For years, as we promoted webathons, I kvetched about mooching — in this case, the art of visitors’ daily feasting at the NRO all-you-can-eat bar without ever throwing a sawbuck in the tip jar. It’s kind of embarrassing when the kvetcher (me!) realizes he too lives in a proverbial glass house. I am a big fan of Ricochet, founded by our pals Rob Long and Peter Robinson, and home to a terrific line-up of podcasts, including Jay’s Q & A, Charlie and Kevin’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Jay and Mona’s Need to Know, The Ricochet Podcast (where Rob, Peter, and James Lileks do their amazing thing), John J. Miller’s The Bookmonger, GLoP Culture (John Podhoretz, Rob, and Jonah’s monthly jam session), and so many more. Many of which I listen to, for hours and hours . . . free.
Sandwiched in all the smart podcast talk is Rob Long’s inevitable commercial — join Ricochet. Why I didn’t think his appeal applied to me is surely the typical reaction of nearly all listeners. But Rob’s spiel – that they need it, that Ricochet is quality content, is a welcome forum, that membership is worth it — finally got through this thick skull and my sense of entitlement. So today I signed up. And now that I can say that I am a paying member of Ricochet, I want to encourage those who, like me, are Ricochet podcast junkies, to end the mooching. Become a Ricochet member. You can sign up here and begin enjoying all the benefits. Your conscience will appreciate it. And then there’s this: The world’s a better place for Ricochet existing, so it’s important that its fans make sure that it not only survives, but that Ricochet even thrives.
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Ricochet Time
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