The little podcast that Mike Williams and I started on a whim last year is going to turn 1 next month. In our first three episodes, as we were setting out parameters and finding our stride, we had about 2,000 listeners each week. We were tickled pink at the idea that 2,000 people were tuning in to hear our banter.

Then something pretty special happened. When Mark Steyn appeared in British Columbia for his Human Rights Tribunal Show Trial, we interviewed him. Episode 4 was downloaded over 1,000,000 times in the month of June, after we released it on June 9. A million! Mark broke our bandwidth, causing Mike to spend the better part of two hours on the phone with our hosting provider, credit card in hand, expanding our capabilities and getting us back on track. Our fun little hobby had taken off.

Now, naturally not every episode was going to garner a million hits, but we have enjoyed bringing Brass Balls Radio to a weekly listenership of 500,000 people. That’s right – half a million people tune into Brass Balls Radio every week. Mike and I still love putting it together for all of you. We fight over what music to play, we hustle for interesting guests, we promote free speech, and we try not to lose that iTunes “Clean” tag too often (it’s a struggle, believe me!).

In addition to Mark Steyn, we’ve promoted the books of Kathy Shaidle, Ezra Levant, Gerry Nicholls, and Lawrence Solomon. We discussed a near-hostage situation of a Jewish group at an Ontario university. We reported live from a rally to prevent a Canadian governmental coup, and another one attended by virulent anti-semites shouting death to Israel.

We did the Green Acres series while I was living on the Kansas farm last summer and Fall. Goat stories and tales of chicken antics were interwoven with military issues, an interview with a gun collector, and pre-election Palin Hysteria.

We’ve had two economists on to talk about bailouts and the nationalization of the US banking industry. We had correspondents reporting live from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC back in February. We even read you a Christmas story.

And now for our first anniversary, we have some excellent surprises in store for you. So if you’re not already an iTunes subscriber, you’ll want to take care of that right now by clicking here. You will NOT want to miss our anniversary show in May – it’ll knock your socks off. I’m not going to ruin the suspense – I’m just telling you not to get left out!

In honor of the 12 months we’ve been delivering this fun, informative and (only rarely) profane podcast, Mike and I ask that you help us out with a contribution of $12 – one dollar for every great month. This will enable us to upgrade some equipment and possibly even get out on the road for even more exciting interviews to share with you.

Thank you so much for spending these 12 months with us. And remember, next month you will be treated so something very special while Mike and I sip our champagne.

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