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But researching, writing, editing, publishing, it's full-time and it's expensive. I should know that's exactly what I'm doing here with broad history. Advances from publishers did not remotely cover the costs of writing, unless you were quite famous already. So authors turned to subscriptions. They asked their network, their friends, their readers to pre-buy the book to fund their efforts in advance. And in exchange for that, they would get early access to the work and other perks like getting their names printed in acknowledgments. That, my friends, is a membership program. And it's exactly what we're doing here in 2026. Become a founding member at broadhistory.com and you too could be like one of those early benefactors who funded the creative and intellectual work of women. You'll get a backstage pass to the building of broad history and so much more as we grow, like early and ad-free listening to the podcast. You'll get lifetime top-tier membership at the price you lock in today and first in line access to anything else we come up with as broad history gets bigger, like premium content, merch, online community, events, and more. I've got big plans. Joining right now just as I'm getting started is super important to give Broad History the fuel that it needs to get going. I would really appreciate your support, and I promise it's going to be good. So join as a founding member at broadhistory.com. Again, broadhistory.com. That's it. Back to the show.