quirky jeremiads about the culture wars. I’m going to go back to my roots and write personal essays. I’m going to write about what my life is like at this particular moment in time, how I feel about the past, and what I both hope for and fear for the future. Maybe they’ll become a book someday, or maybe they won’t. But they will amount to early drafts of the next phase of my writing life, and you’ll be the first to read them.
Of course, for $200/year, you could always become a Founding Member.
For this, you mainly get my undying and awestruck gratitude. Aside from that, you get all the regular paid podcast perks plus the chance to join monthly(ish) Zoom hangouts with me. That includes cameo appearances and barkerruptions from my dog, Hugo.
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