Announcement: Live(stream) Show at PodUK!

Hey everybody, Alden Ford here.

And Allie Kokash joining Alden Ford here.

Yes, and we are excited,

not because we have an episode this week, because we don't.

Sorry to disappoint you.

You knew that all of us.

You know, we need to set expectations here.

This is an announcement.

We always like to start every announcement with a little disappointment up top.

Apologies.

We are excited, very excited, to announce a really cool thing that we have been...

thinking about and wanting to do for ever since this whole thing started, and now we are finally getting our chance.

We are announcing an all-new upcoming live show, which we will be streaming over the internet.

Ever heard of it?

To you in your homes.

The show is part of the Pod UK Podcast Festival, which is happening on May 30th.

And they've asked us to do a brand new live episode over the internet, which you can find on May 30th at 7:30 p.m.

British time.

Which

and uh we strongly encourage you to use the internet to find out what time that is for you because we're not positive.

We've tried to figure it out.

I would say we're 80%

sure that 7.30 p.m.

British time is 2.30 p.m.

Eastern, 1.30 Central, 12.30 Mountain

for all of our mountain listeners and a lot of people.

For all of our mountain listeners, yes.

Yes.

That would be obviously 10.30 Alaska, 9.30 Hawaii.

Happy to help.

We think.

We're actually not positive about that, but

we're pretty sure.

Again, do not listen to what I just said.

Look it up on your own because we can't help you.

But the festival itself should be a total blast.

It's a full day of live shows, panels, interviews, workshops on Twitch and Discord.

The event is free, but there will be fundraising throughout for the Birmingham Community Healthcare Charity, which is healthcare and hospital charity in Birmingham, UK.

And everything we raise on the 30th will go towards their general fund, which means even after the COVID crisis,

your donations will help the Birmingham area healthcare facilities and hospitals into the future and beyond, which is also the future, but more, bigger, later future.

Bigger picture, future.

Right.

And like all of our live in-person shows, this show will also feature real-time sound design by Shane O'Connell, which means live sound effects, live vocal filters, live music cues,

blasters coming out of butts.

Oh, yeah, especially

if you're not sure.

All the things you love most about Mission is X.

We're also very excited to announce our, we have a special guest for this live show.

We're not gonna tease it.

We're gonna spell it out for you right now.

From Hello from the Magic Tavern and former guest, Matt Young.

Woo-hoo!

What a great guy, friend of the show.

Very excited to have him.

And he will be there playing a character.

Is it a character you've heard before?

Is it a brand new character?

You'll have to tune in at whatever time zone you're in at the time that you're going to be able to do it.

Once again, let us just remind you that it is 7.30 British Standard Time, and that is all we can tell you.

So we really hope to see you there.

We won't see you.

We'll see each other.

But you'll also see the Zoom screen of all eight of us so more accurately we hope you see us there because we won't see that's good that's better yeah that's better you can go to rocksalt events.com to see all the information about the festival um or just follow the link in the show notes that'll get you there too and uh we yeah especially follow that link if this you know announcement was in any way confusing or hard to follow uh

i mean look i'm a flat earther so time zones are sort of like a construct as far as i'm concerned uh so you know that's why I don't, that's why I haven't bothered to do the math on it.

So if you're more literal-minded or you prefer facts, then by all means, Google time zones and figure it out.

If you like, are just on the edge of your seat for our appearance at Pod UK, then why don't you check out our YouTube page where we did a test run with a mailbag episode?

Oh, yeah, we did a live mailbag a couple weeks ago with all of Shane's live sound effects and vocal effects, and it is still still available up on youtube.com/slash mission to zix.

Perfect.

We'll see you on the 30th, whatever time Google decides you're going to see us, and we will see you in the meantime on the 27th for a brand new episode a week from today.

Nailed it.

Keep washing your hands.

Maintain the space.

Bye-bye.

Distance.

Goodbye.