You Shouldn't Have . . . Now Gimme! Gimme!

On September 13, 2010, Champs Not Chumps will be one year old. Alana and I will be celebrating at the Dirty Projectors show that night, but we’ve never had a problem opening our presents early.

If you’re a listener, check out our wish list—we’re not asking for money, but we would sure appreciate any social or cultural capital you can throw our way. 

Our Wish List

1. Do you have a cool website, a gallery, a production company, a band, a troupe, an online magazine?  A podcast, forum, or blog?  Do you have a list of links to stuff you like?  Give CNC your stamp of approval and link to us too.  Really, we’re the next big thing.
2. If you’re a blogger, a twitter supastah, or put out an email mailing list, you could author a post telling your readers about the show or talk up and link to a particular episode they might be interested in.
3. Rate and comment on our podcast at the iTunes store; a lot of people start there when they’re looking for podcasts and your endorsements mean a lot.
4. If you haven’t already, consider joining us on facebook and subscribing to the cast; it’s easy, just go to the Follow Us page. 
5. Leave us a comment on our website letting us know what you thought of an episode.  It gives us warm fuzzies—and our guests like it too!
6. Tell your friends, real and facebook, about us.  Say you’re at a party—it’s a great conversation starter: “Hey, did you hear Ben Owen interviewed about comics on Champs Not Chumps? I think he’s soooo dreamy, don’t you?”  You know, like that; but smoother.
7. If you’re a teacher or librarian, consider adding one of our episode pages to your research guide; our pages are chock full of links to resources and lists of books.  Doing a lit class on crime or lesbian literature, comic books, or the 1918 flu epidemic?  We’ve done an episode about each of those topics.
8. If you know someone in the media who might want to do a story about us, we’d be cool with that.
9. Invite us to parties and cool shows; tell cute and accomplished young women how smart and handsome you think Tom is; mention that he is single (I’m talking to you, here, Aliza and Heywood).
10. Keep listening!

And thanks everyone for your support this year.