Podcast Status Update (Patreon)

Hey everybody, Sean here. I wish I had better news but as loyal fans and  patrons I thought you deserved an update as to the status of the  podcast. Steve, Yogi, Andy and producer Xris have all resigned. After some back and forth discussion as to what that means for remaining ownership stakes, Steve and Yogi stated they no longer wish to be contacted about the podcast or involved in any capacity. This leaves me and Andy to run the Patreon, SoundCloud, and website and to handle any  other needed decision making by whatever consensus we can come up with.

For now Andy and I have agreed that the Patreon will remain and all  existing Patreon episodes will be made available at the $1/month tier.  We feel a little silly charging anything for a dead podcast but there  are still server, SoundCloud, and other costs to keep all the episodes and the website online so if you want to throw us $1 that helps offset those. We’re very determined that all episodes and information from our  almost 4 year run will remain available for the foreseeable future.

I very much did and still do want to make new episodes of Grubstakers. After discussion with the guys it was all agreed that it just wouldn’t be Grubstakers without at least *some* of the original hosts. If I can’t convince any of them to come back with me in the next few months I’ll independently launch some sort of new podcast early 2022. This hasn’t even reached the planning stages at this point but eventually whether it’s with or without Grubstakers I will have to return to my natural calling of reading Wikipedia articles into a microphone.

I can’t pretend there aren’t tensions between us but I have no animosity or ill will towards the other hosts. This podcast and everything I’ve gotten as a result of it wouldn’t exist without all of us and if they don’t want to do it anymore that’s their decision and I’ll respect it and wish them the best. I remain extremely proud of the episodes we made together and I think the great majority of them will stand the test of time. Additionally getting to find and know you the fans has been the  thrill of my life. Every message saying that our podcast got you through  a hard work day made me feel like I was doing something worthwhile with my life. You’re an incredible, intelligent, and eclectic collection of  individuals from all over the world who taught us so much about subjects  we never knew anything about. I think I speak for all of us when I say  that we love you and we know we have the greatest fans in the world.

Andy and I will post any future updates here. Be well and thank you for everything.

Sean