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New Lunduke Radio Show! Founding Member Hangout! Other stuff!
February 27, 2023

It is a wild time in the Lunduke Journal world! Got a whole lot to share today!

Not gonna lie. I’m excited!

The Lunduke Journal Radio Show is a go!

As of this morning, it’s official: there will soon be a nationally syndicated, weekly radio show hosted by yours truly!

To say I am jazzed right now would be a massive understatement.

There are still details to be worked out — and the radio network won’t even be making the announcement for the schedule change for a few weeks — but I can tell you this:

  1. The radio show will be two hours — including news, interviews, and call-in segments — and will air (live) every Sunday. On a boat-load of stations across the USA.

    1. There will also be many, many live streaming options for anyone who wants to tune in during the show but doesn’t have a station in range.

  2. An ad-free, podcast version will be released for all full subscribers to The Lunduke Journal of Technology — right on Lunduke.Substack.com and Lunduke.Locals.com.

    1. (We’ve also come up with a plan to make sure the radio show cannot be easily influenced by Big Tech.  I think you'll all approve.)

  3. The radio show topics will be exactly what you’d expect from The Lunduke Journal… with an extra dose of general computer news and questions.

  4. This will have zero impact on the rest of The Lunduke Journal of Technology (other than we get a new, 2 hour show every Sunday). The articles and podcasts will continue has normal!

A huge thank you to… all of you! Your support with The Lunduke Journal has helped bring us to this point. Just amazing.

As soon as the network is ready to make the announcement, I will share it with all of you — along with details on which stations will be carrying the show and when the first air date will be.

Next Founding Member Hangouts

The next video hangout for Founding Member and Lifetime subscribers will be held on:

  • Saturday, March 11th at 12pm Central Time

I will email out the link to the video chat the night before the hangout. So… you know… make sure you have your membership. ;)

This is a casual hangout and is not recorded. Just a chance for all of us to relax together and talk about nerdy things.

Let’s celebrate!

This is a pretty big time for me and for The Lunduke Journal.

  • A bunch of big live shows happening in March (including a new Linux Sucks).

  • A new, 2 hour, weekly radio show (with podcast version) in development.

  • Plus… I’m moving my family, permanently, to a new home (this week!).

We just had a subscription sale last week, but (what the heck!) let’s do it again! Why not! Both to celebrate (and facilitate) the awesome stuff happening… and to make sure all of you have a chance to enjoy everything coming!

At the very least, make sure you have the Founding Member Subscription. That’ll let you watch all the big shows (like Linux Sucks), hear all of the ad-free podcasts (and soon radio show), and get access to all of the subscriber-only articles and books and monthly PDFs. (Plus access to all of the sites in The Lunduke Journal family.)

Here’s the crazy deal (super duper discounted):

  • Anything over $50 will qualify for a Founding Member Subscription.

  • And anything over $125 will qualify for a Lifetime Subscription

This is insanely cheap. Obviously, if you feel you can afford a higher amount… that would be appreciated. But if those amounts are all you can afford? Go for it!

To get a Founding Member Subscription:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/subscription.

  2. Choose the "Annual" option.

  3. Enter "$50" (or more) in the amount field.

To get a Lifetime Subscription:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.

  2. Choose "Give Once".

  3. Enter "$125" (or more) in the amount field.

Note I am processing these manually, so give me a few hours to upgrade your accounts (on both Substack and Locals) after you make the purchase. I will contact each of you by email after I set your accounts properly. If you don’t hear from me within a day, send an email to [email protected] to make sure your accounts get full access.

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