Pat Rafferty is creating Podcasts

Five minutes of thought-provoking funny every week.

patrons

$18

per month

Milestone Goals

Better sound!

$50 per month

I've wanted to buy a better mic and a pop filter and all that jazz for some time… but I am cheap, and microphones are not. But with a lil' help from y'all, I'll get a better microphone, and you'll get better sound. Everybody's happy. Especially your ear holes.

Podcasts from the Archives!

$100 per month

I've been podcasting for a while, but I've been writing for a lot longer. Once a month, in addition to the regular podcasts, I'll record a podcast version of an old essay on the patron podcast feed. Maybe it'll be from the college years. Maybe even from the high school years! What? This is madness.

Contact Pat

@prr

About

http://raffertyesque.com

profile photo by Dan Gottesman

Location

Portland, OR, USA

Pat Rafferty is Supporting

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Who are you?
I’m Pat Rafferty. Every week I write a funny essay on my website and then I record myself reading that essay into a microphone. The internet is a strange place.

Where am I?
This is Patreon, a crowdfunding platform for independent artists.

So it’s like Kickstarter?
Sort of. On Kickstarter, folks pledge a bunch of money up front so other folks can make something. Here on Patreon, folks pledge small amounts of money for a steady stream of smaller works.

What are you scheming, Rafferty?
Nothing, I swear. I use Patreon to support other people whose work I enjoy; so I figured why not let other people support me if they'd like.

So now what?
That's up to you. You can go back to watching cat videos on YouTube, or, if you'd like to contribute, choose a pledge level below. Any pledge, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. If you're on the fence, might I recommend listening to some of my podcasts? That will give you a better idea of what you're getting yourself into.

Pledge $0.01 or more per month

For mere pennies, you'll get an email from me every week with special "bonus content."

(At this rate, you won't be billed for years— Patreon only charges your credit card once you owe $1 or more— but you'll still be supporting me numbers-wise on the Patron count, which is greatly appreciated.)

Pledge $1.00 or more per month

7 patrons

A secret podcast feed! This feed contains every Raffertyesque podcast ever (hundreds!) instead of only the most recent ones that are available to everyone on iTunes. There may also be some special patron-only podcasts that show up in the feed here and there! Exciting!

Pledge $5.00 or more per month

2 patrons

Now we're talking totebags. That's right, I'm stealing a page from the NPR playbook. In addition to the full podcast feed, you'll get a stylish totebag after one year of patronizing. It will be environmentally-friendly. Because I am me. It will probably also have something funny written on it in Helvetica. Because, as you may recall, I am me.

Pledge $10.00 or more per month

Now we're talking totebags with stuff in them! After one year of patronage, you'll get a totebag and I'll put things inside the totebag for you. That's service. We're talking stickers, we're talking a copy of "The Life And Times of Pat Rafferty" from my mom's house, we're talking silica gel packets to keep everything dry, and more! It's gonna be crazy.

Pledge $25.00 or more per month

I will get a tattoo of your face on my face. I WILL BECOME YOU. This is less of a reward and more of a threat.

No, but seriously, at this level, jeez, well, obviously you'd get the totebag full of stuff, and on top of that, I think I'd have to make you something, like arts and crafts style. Like I'll paint you some abstract art or weave you a rug or something. I have been meaning to try cross-stitch. It won't be pretty, but it will be cool. It will be pretty cool.