David McRaney is creating
The You Are Not So Smart Podcast

I make shows about the psychology of self delusion. On those shows I interview scientists and eat cookies.

272

patrons

$933

per month

Milestone Goals

3 Milestone Goals

reached

Leave the Studio

$1,000 per month

My favorite podcasts have segments where reporters and producers go out into the world and bring back amazing stories. This level of funding would make that possible by paying for plane tickets, food, hotels, freelance journalists, photographers, and so on.

Ad-Free Episodes for Everyone

$6,000 per month

Patrons already get the show ad-free, but if we hit this goal so will everyone else - thanks to the fact that the production costs will be completely covered by patrons.

Add a Producer/Reporter

$8,000 per month

This would amplify the quality of the show so much. Adding a producer means adding a new brain to the show, a new voice, and new segments. A producer/reporter would create stories for the show, which would fill the episodes with multiple segments like you hear on shows like Invisibilia, 99 Percent Invisible, and Radiolab.

Contact David

youtube.com/user/YouAreNotSoSmart

@davidmcraney

facebook.com/youarenotsosmart

About

I create the things you can read, hear, and watch at YouAreNotSoSmart.com

Location

Hattiesburg, MS, USA

Top PatronsSee all 272

I love making the You Are Not So Smart podcast. It's a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, I interview a scientist (or several) and explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making, and if you stay until the end, you get a cookie. Seriously, there are cookies in the show.

You can check out all of the episodes here: Link to shows

I would love your help in making it bigger and better, and maybe even ad-free. My goal, fantasy, and dream is to make the podcast as deep and rich as my favorite storytelling podcasts like Radiolab, This American Life, and 99% Invisible - but to do that, I'll need your help.

Pledge $1.00 or more per month

92 patrons

PATRON - You get the PATREON FEED and EARLY ACCESS to AD-FREE EPISODES

THANK YOU! This is all it will take to make all the goals possible - AND - You'll get the podcast one day early AND those episodes will have no ads in them. I'll be posting the episodes in the show's Patreon feed. Oh yeah, you also get access to the Patreon feed! It's hidden from view right now, but as a patron you'll be able to see it, and that's where I'll answer questions from you, take questions for upcoming guests, reveal interesting things, and provide updates.

• Access to the Patreon feed, ask questions, get updates
• Get ad-free episodes one day early - 24 hours before everyone else in the world

Pledge $2.00 or more per month

26 patrons

DISTINGUISHED PATRON - You get all previous rewards and YOUR NAME IN THE SHOW

If you become a patron at this level or above you'll get access to the feed, ad-free early-release episodes, AND I'll thank you by name in the show when I mention Patreon. It might be at the beginning, or in a message in the middle, or in the closing credits. I'll also out your name on the website in the show notes as an official patron of the podcast.

• Your Name in the Show
• Access to the Patreon feed, ask questions, get updates
• Get ad-free episodes one day early - 24 hours before everyone else in the world

Pledge $3.00 or more per month

60 patrons

INSIDER PATRON - You get all previous rewards and BONUS CONTENT

You get ad-free early-release episodes AND access to the feed where you can ask questions AND bonus content for every episode. What sort of bonus content? Full interviews, readings of extra material, things cut for time, and content made exclusively for patrons just to say thanks.