Dispatch #33: “Dear Santa…”

from Open Ended · host Cher Vincent and James T. Green

This week, Cher and James release a Dispatch to ol’ Saint Nick, pleading and begging for their Christmas wishes to be fulfilled. Also, Cher found a holiday poem for the season! We are sponsored this week by: Cards Against Humanity: They asked us not to read an ad. Enjoy the show! We also have announcements like: ‘Tis the Season for giving! Help us reach our new fundraising goal for 2015-2016! We have our eyes on a portable recorder so we can start doing more on-site interviews, continue to pay our guests, and make this podcast sustainable. Give us a hand with a one-time donation openended.fm/donate, and becoming a member starting at $1 a month, at patreon.com/openended. Rate us on iTunes! Recommend us on Overcast! References made during our conversation: ‘Twas The Night Before a Programmer’s Christmas, a poem for the geek in all of us Cher Top 3 Tech Christmas Wishes: A Sims-Diamond hologram, that tells the world what you’re listening to Multiple accounts logins for Instagram, so Cher can leave a good app review MacBooks should have touchscreens, living their best Toshiba lives James Top 3 Tech Christmas Wishes: Better audio core support for podcasting on iOS 10 for iPads, so his editing struggle isn’t so real Content Blocker for Dreams, the dopest idea James ever had VCs, fund a full-sized male fashion startup already! James deserves a Skittles variety of jeans Thanks for listening to episode 33. It couldn't have been made without the help of the following folks: The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. Like this show? You might enjoy Blastropodcast. Blastropodcast is a pretend science show, hosted by an horrible doctor from the Italian Renaissance. Join host Dottore Balordo and his guests as they explore new science topics every episode. Let us experiment with yourself. Our Patreon supporters: Caty, Amy, Stewart, Classy, Jennifer, Joelle, Will, "Michael", and Revision Path podcast. If you have any recommendations for show topics, contact us! Script written by Cher and James. Music by U+1F60C. Until next time, keep things Open Ended.

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This week, Cher and James release a Dispatch to ol’ Saint Nick, pleading and begging for their Christmas wishes to be fulfilled. Also, Cher found a holiday poem for the season!

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