The View from Somewhere Podcast
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The View from Somewhere, a podcast about journalism with a purpose, is finishing out our season in style.
Backers: 294
Average Pledge Per Backer: $57
Funded: $16,726 of $16,600
Dates: Jan 16th -> Feb 6th (21 days)
Project By: Lewis Wallace
Backers: 294
Average Pledge Per Backer: $57
Funded: $16,726 of $16,600
Dates: Jan 16th -> Feb 6th (21 days)
Project By: Lewis Wallace
$16,726
current pledge level
Last Updated: February 6 @ 10:04 -0500 GMT
100%
of goal
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Latest News
We made it! 
February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
WOWWWWW thank you folks! We made the goal with 17 hours to spare. Turtle (the dog) is grateful and has agreed not to eat our puppets for a full 24 hours in response, focusing instead on squeeky-ball. Did you know that utopia is nowhere? More on... (Read More)
Just $730 left to make our goal, so we are playing you a song
February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers, Greetings from silly Gemini city. Ramona and I have both been frolicking and making trouble in our respective southern towns (thanks, Venus and Neptune!), but in between striking fear in the hearts of boys and men and shooting literal... (Read More)
69 hours to go! You know what that means...
February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
...or do you? Hey y'all! Happy Monday! We have 69 hours left in the fundraiser, which feels auspicious to me because three is the lucky number for this fundraiser, and multiples of three are thematic: The whole thing wraps up at 9:06 a.m. on Feb. 6,... (Read More)
A word about l'artiste, Billy Dee
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Many of you, but not all of you, know that the secretive artist Billy Dee, the creator of the View from Somewhere logo, the gorgeous journalist posters we've been distributing, and our puppet show Kickstarter video, is one of my oldest and closest... (Read More)
New episode out today—featuring the first queer radio show, perhaps?
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
OMG OMG backers. I'm so frickin' excited that we have a *new episode* (not a "special" fundraising episode) of The View from Somewhere out today, about the history of queer media and AIDS coverage. Here it is on iTunes or just go to our website or... (Read More)
Objectivity is still dead, and it's still okay
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey friends. Has anyone noticed how downright problematic the, uh, impeachment hearings going on right now are? Not to mention the news coverage! The obligation not to call a lie a lie, or a racist a racist, or a frog a frog, because of the... (Read More)
66 percent with 11 days to go!
January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends! Thanks to all of your generous support, we're now 2/3 of the way to our goal with 11 days to go. As a reminder, we have until 9:06 a.m. on February 6 to meet our goal. Yes, multiples of three are a theme in this fundraiser, simply because I... (Read More)
"Dreamgirl" Ramona Martinez gives a spirited serenade to the View from Somewhere and it's amazing
January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
People. Behold the amazingness that is Ramona Martinez, producer, collaborator, co-conspirator: And now, behold the further amazingness that is Ramona's new "special episode" of the View from Somewhere (on Spotify or wherever you get your feed), in... (Read More)
"Journalists get paid" and other utopian visions
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
My utopian vision is journalism that embraces complexity and strives for justice, and is created to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. Er, that's ONE of my utopian visions. Y'all. I have a lot... But first, OMG. Thank you SO much for donating... (Read More)
Whoa-oh, lemon on a pear
January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Don't mind me, it's just that something happened late in the night, a big sponsorship, and we are now HALFWAY THERE! https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/whoaaaaa-oh Enjoy the above memes thoroughly. I am now off to do a fun follow-up session... (Read More)
Who says puppets can't have pets?
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Fundraising update from the doggos of Country Dreams, Durham, NC, where the Friday nights are...well. You'll see what they're like. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
Things we like
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
unknown I like to play a party game, introduced to me by my friend Gabrielle Civil (brilliant author and performer, check her out), called "things we like." The rules are simple: you go around, and everyone says something they like. That's the whole... (Read More)
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