I'm Gil Roth, host of The Virtual Memories Show, a podcast about books and life -- not necessarily in that order. Since 2012, I've delivered more than 200 fascinating, face-to-face conversations with writers, artists, cartoonists, critics, and other creative people, including Clive James, Thomas Dolby, Roz Chast, Irvine Welsh, Molly Crabapple, Harold Bloom, Jules Feiffer, Merrill Markoe, Virginia Heffernan, Phillip Lopate, Kyle Cassidy, Hayley Campbell, John Crowley, Tom Tomorrow, David Baerwald, Virginia Postrel, and Drew Friedman.

The Virtual Memories Show is the definition of a labor of love.

Except for the occasional tip-jar donation (for which I'm immensely thankful), I've been footing the bill for recording equipment and software, website- and file-hosting, and travel with the proceeds of my day job, while spending nights and weekends producing this podcast on a weekly basis. That involves booking guests, researching their work (and doing a ton of reading), conducting hour-long in-person interviews, taking guest photos, processing and editing audio files, recording introductions, writing up show notes and weekly e-blasts, and promoting episodes on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere.

Now I'm asking you to help support The Virtual Memories Show regularly so that I can continue to bring the illuminating conversations that you've come to expect, along with new material:

a monthly, patrons-only podcast,
live podcast events,
an E-book series,
video episodes,
and more!

I believe there's a place for long-form, revealing conversation about the arts, and I believe there are enough of us out there to support a podcast like The Virtual Memories Show. I hope you'll prove me right.

--Gil Roth
Virtual Memories

(If you're uncomfortable using Patreon, you can make a donation via Paypal instead.)

Photo: "The Sorrow of the Lonely Podcaster, or, I'm Just Waiting on a Guest" by Aaron K. Finkelstein. Drawing of Poetry Ape by Roger Langridge. Design of Virtual Memories Show banner by Aaron K. Finkelstein.