Hello.

Well, it certainly has been a minute, a bit longer than I expected, but there's been a few unexpected

unexpected twists and turns in my life since the last episode of revolutions released back in December of

2022. But guess what? I'm coming back. In fact as you can see I am right now

launching the thus far closely held secret 11th season of revolutions.

This has something that's been on my mind and in the works for at least a decade,

which doesn't seem right, but I know that the idea first occurred to me when I was working on the French Revolution episodes

and folks that was 10 years ago.

So this is the thing that was always going to happen.

It was always the plan.

It was not a matter of if but when.

And the win is finally at hand. So I hope you enjoy what comes next.

Now as I relaunch myself back into the world after a nearly two-year-long absence,

we are doing a major overhaul to how we do business around here.

If the history of Rome was stage one of my career in revolutions with stage two, this is very clearly

the beginning of stage three. And I have done some resetting about how all of this works. So, for example, you

know that I've always gotten by on some pre-roll ads, contributions from listeners, and the occasional

fundraiser. Well, as I make my return here, I've got a shift with the winds of the industry and take a look

at what I've made, what it's worth, and how I can keep doing this for the good of all of us.

So let us first talk about advertising.

Since I first started doing ads for Audible on the history of Rome way back in 2009, they've

always been pre-roll ads.

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